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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The following worksheet presents the history of Uncle Sam as one of the American national symbols". After the text there are three exercises - true or false, comprehension questions and writing ( ...
This is a short fact file about the House of Lords. It can be used in culture lessons about British politics. Either hand it out to all pupils, or let them compose their own questions to it in sma ...
How to be tolerant in a multicultural area? The term ‘Multicultural’ describes the culturally diverse nature of human society. Students need to acquire knowledge, skills and values tha ...
This is an important year for the Royals, and all the teachers of English around the world are looking for information about the most famous couple of the moment. So, I've prepared two short biog ...
This is a worksheet about the British Royals. The family tree on the first page can be used to practice the possessive case and the dates. On the second page there are some interesting historical ...
This is a text about how etiquettes differ throughout the world (France, Italy, China, Argentina) plus follow-up questions. Can supplement food and eating and travelling topics. Includes link ...
I've just created this presentation for Chinese students to understand some differences between east and west cultures. It will serve better students at an intermediate or upper since this le ...
The Flower of Remebrance worksheet is based around 'Poppies' which apeared in Flander's Fields after the War. The worksheet includes the poem along with a question and answer sheet. Upper Primary ...
This worksheet deals with some of Edinburgh Festivals, like Mela Festival, Storytelling Festival, Imaginate Children's Festival and some others. At first comes a short introduction (gap text with ...
This is the listening grid I have made to be used with "Avoiding gaffes"; sutdents listen and watch the video and fill in the grid with the following information: Country-Type of gaffe-Why is it a ...
It is a worksheet I have made to use a video made by the Peace Corps to explain to their candidates how to avoid gaffes when they go abroad. You need to go to http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/multim ...
The main grammar focus of this worksheet is Active / Passive Voices of English verbs. This worksheet can be used as a hand-out for individual or group work to increase Intermediate students&rsquo ...
This ws deals with the origing of some sayings and idioms we use everyday, for instance, where does the saying "it's raining cats and dogs" come from? Why was it used first? It's interesting to k ...