We hope you enjoyed the presentation and have an idea or two for a new CULTURE inspired unit.
Which column of topics would interest the students (and you) more?
You can create culture-based units that still cover the traditional topics on the curriculum. Look at what each topic still covers (marked in yellow).
A day in the life of street children, then compare to day in the life of a <bullfighter, athlete, singer, etc> (Inpired by Kaitlyn M.)
Korean Baseball Game
Talk about another family before talking about theirs.
Describing people lesson ideas
Chispas para Año Nuevo (Haz clic en Año Nuevo)
Hispanic Athletes lesson ideas
NOW there’s a reason to learn dates! No purpose in an intro unit.
Covering the 5 C’s…
Frida
Covering the 5 C’s!
Art lesson ideas
In level one, start by describing Frida’s self-portraits instead of traditional “Who I am” units. Also she represents how to be proud of who you are. This avoids the attention on the students describing themselves.
