'Wish Dragon' 2-Hour Lunar Year Lesson Plan & Worksheet
A 120-minute film-study lesson plan built around the movie 'Wish Dragon' (2021), teaching themes of friendship, values over wealth, and elements of Chinese culture.
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Eating Insects: Social Studies Reading Comprehension Passage (Word)
Reading comprehension passage teaching about cultural food practices (entomophagy/eating insects) and global food security and sustainability, paired with comprehension questions.
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Eating Insects: Social Studies Reading Comprehension Passage (PDF)
Reading comprehension passage teaching about cultural food practices (entomophagy/eating insects) and global food security and sustainability, paired with comprehension questions.
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Unusual Festivals Around the World: A Micro-Learning Deck | Reading Activities
Deliver a digital micro-lesson (video + reading passage with audio) introducing students to unusual festivals from different cultures around the world, building informational-text and summarizing skills.
Eating Insects: Social Studies Reading Passage (Fillable PDF)
Reading comprehension passage teaching about cultural food practices (entomophagy/eating insects) and global food security and sustainability, paired with comprehension questions.
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ESL Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity Worksheet - Hot Chocolate
Build ESL/EFL reading comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills using a nonfiction passage about the history and culture of hot chocolate.
Tree of Life Art Lesson
Art lesson introducing students to artist Gustav Klimt and the Tree of Life motif across cultures, guiding them to create their own tree-of-life artwork.
ESL Food and Drink Reading Comprehension Worksheets & Activities
A multi-lesson ESL/EFL reading comprehension bundle covering food and drink themes (healthy eating trends, extreme eating, coffee shop culture), building reading, vocabulary and discussion skills.
World Language Greetings in 10 Languages word search, scramble and cro
A three-activity puzzle set teaching students greetings ('hello') in 10 world languages as part of a global cultures/language-awareness unit.
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ESL Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity Worksheets on "Mermaids"
An ESL/EFL reading-comprehension and writing-activity worksheet built around a single nonfiction passage about mermaids (mythology across cultures, and literary/film portrayals), used to practice reading comprehension, vocabulary, and English writing skills.
First Day of Native American Heritage Month Word Search 2nd 3rd grade
A themed word search worksheet activity introducing vocabulary related to Native American Heritage Month.
Festivals Around the World word search, scramble and crossword puzzle
A vocabulary practice set teaching the names of festivals from different countries and cultures (e.g. Oktoberfest, Carnival, Sundance) through puzzle formats.
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1960s Social Change
Guide a group research-and-presentation activity on 1960s American social movements (Native-American and Latino civil rights, women's equality, or hippie counter-culture), tied to US History Standards 11.10 and 11.11.3 (federal civil rights/voting rights and changing roles of women).
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Ancient China Activity
A single-page cut-and-paste labeling activity introducing three basic categories of Ancient China: religion, mythology, and culture.
RACE Writing Strategy | Travel Writing Prompts | 3rd, 4th & 5th Grade
Practice the RACE writing strategy by responding to short nonfiction passages about travel and cultural topics.
Ethnocentrism Slides + Nacirema Notes
A sociology lesson presentation that introduces ethnocentrism using the classic 'Body Rituals of the Nacirema' satirical anthropology piece, paired with a student notes/questions handout.
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ESL Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity Worksheets on "Kawaii"
An ESL/EFL reading-comprehension and writing-activity worksheet built around a single nonfiction passage about kawaii (Japanese "cute" aesthetic, history and pop-culture influence), used to practice reading comprehension, vocabulary, and English writing skills.
Idaho: A Micro-Learning Deck | Digital Geography Lesson
A digital slide-deck lesson introducing students to Idaho's geography, symbols, and culture.
Scavanger Hunt: Heritage Minutes - Canadian History
A webquest-style activity guiding students through Canadian history by having them watch a series of Historica Canada 'Heritage Minutes' videos and answer comprehension/analysis questions about each.
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Wales Facts Activity
Present short factual trivia about Wales (history, geography, culture) alongside a color-by-flag-colors activity.
Washington: A Micro-Learning Deck | Digital Geography Lesson
A digital slide-deck 'micro-learning' lesson teaching Washington State facts, symbols, culture, and geography, including a reading passage and a short summarizing writing activity.
ESL Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity - Ice and Snow Sculptures
Gives ESL/EFL students a nonfiction reading passage about ice and snow sculpture traditions, from 17th-century Chinese ice lanterns to Russian ice palaces and modern festivals, paired with comprehension, vocabulary and true/false questions and follow-up writing prompts, to build reading comprehension and written English production.
Asian Countries word search, scramble and crossword puzzle
Practice recognizing and spelling the names of Asian countries using geography/culture clues.
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RL.3.2 Third Grade Common Core Lesson
This RL.3.2 Third Grade Common Core Lesson is perfect for teachers who want to help their students succeed. The lesson includes RL.3.2 Worksheets, RL.3.2 Activities, RL.3.2 Assessment , and RL.3.2 Poster.
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