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Title | All Saints Day and All Souls Day Resources |
Body | Here are some online resources that you can use to teach your students about All Saints Day and All Souls Day traditions in the Spanish-speaking world: Specific to Day of the Dead as it is celebrated in Mexico (and the United States): -Here is a printable calaca (skull) for students to color from Spanish Baby: http://www.spanglishbaby.com/?s=el+dia+de+los+muertos&x=0&y=0 -Here is a PowerPoint about the Day of the Dead in Mexico: http://www.tes.co.uk/ResourceDetail.aspx?storyCode=6004440 -Here are clear audio narratives explaining Day of the Dead in Mexico and in the United States: http://www.fluencyprof.com/el-dia-de-los-muertos-comic.html -Here is a multimedia site about Day of the Dead in Michoacan and Oaxaca: http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/graficos/graficosanimados11/EU_muertos -Here is a website dedicated to the Mexican celebration: http://www.dayofthedead.com -If you live near the Bay Area in California, this celebration may be of interest to you: http://www.dayofthedeadsf.org -The San Diego County Office of Education has guidelines for teachers who teach about Day of the Dead as well as recommended resources at http://www.sdcoe.net/lret2/hss/?loc=fall2009_newsletter&m=1 (scroll about halfway down the page to Resources) -What Day of the Dead is not, in English http://www.inside-mexico.com/noes.htm and in Spanish http://www.inside-mexico.com/noessp.htm -Here is an About.com article about Day of the Dead: http://spanish.about.com/cs/culture/a/dayofdead.htm?nl=1 -Here is a craft idea from Spanglish Baby for making a shoebox altar: http://spanglishbaby.com/finds/day-of-the-dead-kids-craft-shoebox-altar -Here are some activities and handouts with Halloween themes: http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/taskmagic/attachments/folder/927765867/item/list?mode=list&order=ordinal&start=1&count=20&dir=asc -Here is Calaveras song on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=ZpqoO7LkgF0 -Here is an intriguing wordless animated clip, also on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBKn6CPKGnA -Here’s video explain the traditions: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kimX-rwPmyk -Here are several resources from the Mis Cositas website: a video focusing on careers (as played by skeleton toys) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAdBfZI5uq0 ; another video in slow Spanish about the traditions - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kimX-rwPmyk ; an online storybook - http://www.miscositas.com/miabuela.html ; photos from Mexico - http://www.flickr.com/photos/miscositaspix/sets/72157625811153814 ; a webquest - http://www.miscositas.com/muertos.html ; and thematic units in English - http://www.miscositas.com/units.html#english ; and Spanish - http://www.miscositas.com/units.html#spanish Here is an article about All Saints Day in Peru: http://www.dosmanosperu.com/dosmanos/spanish/latin-culture/fiestas/todos-los-santos.php Most of these resources deal with Mexican traditions, but not all of them: http://www.ac-grenoble.fr/disciplines/espagnol/articles.php?lng=fr&pg=274 |
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