by theculturalclassroom | Oct 6, 2022 | Culture
Growing up, I lived in a community in Brooklyn called Little Puerto Rico. On a side note, I’m reading a wonderful book right now that is basically a biopic of my experience in Brooklyn as a little girl: “When We Make It” by Elisabet Velasquez....
by theculturalclassroom | Oct 2, 2022 | Culture
Ways to Incorporate Indigenous Culture in the Classroom My passion is the integration of social justice themes in the foreign language classroom. What exactly is social justice? In the classroom, it can accomplish the following: Slide from my FLAVA presentation in...
by theculturalclassroom | Apr 2, 2022 | Culture
In the following post, you will read about 5 fun facts about Semana Santa (Holy Week) in Sevilla and why you should add it to your curriculum this year! It is a great addition of authentic culture into your classroom. A little backstory as to why I love Semana Santa:...
by theculturalclassroom | Mar 26, 2022 | Culture
Sharing personal cultural experiences in Spanish class Many of us Spanish teachers are educating the famous Gen Z–which comes with a variety of implications and sometimes misguided stereotypes. “They don’t want to work,” I’ve heard people...
