High school Halloween informational text cultural activities

Halloween, Hispanic Heritage Month, Latinx Studies

Also included in: Hispanic Heritage Month SUPER RESEARCH BUNDLE

Day of the Dead/ El Día de los Muertos Webquest

Created by

Profe Nygaard

This is an awesome cultural activity that has students researching Day of the Dead on their own. They are engaged and busy the whole hour! This internet research activity is perfect for sub plans or having time in class yourself to get caught up on grading! Students can work independently or in groups, on paper or on Google Slides... whatever works best for your classroom environment!Included:- Four-page worksheet packet - Digital Google Slides version- Answer keyHow to use this resource:- Print

Subjects:

Grades:

9th - 12th

Types:

Cultural Activities

Also included in: Day of the Dead Lessons Bundle of Secondary Resources in English

Cinco de Mayo Activities Art Project- Dia de los Muertos Sugar Skulls Template

Created by

Box of Ideas

These adorable Dia de los Muertos sugar skulls are the perfect Day of the Dead art project. One of the best Dia de los Muertos activities is making colorful classroom decorations like this sugar skull craft. Save $$ with our DAY OF THE DEAD MINI BUNDLE. They look beautiful displayed all-together as a collaborative art project in a Spanish bulletin board.Budget saving YEAR-ROUND bundle: MEXICO ACTIVITIES BUNDLE_____________________________________► Why is this resource useful?Early finishers acti

Subjects:

Halloween, Holidays/Seasonal, Spanish

Grades:

PreK - 9th

Types:

Activities, Bulletin Board Ideas, Cultural Activities

Also included in: Winter of Fun Activities, Classroom Decor Crafts PreK, Preschool, Kindergarten

Hot Topics Informational Text Lessons: BUNDLE, Set #1

Created by

Health, Informational Text

Engage and motivate students with these informational, expository text close reading assignments. These easy-prep Hot Topics Info Text Lesson is the perfect ready-to-go resource to practice close reading skills and comprehension. This resource is not just questions and answers - you are getting a full lesson plan complete with a relevant video links, an argumentative writing prompt, and extension ideas! Plus, all the answers are here, too!Included:-Lesson Plans-Questions/Answers-Sub Plan-Prompts

Subjects:

Grades:

7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

English Language Arts, Informational Text, Spanish

CCSS:

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Hispanic Heritage Month: Digital Choice Board Activity {7-12}

Created by

Mud and Ink Teaching

Whether you're celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month in September or incorporating more LatinX voices to diversify your curriculum, this digital choice board activity will help students gain exposure to 25 different articles, videos, poems, and stories.The goal of a choice board is to primarily provide choice to students - an opportunity to self-navigate their interests and explore new ideas. This activity can be used as a bell ringer, a weekly activity, or a 1-2 day lesson plan with rea

Subjects:

Grades:

7th - 12th

Types:

Halloween, Hispanic Heritage Month, Spanish

Also included in: Digital Choice Board Activity Bundle: Monthly Celebrations

Día de los Muertos Day of the Dead & Mexico Novice Spanish Reading Comprehension

Created by

Mis Clases Locas

This Spanish cultural reading was designed for NOVICE Spanish students to give them a basic overview of Mexico while staying in Spanish. This Spanish reading comprehension includes sections in Spanish on Geography, Culture & the Day of the Dead / el día de los muertos.This Día de Muertos reading would be perfect for novice Spanish students who are about to read the novel Tumba by Mira Canion. This Spanish reading comprehension activity is also a good introduction to the films the Book of Lif

Subjects:

Grades:

8th - 10th

Types:

Worksheets, Cultural Activities

CCSS:

CCRA.R.2

Also included in: El Día de Muertos Day of the Dead BUNDLE for Spanish class El Día de los Muertos

