Hispanic Heritage Month is September 15 through October 15, which means you might currently have "figure out what we're doing for Hispanic Heritage Month" somewhere on your to-do list. 🙃 You could spend your planning period opening 14 tabs and piecing together a culture activity from scratch. Or you could not do that . 😂 You don't have to create an elaborate month-long plan to incorporate Hispanic Heritage Month into your Spanish classes. Here are 3 Hispanic Heritage Month activities you can use depending on what you want your students to learn and what level you teach. 1. Learn about famous Hispanic artists If you teach Spanish 1, 2, or 3, a webquest is an easy way to introduce students to famous Hispanic artists and their artwork. My Famous Hispanic Artists Webquest is a 2-day activity where students learn about 7 artists: 🎨 Diego Rivera 🎨 Diego Velázquez 🎨 El Greco 🎨 Francisco Goya 🎨 Pablo Picasso 🎨 Salvador Dalí 🎨 Joan Miró Students research each artist......

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I love using drawing activities every once in a while in Spanish class because they feel new and different without being confusing....

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That moment when your 50-minute lesson finishes in 32 minutes flat. 🥴 And now you’re standing there like… cool cool cool.   What exactly are we doing for the next 18 minutes??? We’ve all been there....

Teaching a Spanish food unit sounds simple. Until you actually sit down to plan it. Because now you’re trying to figure out: What food vocabulary should I include? How do I teach how foods taste without it getting repetitive? Where does ser vs estar fit in to this? How do I pace all of this so it doesn’t feel rushed… or drag on forever? And somehow, this turns into pulling activities from 5 different places and hoping it all works together. 🥴...