Argentina: Traditions, Food & Music || READING + WRITING ACTIVITIES || Latin America

Take your students on a cultural adventure through Argentina, from tango to asado, with this fun activities pack

Are you looking for a fun and educational resource to captivate your students’ curiosity about the world? Then this NO PREP Activities Pack about some of Argentina’s most important Traditions, Food and Music is what you need! Included here are a variety of activities that will engage your students in learning about the culture of one of the most fascinating countries in South America.

I recommend using this activities pack with students of any age, starting at 10 years old, and it may also be used with ESL/ELL students whose level of English is Intermediate or Advanced.

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ACTIVITIES INCLUDED:

** Warm-up activities: a blank map of the Americas for students to locate Argentina in it, and a worksheet for students to match pictures to definitions of different Argentinian traditions.
** An original non-fiction reading passage about different traditions, food and music from Argentina that includes:

• Traditions: Ways of Greeting, Fútbol, Merienda and Late Dinners, La Siesta, Meeting with Friends (and celebrating Friend’s Day)
• Food: Mate, Asado, Locro, Dulce de Leche, Empanadas
• Music: Tango, Folklore, Cuarteto, Rock Nacional, Current Argentinian Music (Youtube links to examples of these music genres are included!)
  ** Reading-comprehension questions based on the passage.
  ** A Multiple Choice quiz. Test your students’ understanding with a fun and educational quiz that reinforces key concepts from the reading passage.
  ** A True or False activity
  ** A word search about Argentina’s culture to reinforce key vocabulary and concepts.
  ** Worksheets with five thought-provoking writing prompts related to Argentinian culture to encourage research, writing and critical thinking.

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SAVE VALUABLE TIME:

• All activities are in ready-to-print PDF files and DIGITAL VERSIONS. The digital versions include editable boxes; students just have to type their answers on those boxes, save their answers and send the files to the teacher.
• This pack includes a Teacher’s Guide with all the activities and their corresponding answer keys, as well as the handouts for the students in separate files.

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