Frankenstein in the Style of Picasso: Halloween, Cubism

Created by

Art with Creations Claudia Loubier

Initiate your students to cubism in this original Halloween project!Your students will have to create Frankenstein in the manner of Picasso, an unforgettable artist!This is a quick project with only a few materials needed!Level:Grade 3 and upPerfect for junior high and high schoolTechnique:DrawingVisual Language:AsymmetryAngular shapes Thick linesMaterials:Black wax crayonsOil pastelsColoured construction paper (about 10x 13 inches)This document contains:Complete instructions to achieve this pro

Subjects:

Art History, Halloween, Visual Arts

Grades:

3rd - 12th

Types:

Activities, Cultural Activities, Lesson

Zootopia Movie Guide & Stereotypes Discussion

Created by

Jessica Fletcher Fierro

Zootopia is not only a great movie, but also has important ideas about stereotyping and how we treat each other in a diverse society. Thus, it's a perfect film to show students as a springboard to deeper content and thinking. So, I created this product to use in the middle school classroom, based on the film. This product is broken up into three parts: Part 1-Movie guide: students answer questions as they watch the movie, about the plot of the film. Part 2-Critical thinking: Students answer que

Subjects:

Informational Text, Literature, Writing

Grades:

6th - 9th

Types:

Study Guides, Movie Guides, Cultural Activities

CCSS:

RL.7.2

, RL.7.3

, RL.7.6

Black History Month: Digital Choice Board Activity {7-12}

Created by

Mud and Ink Teaching

Whether you're celebrating Black History Month in February or incorporating more Black voices to diversify your curriculum, this digital choice board activity will help students gain exposure to 25 different articles, videos, poems, and stories.The goal of a choice board is to primarily provide choice to students - an opportunity to self-navigate their interests and explore new ideas. This activity can be used as a bell ringer, a weekly activity, or a 1-2 day lesson plan with reading and discus

Subjects:

Black History Month, English Language Arts, Informational Text

Grades:

8th - 11th

Types:

Art with Creations Claudia Loubier

Also included in: Digital Choice Board Activity Bundle: Monthly Celebrations

Halloween Art Lesson Plan : Zentalloween ! Zentangle Art

Created by

Have you heard of the art of Zentangle? It’s a way of relaxing while scribbling.It was created by two American artists. Discover this art form with your students, while also exploring the Halloween theme. In this project, you will be working with thick lines and patterns. Students are asked to create a Halloween object by themselves. Many drawings are provided and could help inspire the students. Specific drawings include: Pumpkin, ghost, fall leaf, skull and other Halloween themed drawings! L

Subjects:

Autumn, Halloween, Visual Arts

Grades:

3rd - 10th

Types:

Cultural Activities, Lesson

Also included in: Art Lesson Plans Bundle : Grade 5 Visual Art

El Día de Muertos Day of the Dead BUNDLE for Spanish class El Día de los Muertos

Created by

Mis Clases Locas

Learn about The Day of the Dead or Día de Muertos in Spanish class while staying in Spanish. This Spanish Día de muertos Activity Bundle could be differentiated for Spanish 1, Spanish 2, Spanish 3, or Exploratory Spanish to learn about this Mexican celebration of The Day of the Dead. This would be a great Spanish culture unit for Middle School Spanish or Spanish 1 to learn about The Day of the Dead while staying in Spanish. What's Included in this Spanish Class Day of the Dead Bundle?✅ Engaging

Subjects:

Halloween, Hispanic Heritage Month, Spanish

Grades:

8th - 10th

Types:

Activities, Movie Guides, Cultural Activities

CCSS:

CCRA.SL.1

, CCRA.SL.2

Thanksgiving Activities Nonfiction Lesson on Hot Topics: Black Friday

Created by

English Language Arts, Informational Text, Thanksgiving

This informational text lesson for Thanksgiving is ready-to-go to engage your high school students this November. With leveled texts, standards-based questions, creative activity, and a text-based writing prompt, your students will be engaged, informed, and ready to debate! Student Experience: The encroachment of Black Friday into Thanksgiving Thursday has been a trend years in the making. This mini unit is designed to get students not only thinking and questioning this topic, but also analyzi

