Spanish 3 · Week 5 · Días inolvidables y expresión
Mi valle, muchas historias
Reading about Cahuilla and farmworker histories of the valley, students narrate how other people experienced the same place.
- Students will
- Students narrate how different people experienced the Coachella Valley using both past tenses.
- SEL skill
- Imagine how different people experienced the same place
- What it looks like
- Students practice empathy by considering how the same place felt different to different people.
- Content focus
- Narrating the past with both tenses; Coachella Valley history
- Format
- Collaborative analysis
Social awareness
Social awareness means understanding the perspectives of others and empathizing with them, including people from different backgrounds. More social awareness activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- WL.CM1.I: Communication Standard 1, Interpretive Communication (Intermediate range)
- WL.CL2.I: Cultures Standard 2, Cultural Products, Practices, and Perspectives (Intermediate range)
- WL.CN2.I: Connections Standard 2, Diverse Perspectives and Distinctive Viewpoints (Intermediate range)
- National (ACTFL World Readiness): Acquiring Information and Diverse Perspectives, Cultural Comparisons, Interpretive Communication, Relating Cultural Products and Practices to Perspectives
- Proficiency range: Intermediate
Fits these textbook chapters
- Auténtico 3, Capítulo 1: Un día inolvidable
- Realidades 3, Capítulo 1: Días inolvidables
- Realidades 3, Capítulo 8: Encuentro entre culturas
- EntreCulturas 3, Unidad 1: ¡Cuéntame!
Textbook names are used only to help you find activities that fit what you teach. RoseThread Connect is not affiliated with these publishers.
More social awareness activities for Spanish 3
- Los murales cuentan historias Social awarenessStudying Chicano murals in Coachella's "Pueblo Viejo", students infer the stories and struggles the artists wanted told.
- Te recomiendo que Social awarenessStudents give advice with the subjunctive only after listening fully to a peer's problem and reflecting it back.
- Las manos del valle Social awarenessLearning about Coachella Valley farmworkers and the UFW, students recognize the labor behind the food they eat.
- Servir a mi comunidad Social awarenessStudents identify a local need by listening to what neighbors say and plan a small service project in Spanish.
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RoseThread Connect activities are drafted with the help of AI and shaped by educators. Students never have to share anything personal. Our five SEL skills are informed by CASEL's SEL Framework; RoseThread Learning is not affiliated with or endorsed by CASEL.