Foreign+Language+Spanish

Day of the Dead / Dia de los Muertos - A. Klumpp G. Lockwood

5. Looking at national and state standards choose possible topics and a couple possible objectives you could cover under this topic (this will be adjusted).


 * Spanish Standards are as follows: Cross-Cultural Understanding, Using Languages other than English (LOTE)

6. Decide on a passion-based theme for your unit. (Skateboarding to teach landforms, simple machines, geometry, bios of skateboarders, geogrpahy of where they live, etc.
 * Halloween - Dia de los Muertos / Day of the Dead

7. Create a topical map and then a subject map (choose one or two areas to develop learning activities)[| Mind Mapping Tools]



8. Decide on a kickoff activity -Arouse students’ curiosity and interest with stimulating introduction. Consider visual display of theme as well as introductory activities.


 * creating a teacher generated replica of an authentic altar used during Dia de los Muertos in Oaxaca, Mexico to explain the customs and traditions involved with the relevance in Mexican culture.


 * allow for student generated questions and teacher response

9. Create 2-3 learning activities that teach the objectives you selected from standards. Use Web 2.0 tools as the participatory medium. How will you evaluate mastery of the objectives? Make sure your activities are cross curricular in nature.


 * Show Dia de los Muertos DVD or Youtube video regarding the process involved with creating an authentic altar (ofrenda), buying and selling traditional Mexican products needed for the altar, discussion of vocabulary generated from things observed in the video.

10. Decide on a culminating event. Make sure your event includes others and highlights student created artifacts.


 * Student created altars, pan de muertos recipes/baking, rising skeletons, las calaveras, etc. using Video to record students and events of the process of getting ready for this celebration.

11. Take pics of your chart, list notes, and link anything you can for others on your table's page here on the wiki. "None of us is as good as all of us."


 * more to come....