Each year I think I am going to finally have built up enough immunities to escape the "Back to School" cold, and each year I still get it. Granted it's already the middle of October, so maybe I'm at least staving it off longer. At any rate, I thought this would be a good opportunity to share some of my favorite lesson plans to leave when I can't be at school.
Click on any of the pictures below to get these lessons for yourself!
Click on any of the pictures below to get these lessons for yourself!
1) Sub Plans: Hispanic Myths & Legends - each lesson in this 5 day set takes a different Hispanic Myth or Legend and relates it to something else in the culture. The lessons, although they are in English, will really make your students think about culture at a deeper level. If you don't need a 5 day lesson, each one is also available separately.
2) Sub Plans: Famous Works of Art - each lesson focuses on a piece of art created by artists such as Frida Kahlo, Pablo Picasso, Diego Rivera, Joan Miró, and Fernando Botero. The guided activities help students to break down the meanings of these works step by step and relate them to a historical event, biographical information, or other cultural reference. Even younger students can be successful at interpreting these great works of art through this process.
3) Sub Plans: World Heritage Sites of Latin America - each lesson focuses on a different World Heritage Site in Latin America, including Lake Xochimilco, Tikal National Park, Nazca Lines, Qhapaq Ñan, and Cueve de las Manos. After learning about each site, they will go through a series of activities that ask them to consider these places in the larger cultural context and reflect on the origin of each site.
4) Sub Plans: Festivals of Spain - each lesson focuses on a different festival of Spain including La Tomatina, Las Fallas, Semana Grande, Cristianos y Moros, and other more bizarre festivals. Once students have learned about the festival they will take part in a series of activities designed to get them to make cultural inferences, personal connections, and present day reflections based on what they have learned.
These lessons are easily carried out by any sub (since the chance of getting one that knows Spanish is slim to none...at least in Ohio) and they promote learning so that sub day doesn't mean "blow off" day! Happy sick day!
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