Subjects:

Grades:

9th - 12th, Adult Education

Types:

Cultural Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1

, CCRA.W.1

Also included in: Thanksgiving Activities for Teens, Mini Unit, BUNDLE

History of Halloween: Presentation and Trivia Game (Google Slides)

Created by

Lessons in Humanities

Looking for an engaging and informative way to teach your students about the history of Halloween? Look no further than our Halloween History Google Slides presentation and trivia game! This comprehensive educational resource covers the ancient origins of the spooktacular holiday, from Celtic customs to Christian festivities, and includes fascinating facts about jack-o'-lanterns, trick-or-treating, and bobbing for apples.As a busy and dedicated teacher, it can be challenging to create quality le

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Halloween, Social Studies - History

Grades:

6th - 11th

Types:

Games, Cultural Activities

Also included in: Fall & Winter Festivals Bundle: Presentation and Trivia Game (Google Slides)

La Tomatina: Reading, Activities & Substitute Plan for Spanish Class

Created by

SrtaEstrella Emergency Spanish Sub Plans

This packet includes reading passages and activities about the history and facts of La Tomatina. The reading includes three articles with questions and a crossword puzzle that follows. This is a great reading to keep in your emergency substitute plan file for your Spanish class. The reading is in English and includes a key. Key words: Spanish class, La Tomatina, Spain, sub plan, crossword puzzle

Subjects:

Informational Text, Spanish

Grades:

7th - 12th

Types:

Valentine's Day Activities, Hot Topics Informational Text, Does True Love Last?

Created by

Informational Text, Social Studies - History, Valentine's Day

Looking for a thoughtful, quick, and creative close reading lesson for Valentine's Day that covers several standards for your middle or high school students? I love to bring holiday themed lessons in when I can, but I am always very cautious to choose lessons that are standards-based. This mini-lesson meets both requirements perfectly! Student Experience: Students exercise summarizing and close reading skills as they read the article about a couple whose love brought them back together after s

Subjects:

Grades:

7th - 12th

Types:

Activities, Cultural Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1

, CCRA.W.2

Also included in: Hot Topics Informational Text Lessons: BUNDLE, Set #1

4 Tools for Teaching "The Danger of a Single Story" Google Slides and Form

Created by

Moore English

This is my best selling resource! Add it to your classroom today!Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's "The Danger of a Single Story" Ted talk is an incredible speech to watch with students 6-12. I watch the talk and read the transcript with my tenth graders, and the discussion and reflection after each view are consistently impressive. To help my students discuss the talk meaningfully, I developed these four printable tools: two listening guides, a text-connection tool, and a SOAPSTone analysis. The liste

Subjects:

Close Reading, English Language Arts, Informational Text

Grades:

6th - 12th

Types:

Printables, Cultural Activities

CCSS:

RL.9-10.6

, RI.6.1

, RI.6.2

, RI.6.6

, RI.6.8

...

Also included in: Things Fall Apart Synthesis Bundle / 9 resources / 100+ questions / 50+ pages

Machu Picchu: Reading, Activities, and Substitute Plan for Spanish Class

Created by

SrtaEstrella Emergency Spanish Sub Plans

This is a reading passage about the history and facts of Machu Picchu. The reading includes three articles with questions and a crossword puzzle that follow. This is a great reading to keep in your emergency sub plan file for your Spanish class. The reading is in English and includes a key. You can easily modify this for your class by only using some of the articles, rather than all three. You can also check out my Machu Picchu puzzles pack that includes an additional crossword puzzle, a word

Subjects:

Geography, Informational Text, Spanish

Grades:

7th - 12th

Types:

