What is Fiesta San Antonio? Teaching Fiesta San Antonio History

Before integrating Fiesta San Antonio activities into the classroom, you must first teach the students the details and cultural traditions behind the celebration. While creating this Fiesta San Antonio teaching resource, we came across these interesting facts about the celebration

• Fiesta San Antonio is an annual festival held in April in San Antonio, Texas, and is the city’s largest event of the year.
• The celebration started in 1891, when local women decorated carriages, baby buggies and bicycles with live flowers met in front of the Alamo, and threw flowers at one another, thus inspiring the name “Battle of Flowers.”
• The Battle of Flowers Parade is the oldest Fiesta event and is organized entirely by women.
• The parade attracts crowds of more than 350,000 people on the second Friday of Fiesta.

Prepare for Fiesta San Antonio 2023- No Prep Lesson Plans

Teaching and celebrating Texas culture with Fiesta activities at school is easy. This instructional slide deck is the perfect place to start!

 It offers easy-to-read (and teach) text, bright colors, vivid photographs, videos, and checks for understanding throughout the presentation. It’s the perfect way to introduce your young students to Texas culture and this historic event.

 Be sure to check out additional Texas-related worksheets for elementary students here!

Teach Fiesta San Antonio, Texas, with Teach Starter

In addition to standard instructional use, use this Fiesta slide deck as a resource for

• Guided reading groups
• Fiesta Celebrations at School
• Introduction to an elementary culture project, or as a lead-in to a schoolwide Fiesta San Antonio 2023 celebration.

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This resource was created by Beth Hindi, a teacher in Texas and Teach Starter Collaborator.