GATE Activities

Digital Extension and Enrichment Resources

Celebrating Culture!

Hispanic Heritage Month is September 15th - October 15th!

Here are a variety of discussion, digital and hands-on resources to engage students in culture rich activities. The Google links can easily be copied and added to your Canvas assignments to expand cultural knowledge and appreciation.

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Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month

The 33rd Hispanic Heritage Awards program airs on PBS on Tuesday, October 6th. The Public Broadcasting Service has lessons dedicated to celebrating Latino Americans that can be easily copied to your Google Drive and added to your canvas modules. The lessons range in complexity for 4th - 12th grade.

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Travel Fair

Have students research Spanish-speaking countries with Scholastic's Global Trek online activity. Students can use this Google Docs template to create a travel brochure and showcase their learning of the country, culture and customs they researched.

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Culture in the Kitchen

Students can take advantage of "at-home" learning opportunities with these 30 authentic Spanish recipes students can make at home.

Experimenting with foods and the scientific chemical changes that take place in the process, while reading recipes and measuring ingredients... cooking is an all-encompassing, cross-curricular, tech free activity.

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