Dia de Los Muertos / Day of the

DeadVeronica Barrera

Module 6 / Tech 110

May 20, 2009

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Overview

By studying the Day of the Dead, a Mexican holiday, students gain an understanding that various cultures have differing views of life and death.

Objective Students will discuss how death is associated in our culture.Students will compare and contrast U.S. attitudes toward death with those of Mexico.Students will find the main idea of a paragraph.

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Materials*Day of the Dead reference article.

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Standards

•R 2.0•W 1.0

Vocabulary

*Festivity: Thing being done to celebrate.

Mourning: The wearing of black or some other color to show sorrow for a person’s death.

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Model of instruction

• Teacher at the beginning of the lesson engages students prior knowledge about rituals surrounding death. Teacher puts answers on the board. Students are to write a paragraph comparing and contrasting the article and their views on death.

Assessment

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• Students share their drafts with a partner.

• Students are to identify the main ideas in their partner’s paper.