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1. Indigenous People
Your Guide to Ready-Made Spanish Class
Materials by Speaking Latino
Class Guide

2. As we continue to support you and help you cut
your prep and planning, we are pleased to
introduce this new Class Guide.
This guide helps you discover the activities and
materials to use in your classes to highlight
indigenous people from Latin America. Which, of
course, saves you more time than ever.
We will release new Class Guides throughout the
year featuring different topics.
Thank you,
Jared and Diana
Speaking Latino’s Spanish Teachers Community
Your Indigenous
People Class
Guide
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3. How To Use Your
Class Materials
Guide
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Use this guide to discover the
materials by Speaking Latino.
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Click on the links on this guide
to learn more about each
material.
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Get any material you like to use
in class from Teachers Pay
Teachers.
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4. 12 de octubre (Hispanoamérica) –
Presentation
Tamales (Latinoamérica) –
Presentation
Muñecas Quitapenas (Guatemala)
Presentation
Ekeko (América del Sur) –
Presentation
Machu Picchu (Perú) – Presentation
Indigenous Peoples' Day (October 10th)
While In the US it honor and celebrate Native American peoples, as Spanish teachers you can bring visibility to
indigenous people from Latin America.
Las Cholitas (Bolivia) –
Presentation
Isabella Springmühl (Diseñadora de
modas) – Guatemala
Rigoberta Menchú (Líder Indígena) –
Guatemala
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5. ¿Qué es la apropiación cultural? –
La identidad pública y privada –
Identidad nacional y étnica
Audiovisual interpretive
communication activity where
students learn what cultural
appropriation and cultural assimilation
is.
Tecnología de la Información y
pueblos indígenas – La ciencia y la
tecnología – Efectos de la
tecnología en sí mismo y en la
sociedad
Audiovisual interpretive
communication activity where
students learn how technology and
social media is revitalizing indigenous
culture and language.
La belleza indígena – La belleza y la
estética – Definiciones de belleza
Speaking production activity for
novice, intermediate, and advanced
students to practice physical traits
vocabulary and descriptions.
Pueblos indígenas en América
Latina Hoy – Los desafíos mundiales
– Población y demografía
Audiovisual interpretive
communication activity where
students learn about the indigenous
population in Latin America and their
challenges.
Pueblos indígenas en Perú –
Familias y comunidades –
Costumbres y valores
Audiovisual interpretive
communication and interpersonal
communication activity where
students learn about how indigenous
communities live in Peru.
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Indigenous Peoples' Day (October 10th)
While In the US it honor and celebrate Native American peoples, as Spanish teachers you can bring visibility to
indigenous people from Latin America.
El pueblo Diaguita – La identidad
pública y privada – Identidad
nacional y étnica
Audiovisual interpretive
communication activity about this
Pre-Colombian group that lived
between Argentina and Chile.
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6. Arte Shipibo de la Selva Peruana –
La identidad privada y pública – La
identidad nacional y étnica (Perú)
In this reading comprehension
activity, students learn about Shipibo
Art, an art expression from the
Amazon in Peru.
La desigualdad étnica en Panamá –
La identidad pública y privada – La
enajenación y la asimilación
(Panama)
In this visual and oral activity,
students learn about the ethnic
inequality in Panama through images,
videos, and official statistics.
Ofrendas a la Pachamama: Vida
contemporánea – Tradiciones y
valores sociales (Bolivia)
In this Reading Comprehension
activity, students learn about
Pachamama day, a tradition in Bolivia
when people celebrate with offerings
to the Earth.
Color Rosa Mexicano: La identidad
pública y privada – Identidad
nacional y étnica (México)
In this project, students learn about
the traditional colors of Mexico, what a
logo is, and how the colors represent
its culture.
Tikal: La ciencia y la tecnología – Las
innovaciones tecnológicas
(Guatemala)
In this reading comprehension
activity, students read about Tikal, a
Mayan Civilization in Guatemala, learn
about their culture, and the
archeological discoveries.
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Indigenous Peoples' Day (October 10th)
While In the US it honor and celebrate Native American peoples, as Spanish teachers you can bring visibility to
indigenous people from Latin America.

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