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Rate Your Family's Plate

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students examine their family's eating habits. For this adult health lesson, students share what they think from the survey facts presented to them. They set a goal for their family's health.
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Smart Snacking

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students define what a snack is in their own words. In this adult health lesson, students discuss the benefits of eating healthy snacks. They give examples of new healthy foods then can serve for snacks.
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Feeding is Parenting

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students examine their kid's eating habits. In this adult health lesson, students discuss ways to help their kids eat well. They read a book about positive feeding relationship and apply it at home.
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Puerto Rico

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students research Puerto Rico and famous Puerto Ricans on the Internet. They complete a website worksheet, create a brochure about Puerto Rico, and write about Puerto Rican cuisine.
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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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Cinco De Mayo: ELD Reading and Language-Building

For Students 5th - 10th
A brief passage about the Mexican holiday Cinco de Mayo is accompanied by an array of language activities for ELD: cloze exercise, phrase matching, word jumble, multiple choice, sequencing, interview, group presentation, fluency writing,...
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Be A Food Explorer

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read about and discuss the origin of many different fruits and vegetables. Students complete surveys, sample a variety of new foods and write about their reactions. They commit to trying at least three new foods.
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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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Breaking News English; Deadly E. Coli Strikes Europe

For Teachers Pre-K - 7th
Read a breaking news article relating to a deadly bacteria while  building vocabulary and writing skills. Critical thinkers work with a partner to write down the different words they have found in the article. They complete...
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An English-Speaking World

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
An overview of the development of English as a global language fills out these slides. Beginning with statistics regarding how much of the world speaks English and to what capacity, a brief history is then given mostly pertaining to WWII...
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Hunt the Fact Monster #20

For Students 3rd
In this search engine activity, 3rd graders will need to use factmonster.com to discover answers. Students will respond to 10 short answer and multiple choice questions using the given website.
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Sentence Order: "Tell Me Why!"

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this sentence order worksheet, pupils rearrange words to correctly put sentences together. Then they complete sentences in their own words. There are sixteen questions to complete.
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What is a Recyclable?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars explore recycling and how it benefits our environment. In this recycling lesson, students learn to determine if an item is recyclable and sort it into 7 various categories. Young scholars discover how aluminum, glass,...
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BBC Learning English, Writing (E-mail)

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this ESL writing worksheet, students compare their own culture to that of England, then identify phrases used for comparing and contrasting. Students write an e-mail message describing some of these differences using the comparison...
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Cinco De Mayo

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this Cinco de Mayo worksheet, students read a detailed history about the holiday. There are then 8 pages with 10 activities on each page to correct. There are some math problems as well, which pertain to Cinco de Mayo.
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Study Of Birds

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners investigate the Spanish language looking for words related to birds and their habitat. They write phrases and sentences using the words. Gradually they attempt to use the correct sentence structure in conjunction with reading...
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An International Menu

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students research etymologies using dictionaries. They explore the diverse origins of the common foods they eat after making a list of their favorite foods.
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Making Formal Requests

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the concept of making formal requests and examples are included in the lesson for teacher presentation. They practice using the phrases in a variety of situations and then make presentations for others to hear.
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Move More Sit Less

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In these healthy eating worksheets, students focus on healthy foods and exercise. Students complete 2 word searches locating 14 words in each with one word search in Spanish and the other in English.
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Pack Your Snacks and Go!

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
In this diet/health worksheet, pupils complete a word search, finding words related to travel snacks, and read a healthy snack mix recipe. Worksheet is 2 pages, 1 in English and 1 in Spanish.
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Cocina Mexicana

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners research authentic Mexican food recipes on the Internet and translate them into English noting any new vocabulary. They present their recipes and vocabulary to the class.
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Peurto Rico and its People

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students engage in discussion and activities to help them explain Peurto Rican people, their language (and how it differs from the spanish spoken in other countries), regional differences, and the different stereotypes that they are...
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God's Life

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students explore the Huichole culture. They create a craft that is typical of the Huichole culture. Students partake in a variety of traditional Spanish foods and music. They use Spanish vocabulary while creating their craft.
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Power Up With Breakfast

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this breakfast worksheet, students complete several activities in English or Spanish about breakfast activities. Students read a recipe, complete a word jumble, and a coloring activity.