Inti Raymi Inca Festival of Peru, Latin America

Cultural lesson on the festival of Inti Raymi. Key Stage 3 appropriate (more years 7-8).

1. Connect/Starter activity - students translate cognates (e.g. el festival, la celebración etc) from Spanish to English. There are short sentences with these in using previous knowledge (e.g. Me encanta el fesival).
2. Introduction: Who were the Incas? Read around the room activity. Students have a short questionnaire to fill out - teacher puts 1 A4 on each wall of classroom (information on the people, the land, the religion, the culture). Students circulate the room and fill out questionnaire.
3. Popcorn reading about Inti Raymi - students read aloud from the board about what the festival is and how it related to the Inca Empire and civilization.
4. Video clips x 2 - students make notes whilst watching short clips about Inti Raymi.
5. Students make an informative leaflet/poster for tourists/foreigners about what Inti Raymi is and who the Inca people were - template provided.
6. Plenary - a short quiz that can be completed in books or on mini whiteboards.

A great, informative lesson filled with facts, pictures, and engaging content about this Latin American festival.