Hispanic Heritage Month, done right.
Hispanic Heritage Month is usually a bulletin board, a Frida Kahlo quote, and a coloring page. That is not it. The month is an invitation to do the work of letting students see the contributions of Hispanic figures in art, music, science, and politics as the default curriculum, not as a side dish for September. These resources are built that way.
Five 45-minute lessons backwards-designed from a presentational summative. Three proficiency tracks (Novice / Intermediate / Advanced) sharing one anchor reading. No clip art, no taco emoji. Production target is August so it lands before Sept 15.
Every Spanish teacher hits the morning when the kid is throwing up at 5:30am and you have not even thought about what period 1 is going to do.
A good single lesson is not a worksheet.
A mini-unit is the right unit of work for most of the year.
AP Spanish is the test that pretends to be a course.