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Lesson Plans On American Culture

This document provides a list of free ESL lesson plans about American culture that can be downloaded from the website. It includes lessons on general US information, holidays like Thanksgiving and Memorial Day, famous people like Martin Luther King Jr., and comparisons between the US and French school and food cultures. The lessons contain articles, quizzes, exercises, photos and other materials to help teach students about life in the United States.

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Lesson Plans On American Culture

This document provides a list of free ESL lesson plans about American culture that can be downloaded from the website. It includes lessons on general US information, holidays like Thanksgiving and Memorial Day, famous people like Martin Luther King Jr., and comparisons between the US and French school and food cultures. The lessons contain articles, quizzes, exercises, photos and other materials to help teach students about life in the United States.

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Free ESL Lesson Plans on American Culture

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Don't forget to teach culture in your lessons. Students are really


interested in how the United States differs from France, so make sure to include these
differences. This is also a good way of increasing vocabulary. (Some of these resources are
very specific to my life in Michigan, especially pertaining to the school system, so you may
need to make adjustments to the lessons.)

General US Quiz - General questions about the US to quiz the students on

US Questions - Short exercise in creating questions from given answers, on the


subject of basic US information

September 11 - Transcript from


the first Daily Show with Jon Stewart after 9/11. The
video is available
online too. Follow up with discussion on Patriot Act.

US Election Quiz - Short multiple choice quiz mostly about the government and
electoral college

Electoral College Info - Map of US with number of electoral votes for each state, a
short explanation, and the number of votes from the 2000 election

Republican or Democrat? - Students agree or disagree with statements to determine


if they are more Republican or Democrat

In Flanders Fields - Poem for students to study around Veteran's Day, includes
picture of a poppy

Thanksgiving Article - Two page article on Thanksgiving customs, history and


contemporary celebrations

American Thanksgiving - Shorter (one page) article about Thanksgiving with


pumpkin pie recipe

Story of Thanksgiving - Past tense fill in the blank exercise (regular & irregular
verbs) using the story of Thanksgiving

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Thanksgiving Day Photos - Photos of Thanksgiving dinner and the typical food
Americans eat for the holiday

Label Thanksgiving Clipart - Label the clipart about Thanksgiving, for young
learners (write words on board so they can choose)

Pearl Harbor - Article about the attack on Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt's speech,
comparisons between Dec. 7 & Sept. 11, and passive mood exercise

US Geography & Directional Words - Map of US with list of directional words for
students to practice describing the location of a state

Famous Cities - Student locate cities on map of US and determine the three with the
highest populations (NY, LA & Chicago)

Distances between cities - Students locate cities on map, and determine which two
cities correspond to the distances given; also includes some famous places to see in
the US

Size of US compared to Europe - Two maps (to scale) that compare the size of the
US to the size of Europe (The US is 17 times larger than France)

Tourism in the US - Match tourist attractions with location, and identify pictures of
nine tourist attractions

Weather in the US - Describes weather in 5 regions of US, plus translation exercise


for weather vocabulary (French to English & vice versa)

US High Schools - Short article on American high schools, mostly what is different
from French high schools

High School Test - Multiple Choice & True / False test on American high schools

Interdictions & Obligations: Modals - Choose correct modal to fill in sentences


about American high schools

Interdictions & Obligations: T/F - Interdictions and obligations about high school,
students determine whether true or false and correct the false ones

Schedules & Grades Compared - Sample schedules and grades (marks and years)
comparing the school systems in France and the US

Student Vocabulary - List of nouns and adjectives for describing teenagers or


students, with French explanations

Stereotypical Students - Pictures of stereotypical students, students fill in nerd, jock,


goth, band geek, preppy and slacker

Martin Luther King Article - One page article on MLK, as well as comprehension
questions

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ACLU ad - Pictures of MLK and Charles Manson, with caption stating that MLK is
more likely to be pulled over by police because of his skin color

"I have a dream" speech - Transcript of the last 5 minutes of MLK's famous speech

St. Patrick's Day - Paragraphs about the holiday, map of Ireland & Northern Ireland,
and fill in the blank questions

American's Guide to France - Funny article about stereotypes of the French &
France (and Americans!), with clipart of stereotypical French man

American Restaurant Quiz - Multiple choice quiz about eating in restaurants in the
US, with some common restaurant expressions at the end

American Restaurant Menu - Sample menu from a typical American restaurant that
serves everything (modified from a Coney Island menu)

Food & Pronunciation - Vocabulary relating to meals and food in the US, with food
vocabulary sorted according to vowel sounds

Memorial Day Food - List of foods typically eaten at cookouts in the US, plus
explanation of Memorial Day in French

Cookout Food - Photos from a Memorial Day cookout, showing typical American
foods

American Breakfast Food - Photos and labels for American breakfast foods, plus
matching (with cookout foods) and short answer exercise

Bushisms - List of Bush quotes for students to correct

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