Category Holidays
Picture-bound Travel Adventure
Intermediate- level EFL students work in groups to write and tell a creative, cohesive travel adventure based on the people and places they select from pictures.
Gratitude Tree
We “grew” a Thanksgiving tree on the school’s wall leading to the library. The tree, constructed of poster board, held hundreds of paper leaves on which students from many of our English classes had written words of gratitude or thanksgiving. This culminated a week of learning about Thanksgiving, using Teach Like a PCV resources such […]
Memory Challenge
A great game to review vocabulary for a unit or a specific topic. The more “meetings” students have with vocabulary words, the better they remember.
The Kindergarten Project
We are proud to present The Kindergarten Project! In one simple 1.57 GB zip file, you will find an entire school year’s TEFL curriculum for kindergartners, featuring games, activities, coloring pages, songs, and even videos demonstrating the lessons themselves. This curriculum was developed by Peace Corps Volunteers teaching English in Romania from 2011-2013. Â The curriculum […]
Valentine’s Day Bingo
Bingo! Use these pre-sorted and printable bingo cards as a quick game in a pinch or to teach Valentine’s Day vocabulary. Made by Romania PCV Jessica Brookins.
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech (2012 MLK Day lesson)
Celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy with your students. Students will gain a greater understanding of American and Black history by reading about this important man and watching his most memorable and iconic speech, “I have a dream.” Students will then reflect on their own life and communities and write their own “I have a […]
Make a poster about MLK Jr. and service (2013 MLK Day lesson)
Share one of America’s greatest legacies with your students. This lesson incorporates ideas of Martin Luther King, Jr. as well as the Day of Service celebrated in his honor. Through this lesson, students will come together to realize that our similarities are greater than our differences. At the end of this lesson, students will have […]
Christmas Bingo Cards
Bingo! Use these pre-sorted and printable bingo cards as a quick game in a pinch or just to teach about Christmas vocabulary. Made by Romania PCV Jessica Brookins.
Halloween Bingo Cards
Bingo! Use these pre-sorted and printable bingo cards as a quick game in a pinch or just to teach about Halloween. Made by Romania PCV Jessica Brookins.
Thanksgiving Bingo Cards
Bingo! Use these pre-sorted and printable bingo cards as a quick game in a pinch or to teach about that most American of Holidays: Thanksgiving. Made by Romania PCV Jessica Brookins.
Vocabulary Velcro
Students practice different vocabulary through this popular classroom activity where students must place pictures in their correct location.
Love/Valentine’s Day Activity Ideas
A handful of quick, love focused, activities to use when you need low prep fillers.Â
The First Thanksgiving Powerpoint
Powerpoint about the history that most American of holidays, telling the story of the Pilgrims and Native Americans.
Jeopardy Powerpoint
The classic American game is present as a powerpoint presentation for your beginner/Intermediate students. In case don’t have the resources for the powerpoint, the questions are also included to use separately.
Emotion Commotion
Divided into groups, students act out a scene portraying a specific emotion. Can their classmates guess correctly?
Love and Valentine’s Day
The origins and traditions of Valentine’s day and the different types of love are the topic of this lesson plan.
Valentine’s Day: True or False?
A quick true or false activity about the traditions associated with American holiday of Valentine’s Day.
St. Patrick’s Day Reading Worksheet
The history and tradition of St. Patrick’s Day are the subject of this reading comprehension based worksheet.
Make Your Own Reindeer
Bring the story of Rudolph to life by creating reindeers as an end of semester activity.
Introduction to Thanksgiving
The American holiday of Thanksgiving is explained and examined in this worksheet.
The Twelve Days of Christmas
This classic song is a great way to get your students to use their ordinal numbers and challenge them to write their own version of this Christmas tradition.
Christmas Vocabulary Worksheet
It’s Christmas! Use this activity to practice the essential vocabulary of the season.
American Holidays Powerpoint
Christmas and Halloween are great, but what about all those other great American holidays, like Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the 4th of July? Save yourself some time and teaching our holidays using this powerpoint made by Romania PCV Jessica Brookins.
Christmas Powerpoint
At some point in your service, you’re going to do a Christmas lesson. Save yourself some time and use this powerpoint made by Romania PCV Jessica Brookins.
Halloween Powerpoint
Halloween is the quintessential Anglo-Saxon holidays that kids around the world love to learn about. Save yourself some time and use this powerpoint made by Romania PCV Jessica Brookins.
Teach Like A PCV 