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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This worksheet contains images and descriptions of the most popular holidays. The pictures are coloured in bright colours and has pink background, making the worksheet 'friendly' and appealing to ...
This presentation is perfect for younger students to learn about the Gunpowder Plot & why Bonfire Night is celebrated. It begins with a link to a video of a fireworks display which acts as a w ...
This is a multiple choice exercise that may be used after watching the film by Clint Eastwood to make sure the students understood the topic. It can be followed by a debate about what the relation ...
This is a power point presentation on Thanksgiving vocabulary. Students have to look at the pictures and choose the correct option, they can revise or learn some words about this holiday and trad ...
This is a worksheet on Bonfire Night or Guy Fawkes Night. Students have to complete a crossword with words related to this festival. They can read and complete a short story about the history of B ...
A lesson on dating customs, used to provoke discussion and introduce related vocabulary with a teenage upper-intermediate group. Students start by discussing which of the customs are traditional a ...
A song about Bonfire Night with pictures of the important words linked to this celebration : bonfire , sparklers, fireworks ,Guy Fawkes ,gingerbread man , toffee apples , An opportunity to explai ...
A Bonfire Night lesson for upper-primary students at roughly elementary or pre-intermediate level. Includes a vocabulary input exercise and some reading, ending in a pronunciation activity based a ...
This comprehension is all about the celebration of Diwali. Did you know that Diwali is known as the 'festival of lights'? Students read through the article and answer the accompanying study questi ...
A link, a script and some tasks to the video about the USA for children and adults. The text and tasks can be used for reading comprehension, there's also a task for defining US states.
This was initially designed for an IELTS preparation class using Masterclass IELTS. It gets students thinking about different ways we can see and interact with the world. Most of the issues are ge ...
This PowerPoint presentation is designed to help the new or would be teachers coming to Thailand. It will give them some insight in Thailand's unique customs and traditions. This can also be helpf ...
This is a pretty easy matching activity for teaching or revising countries related vocabulary at elementary level. Students are asked to match the flags with the words given. The workshe ...
The worksheet entitled 'Australia Day' has been prepared in order to get the students familiar with Australia and its regions. It may be used in the classes devoted to culture as well as mastering ...
I created this presentation as a supplement to a lesson from the text on slang in general. This PowerPoint is a "quiz." I had my students guess what they thought the meaning of the slang word/phra ...
I used this presentation with secondary students in Spain. The vocabulary covers summer holidays, activities, cookout food/drinks, and weather. The last slide in my PP is copied and pasted from a ...
This is a reading activity for Intermediate and Upper Intermediate students. The worksheet includes a vocabulary practice part and a text that follows. In the first part the students are to match ...
This worksheet can be used with pre-intermediate students to work with communication, how people communicate and behave according to their culture. It's a lesson prepared for 1 hour 15 minutes and ...
The worksheet is designed for the newer version of Pride and Prejudice which is 2 hours long. There are listening questions and a fill in the blank section for each half of the film, to be divided ...
I came across this while preparing a lesson on culture. It's not my own work but it's a great activity [kindly provided by http://www.ideels.uni-bremen.de]. Participants in IDEELS simulations com ...
Listening worksheet for this Nat Geo video:
I use this in my class to review stages of life and discuss transitional ceremonies such as weddings and coming of age ceremonies. Good ...
This activity is aimed at an able pre-intermediate group up to upper-intermediate. It talks about Valentine's Day traditions from around the world and introduces new vocabulary to students in form ...
Something different to add to your carnival class with teens or adults, this listening worksheet consists of true/false gist questions and multiple choice detailed listening questions. Answer key ...
This quiz is both an informative and entertaining activity. It can be played in class or English club school work. All keys provided for all 4 different sections being groupped into Rounds allow a ...
This worksheet is supposed to be used together with the song. The students are asked to fill the gaps in the lyrics while listening. The exersise can be modified according to your student's level. ...
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