Welcome to the customs and traditions section of Busy Teacher. This page is one of many subsections devoted to travel related topics. With 125 worksheets to choose from, this is a great place to start when searching for lesson materials. The British Royal Family, etiquette, and cultural differences are a few of the topics you can expect to find here. This worksheet about stereotypes is popular with ESL teachers. It was designed to help elementary and intermediate learners discuss a variety of European stereotypes. There are a number of exercises to get students thinking and speaking about the topic. Since the worksheet is quite long, consider including just a few of the sections and feel free to customize it for your students. Be sure to read through the worksheet carefully before making copies. This is just one of the free, printable worksheets available. If it is not appropriate for your students, considering using one of the others posted on this page or combine ideas from different worksheets to create your own.
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A speaking and conversation-based lesson to talk about superstitions around the world. This resource includes picture speculation, vocabulary matching, warm-up and conversation questions ...
Talk about the Mexican-American holiday Cinco de Mayo. This fun, conversation, and video-based lesson plan covers a bit of the history of the holiday, how it's celebrated, and descriptio ...
Learn more about St. Patrick's Day with this video and visual-aids-based lesson on St. Patrick's Day and Leprechauns. It builds vocabulary includes listening and discussion questions, id ...
A video and visual-aids-based lesson on St.Patrick's Day customs. Vocabulary builder, discussion questions, idioms, listening questions, and fill-in-the-gaps exercise. Students listen to ...
Culture and cultural awareness are important parts of communication. In this video-based lesson, students watch a video, answer listening questions, practice vocabulary in various ways, ...
This fun video is about Valentine's Day culture and is a comparison between American and Japanese customs. It includes vocabulary building exercises, discussion, critical thinking, liste ...
Learn about the holiday Boxing Day. This lesson is linked to a fun, animated YouTube video that explains the origins and customs of the holiday. It's a great way for teaching cross-cultu ...
This listening and speaking worksheet helps students to develop listening comprehension. Students learn about the history and traditions of Halloween with the help of short videos. It in ...
To celebrate Hanukkah we have created this research activity for students to enjoy. This worksheet was created by PrimaryLeap.co.uk. Hanukkah is the Jewish Festival of Lights and lasts for eight d ...
The class is composed of a short quiz and a full text. The student has to tell what are the objects in the pictures. After the quiz, students follow to the text. The text is fully read and there a ...
The worksheet includes 4 short texts about Constitution Day in Russia and 10 exercises. Most of the exercises are based on the texts, but some of them are also connected to the topic "The Politica ...
A fun, animated lesson to teach your students all about Black Friday. What is it? How did it get its name? What happens? and lots more! This lesson plan is linked to a YouTube video that was made ...
This is a listening activity based on Ramadan. It has an exercise to elicit the vocabulary, then students should watch a video (link on the file) and complete 2 tasks. There's a bottom-up exercise ...
Video & Song Activity based on a High School Musical 3 scene about prom. First, students watch the movie segment (which can be found on youtube) and answer some questions about it. Then, match ...
The DNA Journey is a project in which people from all over the world are asked to take a DNA test. It turns out they have much more in common with other nationalities than they thought ... The she ...
This is one of the best episodes in the series, suitable for Christmas. Will be suitable for B1+ levels. I divided the 21-minute long episode into two parts and made true-or-false statements to ea ...
Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year. All of the words are associated with Rosh Hashanah. How many words can your students find hidden in the grid? To make it more fun for kids, set a time for the ...
Kids can write their own message in this greetings card or use it as an extra resource when learning about Hanukkah! Hanukkah is also known as the Festival of Lights and Feast of Dedication, is an ...
I have designed this worksheet for Top Notch 2A classes. It includes several questions for the first unit of this book, Greeting and Customs. It is designed for pre-intermediate and upper levels. ...
This worksheet can teach some things about the urban tribes. You can understand the culture, custom and many qualities that are seen in the lives of the different urban tribes. The reading text i ...
This is a craft activity perfect to be used after a cultural lesson on the Chinese new year. Students are required to use some extra materials such as construction paper, glue, scissors, and stick ...
This worksheet provides a wide range of vocabulary related to adjectives of personality, practising superlative sentences and matching vocabulary with images about the wonderful country of China. ...
This is one of my favourite lessons to teach. It requires little preparation, but is engaging, educational, and fun! In a quite task-based approach, it introduces the concept of cross-cultural dif ...
This file includes different questions about holiday. It is designed for both elementary and pre-intermediate levels. Put the students into pairs or small groups and encourage them to talk. Hope i ...
I have used this game when teaching a lesson about Spain to a group with mixed levels. They really had fun playing it. The questions are not very difficult and some of them can be inferred from th ...
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