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Hindi Culture

Eleventh graders explore Indian culture (संस्कृति) — त्योहार (festivals like Diwali & Holi), संगीत (sitar, tabla & ragas), नृत्य (Bharatanatyam & Kathak), खाना (curry, chai, dosa), and योग (yoga) — seeing how art, food, and traditions shape Indian identity.

Grade 11Indian Culture50 minutes1 class periodACTFL / World LanguagesExplicit teaching4 StandardsACTFL
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Explore Indian culture.
  • ✓Learn cultural icons.
  • ✓Connect art, food & traditions.
  • ✓Share a favorite.
Essential Question

From Diwali to yoga — what makes Indian culture rich and famous?

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Interactive Task
Explore · Interactive

The Indian Culture Explorer

Project this and tap each. Have students explore icons of Indian culture.

🪔 Explore Indian culture — tap eachTry it

The Lesson · Language Flow (Warm-Up · Present · Practice · Speak · Reflect)

50 minutes, five moves

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1

Warm-Up — Rich Traditions

6 min

What makes Indian culture rich and famous?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Show a Diwali photo.
  • Ask what they know.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Watch.
  • Share.
  • Get ready.
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Present — Culture

12 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to the Culture Explorer.
  • Present each icon.
  • Note art, food, traditions.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Tap each.
  • Note it.
  • Note it.
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Practice — Practice

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a cultural icon.
  • Say a favorite.
  • Say why it matters.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name.
  • Say.
  • Say it.
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Speak — Speak

13 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say “मुझे दिवाली पसंद है”.
  • Describe a cultural icon.
  • Ask a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Describe.
  • Ask.
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Reflect — Reflect

6 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a cultural icon.
  • Say why it matters.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Say it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Intermediate-Mid).

ACTFL
Cultures 2.2

Explore cultural products (music, dance).

ACTFL
Cultures 2.1

Explore practices & festivals.

ACTFL
Connections 3.2

Connect to art, food & yoga.

ACTFL
Communication 1.3

Presentational: present a cultural topic.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Culture cards with images.
  • Art/food/traditions chart.
  • Use short clips.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with त्योहार & योग.
  • Use pictures/clips.
  • Repeat aloud.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Try a simple yoga pose.
  • Make a culture poster.
  • Compare to your culture.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🪔Culture cards
  • 💻The Indian Culture Explorer
  • 🖼️Images & clips
  • 📓Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

संस्कृतिcultureत्योहार (tyohār)festivalsदिवाली (divālī)Diwaliहोली (holī)Holiसंगीत (sangīt)musicनृत्य (nritya)danceयोग (yog)yogaपरंपराtradition
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
What Indian festival is the festival of colors?
होली (Holi).
QUESTION 2
What practice, born in India, is now global?
योग (yoga).
QUESTION 3
Name an Indian classical dance.
Bharatanatyam or Kathak (नृत्य).

Reflect: Indian culture.

Have students name a favorite part of Indian culture and say why in Hindi. A printable Hindi culture sheet is in the World Languages library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

🖨️ Hindi CulturePrint
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: त्योहार (tyohār), दिवाली (divālī), नृत्य (nritya), परंपरा, योग (yog), संगीत (sangīt), संस्कृति, होली (holī)
  1. festivals
  2. music
  3. culture
  4. Holi
  5. dance
  6. tradition
  7. yoga
  8. Diwali

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. What Indian festival is the festival of colors?
  2. What practice, born in India, is now global?
  3. Name an Indian classical dance.
Answer key — Part A: 1) त्योहार (tyohār) · 2) संगीत (sangīt) · 3) संस्कृति · 4) होली (holī) · 5) नृत्य (nritya) · 6) परंपरा · 7) योग (yog) · 8) दिवाली (divālī)
Part B: 1) होली (Holi). 2) योग (yoga). 3) Bharatanatyam or Kathak (नृत्य).