Excursions in Mexico

Invite your pupils to educate themselves on the culture in various Spanish-speaking countries through a series culture-related projects. The resource includes a series of individual and group projects for learners to choose from as well...

Instructions for a creative Spanish project are outlined in this colorful presentation. This project requires students to work in groups and create their own PowerPoint or poster about planning a trip to Mexico. It includes directions,...

Your intermediate or advanced Spanish learners will voyage to Mexico, researching five different cities with this activity. To differentiate instruction, create different requirements for your advanced learners. Consider having them...

Students conduct Internet research on the Ballet Folklorico de Mexico. They complete a worksheet answering questions about the Ballet Folklorico, and create an award and write a speech to present to the class.

Give your class this hypothetical letter telling them that some Spanish speakers from Mexico are coming to your school. These kids don't know English, so small groups will have to brainstorm ways to provide support. What kinds of...

Can you name all of the Mexican states? Most Americans can't, even though Mexico is our close neighbor. Encourage your Spanish learners to research a Mexican state and create a comprehensive PowerPoint to share the newly acquired...

Students can listen to a video interview [2:01] with a native Spanish speaker who is now living in America. In this interview, conducted in Spanish, the student explains how her school life and entertainment life were much different for...

Students can listen to a video interview [2:53] with a native Spanish speaker who is from Mexico is living in America. In this interview, conducted in Spanish, this mother explains why she has chosen to stay home with her children rather...

Students explore a website for a hotel in Acapulco, Mexico, answering questions about hotel offers, prices, and special activities. They prepare a skit between family members, or prepare an ad for a hotel.

In this lesson, students will watch a video [01:14] that features a college student who had moved from her native Mexico border town to Brownsville, Texas. As she speaks Spanish, she compares the dangers of her native Matamoros, Mexico...