Language Resources by Nina

Alebrijes Mexican Folk Art: Cultural Reading (English version) SUB PLAN

Created by

This 3-page file includes:~A reading that describes the history of Alebrijes, a Mexican Folk Art Tradition begun in the 1930s by Pedro Linares. It discusses the various materials used to create these fantastical animals as well as the importance of the Oaxaca region in Mexican Art. Also included is a paragraph on the annual parade of Alebrijes in Mexico City as well as a similar type of art created by the local indigenous Zapotec people made from the copal tree.~A worksheet with 10 reading compr

Subjects:

Informational Text, Social Studies - History, Visual Arts

Grades:

6th - 10th

Types:

Guided Reading Books, Cultural Activities

Also included in: Hispanic Culture 20 Readings: Holidays, Bios & Travel @50% off! (In English)

Halloween Masks - Coloring Pages - Sugar Skulls - Dia de los Muertos - Skeleton

Created by

The Mother Fox

Have your students color their own sugar skull masks!A very popular school project for Halloween. Not just for art class, but can be used as a way to teach about the culture and tradition of Day of the Dead.Also, a great resource for clip art or to decorate your classroom.File consists of 9 different Sugar Skull Masks!

Subjects:

Art History, Halloween, Spanish

Grades:

PreK - 12th

Types:

Clip Art, Cultural Activities

Ain't I a Woman? by Sojourner Truth Rhetorical Device Annotation Activity

Created by

Creativity and Assessment in ELA

Whether you are using this speech to analyze rhetoric, tone, or diction, this annotating and highlighting activity will engage all learners. Print and digital options with optional rhetorical precis included. I recommend using paper and highlighters the "old-fashioned" way because it is far more kinesthetic, but the Google Slides file also allows for digital/paperless learning.This activity requires 5 different color highlighters. I recommend (1) blue (2) green (3) yellow (4) orange (5) pink to

Subjects:

Black History Month, English Language Arts, Informational Text

Grades:

9th - 12th

Types:

Activities, Cultural Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

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Also included in: American Literature Annotation Lessons BUNDLE from Rationalism to Postmodernism

Colorful Calaveras - In the Style of Pristine Cartera - Day of the Dead

Created by

Art with Creations Claudia Loubier

Here is a fun and interesting art project about the Day of the Dead ( and Halloween) called, “Colorful Calaveras”. It is a great occasion to discover this important cultural event, all while discovering a very talented artist: Pristine Cartera Turkus.Pristine Cartera Turkus’ artwork is inspired by her Philippine origins. Her paintings are very colourful, and many refer to animal “calaveras” (skulls). Two of her paintings are included in this project, as well as questions to help guide you while

Subjects:

Halloween, Holidays/Seasonal, Visual Arts

Grades:

3rd - 10th

Types:

Paired Text Lesson, Malala Yousafzai Nonfiction Speech and "Brave" Song

Created by

English Language Arts, Informational Text, Women's History Month

My paired poetry and text lessons allow numerous standards to be covered as you move through unpacking the rich texts included. With the lesson plan provided along with answers, you'll have what you need in a no-prep fashion to conduct this text-based lesson for Earth Day with success. It also makes the perfect lesson for test-prep as students are required to synthesize between two texts.Student Experience: This paired text lesson juxtaposes pop culture's song "Brave" and Malala Yousafzai's "Spe

Subjects:

Grades:

8th - 11th

Types:

Cultural Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1

, CCRA.R.2

, CCRA.R.9

Hot Topics Informational Text Lessons: BUNDLE, Set #2

Created by

Health, Informational Text

Engage and motivate students with these informational, expository text close reading assignments. These easy-prep Hot Topics Info Text Lesson is the perfect ready-to-go resource to practice close reading skills and comprehension. This resource is not just questions and answers - you are getting a full lesson plan complete with a relevant video links, an argumentative writing prompt, and extension ideas! Plus, all the answers are here, too!Included:-Lesson Plans-Questions/Answers-Sub Plan-Prompts

Subjects:

Grades:

9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types: