Spanish Lesson: Las Tradiciones Pesqueras
Lesson Plan
1 hour 30 minutesGrades9, 10, 11, 12Spanish
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Written by Liz Ransom
About this lesson
Through readings, videos, and discussion, students explore the impact of climate change on small-scale fishing communities and discover best practices for building resilience.
Inquire: Students interpret infographics, play a game, and share what they know about the impact of climate change on fishing.
Investigate: Students deepen their understanding of sustainable small-scale fishing through a matching exercise and a tic-tac-toe research activity.
Inspire: Students create a mural to educate others about the importance of supporting sustainable, small-scale fishing.
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Suggestions
- In the Inquire section, instead of completing the readings for homework and playing Conecto, students can complete the reading in class as a gallery walk. Note that this will add about 20 minutes to the lesson length.
- Teacher prints out and hangs up the four infographics in the classroom.
- Students circulate, adding comments, questions, and emojis with sticky notes, then use the prompts on the Teacher Slideshow to discuss.
- In this lesson, students are invited to explore the topic of gender equity through data and by listening to the voices of women in the small-scale fishing industry.
- To learn more about climate challenges facing the fishing industry, teachers or students can watch these videos about marine reserves and smart fishing, or this video about an Alaskan fishing village (in English).
Prerequisites
- This is lesson 2 of 3 in our 9th-12th grade Spanish Unit: El pescado sostenible.
- To successfully navigate this lesson, students should be at an intermediate-low proficiency level.
- Students familiar with the imperfect tense will be prepared to understand the videos in the Investigate section, in which fisherpeople describe their childhoods.
- Students with the ability to use the present subjunctive will have the opportunity to employ this concept to express recommendations, doubts, and perspectives.
Differentiation
- Students may want to watch the video in the Inquire section first with the Spanish closed captions off, and a second time with the Spanish closed captions on.
- The tic-tac-toe activity in the Investigate section can be assigned as a graded mini-project or as ungraded collaborative classwork.
- The mural can be painted directly on a wall, or students can use a long sheet of bulletin board paper.
- Students preparing for the AP Spanish Language and Culture Exam can complete the optional chart of cultural products, practices, and perspectives found on the Student Document, then record a 2-minute cultural comparison with their own community using one of the themes listed.
From the scientist review
In this lesson, students explore how climate change is changing industrial fishing. This lesson passes our scientific review process.
En esta lección, los estudiantes exploran cómo el cambio climático está cambiando la industria pesquera. Esta lección pasa nuestro proceso de revisión científica.
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About the teacher writer
Liz Ransom
High School Teacher
As a High School Spanish teacher and student newspaper advisor, Liz has taught for over 20 years and has served as World Languages Department Chair and K-6 summer camp activities leader. She has worked in Ohio, Maine, New Jersey, Maryland, and Chile.
