Sneak Peek: A free, easy-to-use lesson plan focused on the impact of personal and cultural traditions using the Bad Bunny short film, Debí tirar más fotos!
This is a powerful lesson for students to think deeply about life and what makes it beautiful. In today’s fast-paced digital world, how often do they notice special moments before they’re gone? The film shows Puerto Rico’s rich heritage and culture and how important it is to preserve it. Through post-viewing discussions, students will be invited to reflect on this cultural awareness on a very personal level.
Learning Objective
In this lesson, students will develop an understanding of how we document our lives by reflecting on how the passing of time not only affects us, but how it changes the people and places where we live.
Materials
Short film Debí Tirar Más Fotos
Preguntas personales PDF (FREE)
Preguntas personales respuestas PDF (FREE)
Una imagen especial PDF (FREE)
Una imagen especial DIGITAL (FREE)
Pen/pencil
Prep
For this lesson, you simply have to have the video ready to show from YouTube, and the worksheets printed out with the appropriate number of copies. If you prefer to assign them digitally, upload them to your learning management system.
Duration
This lesson is designed for one 57 minute class period, but can be shortened or extended if desired. It could also work well for a sub plan, even if they don’t speak Spanish!
Teacher instructions
- Greet the students as they settle in for class. Communicate the learning objective.
- Pair students up and ask them to share their favorite Bad Bunny song. They will likely know of him, but if they don’t, share a little bit about his background. Bad Bunny’s real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio. He is a Puerto Rican singer and rapper, and global Latin superstar. He blends reggaetón, trap, and pop. He uses his platform to advocate for Puerto Rican identity, social justice, and artistic freedom. He has sold millions of records worldwide.
- Tell students the title of the short film is Debí Tirar Más Fotos. Ask them to make predictions about it based on the title. Call on a few students to share their thoughts. Sometimes it can be difficult to get students to make predictions. If you don’t have any volunteers, start off the predictions by making one yourself. Or, simply ask them what they like to take photos of, and why they find it important to capture those moments. Remind them to share only school appropriate things. Asking this question might give the students too much of an opportunity to be funny, so use your discretion here!
*Playful add: Share some photographs you have taken in your past… they could be from traveling to a Spanish speaking country, or perhaps some old-school filtered photos you used to share on social media? Did you ever use those disposable cameras? Do your students ever print off photos or only share them digitally?
- Play the film for the students. Upon its completion, hand out the preguntas personales PDF. Students will work independently (or in small groups if you choose) to fill out the questions. When all students are finished, call on volunteers to share their answers. Feel free to display the answer key provided, though many answers will vary.
- Collect the completed worksheets if you wish to assign points/grade it.
- Next, hand out the una imagen especial PDF. Allow students to brainstorm which photo they might want to bring from home, or let them use their personal devices to look up potential meaningful photos. Encourage students to start writing about why the photo is special and what emotions it captures for them. This may need to occur during the next class period, or assign it as homework.
- Set a due date for the students to bring in their special photo and have their write up completed. Attach their photos to the descriptions and do a gallery walk. If your students complete this lesson with the Google Slides version, you could do a digital gallery walk using Padlet.
Optional activities:
Show Bad Bunny’s interview with Jimmy Fallon where they discuss his new album. Start at the three minute mark and go until 7:06. Total run time is 12:09. Warning: If you choose to play the whole video at the 10:48 mark it shows the host and Bad Bunny taking a shot of alcohol together. This may not be appropriate for your setting.
Show the lyric video for Bad Bunny’s song: Lo que pasó a Hawaii. This song addresses themes of gentrification, over-tourism, and cultural preservation, using what happened in Hawaii as an example for what could happen/is happening to Puerto Rico. Discuss as a class.
What’s next? Now that you’ve gotten students thinking about cultural identity, music and artistry, it’s the perfect time to dive into our Latin Music Unit! Get access to that unit and more by joining us in Linaje Year One inside the Heritage Spanish Club!
Looking for more? If you need fresh, fun ideas for heritage Spanish, check out this blog post: 11 Last-Minute-No-Prep Lesson Ideas for Heritage Speakers Class.
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