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What Physical Activities Do Sneakers and His Friends Do?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students investigate fun physical activities that can be done year round.  In this physical education lesson, students read the story Big News! Straight From the Heart, and list the activities written about in the story....
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Cuentitos para ni

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Vamos a escribir! Your older learners will love writing a children's book for learners at the elementary level. The resource suggests having small groups write their stories and create PowerPoint slides with illustrations, but this can...
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Globe Raider: Part II

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students design a PowerPoint slide presentation using information gathered about a Spanish speaking country. They incluse 6 specific slides in their presentation and present them to the entire class.
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Mexican Pi??ata

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students examine how birthdays are celebrated in other cultures and compare them with their own cultural celebration. They make a pinata similar to those used at Spanish birthday celebrations. They associate this active with a PBS...
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American Literature Unit Two

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers prepare for and respond to literature selections. This package includes nineteen lessons from the American Literature, A New Nation: 1750-1850 series, each covering a different reading selection. Pre-reading and response...
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American Literature and the Civil War

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students prepare for and respond to literature selections. This package includes fourteen lessons from the American Literature, The Civil War and Its Aftermath: 1845-1880 series, each covering a different reading selection. Pre-reading...
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American Literature, The Earliest Days

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students prepare for and respond to literature selections. This package includes eleven lessons from the American Literature, The Earliest Days: Prehistory to 1750 each covering a different reading selection. Pre-reading and response...
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World Literature From Africa

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students prepare for and respond to literature selections. This package includes twenty-four lessons from the World Literature series, each covering a different reading selection from Africa. Pre-reading and response activities are...
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El Joki Poki (The Hokey Pokey)

For Teachers 1st
First graders sing and dance the Hokey Pokey bilingually. They read and sing the Spanish words for prepositions and act them out as they sing and act out the motions to the song, "El Joki Poki" (The Hokey Pokey).
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The Imperfect

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice the concept of the other past tense, the imperfect via the provided worksheet and the suggested web site.
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Responding To Literature

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers prepare for and respond to literature selections. This package includes nineteen lessons, each covering a different reading selection. Pre-reading and response activities are included for each lesson as well as...
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Aztec, Inca, and Maya

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders use images of Aztec weaponry to analyze its' value. They create a Word Document with the information.
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Enjoying Puerto Rican Artistts

For Teachers K - 4th
Students examine artwork done by artists from Puerto Rico. As a class, they discuss each piece of work based on the elements used. They use the internet to research the lives of the artists and develop their own opinions on the art...
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Developing Cultural Awareness through Mexican Folktales

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the culture of Mexico through folktales. They identify cultural differences and similarities through the reading of folktales. Students create pocket books related to Mexican folklore. They read and discuss literary...
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Ojal??

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students listen to the song and fill in the lyrics on a worksheet. They translate the meaning of the song into English. They concentrate on the correct verb tenses in the song. This activity is used as a warm up for a verb Spanish...
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Rebus Writing Using Nursery Rhymes and a Book

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students write nursery rhyme rebus songs. In this music lesson, students practice writing rebuses as a class. Students then create their own rebus based upon "The Bag I'm Taking to Grandma's".
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"Asking for Tourist Information" (Italian)

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students listen to a dialogue in order to comprehend verbal directions in Italian. They work in pairs practicing giving directions to each other.
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Introduction to the Panpipe

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the panpipe and the cultures that use them in their music. They view photos of Peru and Bolivia and discuss their cultures, listen to recordings of music that includes the panpipe, and construct a panpipe using PVC...
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Manifest Destiny

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the Manifest Destiny. They interpret quotations, study point of view in writing, research English words that derived from Mexico, and analyze reasons why settlers moved west. After writing journal entries in first-person...
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El Ballet Folklorico de Mexico

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students conduct Internet research on the Ballet Folklorico de Mexico. They complete a worksheet answering questions about the Ballet Folklorico, and create an award and write a speech to present to the class.
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Visual Arts, Literary Arts, and Performing Arts: Their Connection and Place in America's Minority Culture

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the rich, varied, and full artistic culture of each of these three minority groups, Native Americans, Chicanos, and African Americans. They explore art through dance, music, literature, and many other different mediums....
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Hispanics in Indianapolis

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore the history of the Indianapolis Hispanic Community and create an illustrated timeline of Hispanics in Indianapolis beginning from 1870 and ending in 1999, while exploring local social issues of the past and present.
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Different Ethnic Groups in Ecuador, Panama and Argentina: Their Assimilation and their Contributions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research various Latin American countries and reflect on the different ethnic communities represented in that country and their contributions to the region. They make posters, perform skits and write letters about their research.
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A Day in the Life from Several Perspectives

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders role-play the role of people in different cultures throughout Europe. After the role-play, they discuss the main characteristics of culture and identify where they were seen. They discover how the government of certain...