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Día de los muertos - Webquest IntroductionHaveyoueverhadapartyorpicnicatacemetery? Ifyouhaven't,hadyoueverconsidered it?Chancesare the thoughtprobablyhasnevercrossedyourminduntilnow.Averyspecialday iscomingsoonformanySpanishspeakers.Yourjobistospreadthewordofthisholiday.Butfirst,youneedtolearnalittleaboutit. TaskYourtaskistolearnabouttheMexicanholiday,TheDaysoftheDead.Youwillexamineonlinesitesaccordingtoyourassignedteamrole.Afterconductingresearchandtakingnotes,yourteamwillthencreatea“book”abouttheLosDíasdelosMuertosandwillpresenttheinformationtotheclass. ProcessInvestigate the following sitesaccording toyour role:HistoryHunter, FoodFinder, andCulturalCreator.Afterreadingtheinformationoneachsite,answerthequestionslocatedonthestudenthandout.Takedetailednotescarefullyonyourstudenthandout.Thesequestionswillprovidetheinformation your team members will need to create your book, power point, photo story,animoto,etc.,onDíasdelosMuertos.Whenyouhavecompletedthestudenthandout,youwillmeetwithyourteammemberstobegincreatingyourproduct.

HistoryHunter:YourjobistoprovidehistoricalinformationontheDayoftheDead. http://archive.azcentral.com/ent/dead/ -AZCentral’sElDíadelosMuertos

http://www.mexonline.com/daydead.htm-Mexicoonline http://www.mayankids.com/mmkbeliefs/dayofdead.htm

http://www.wikihow.com/Celebrate-Day-of-the-Dead-(Dia-De-Los-Muertos)

1.WheredoesDayoftheDeadcomefrom?

2.HowistheMexicanviewofdeathdifferentthanwhatwebelieveintheUnitedStates?

3.HowisNovember1stdifferentthanNovember2nd?Whoishonoredoneachday?

5.HowdidtheSpaniardsviewthecelebration?

6.DescribeatypicalNovember2nddayinMexico.

7.Makealistof7SpanishwordsanddefinitionsinEnglishthatyouencounterduringyourresearch.

FoodFinder:YourtaskwillbetolocateinformationonrecipesandtraditionalfoodsservedduringtheMexicanholiday.Youwillalso includedetailsaboutmusicand itsroleduringthiscelebration

http://www.pbs.org/foodancestors/

https://www.inside-mexico.com/category/holidays/dayofthedead/

http://www.mayankids.com/mmkbeliefs/dayofdead.htm http://www.wikihow.com/Celebrate-Day-of-the-Dead-(Dia-De-Los-Muertos)

Food/MusicFinder

1.Writedownalistoffoodsusedduringthisholiday.Wouldyoueatanyofthese?Whatdoyoulikeanddonotlikeabouteach?

2.Whatisthe"breadofthedead”?

3.Whyisfoodpartofthiscelebration?

4.Describethemusicthatisintegratedinthisceremony(includingbells,chants,songs,bands,etc).

5.Makealistof5SpanishwordsanddefinitionsinEnglishthatyouencounterduringyourresearch.

CulturalCreator:Youwillbetheteacherofculture.ReadabouttheeventsandtraditionsassociatedwithTheDayoftheDead.Youwillrecordimportantdetailsonyourstudenthandout.

http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/dpdeadsupplement.html -MexicoConnectDescribescurrenttraditionsandeventsincorporatedintotheDayoftheDeadcelebration.

http://symboldictionary.net/?p=2551-Thissitedescribesvariouseventsandsymbols associatedwith the Day of the Dead. Pictures and images from thecelebrationareincluded.

http://www.mayankids.com/mmkbeliefs/dayofdead.htmhttp://www.wikihow.com/Celebrate-Day-of-the-Dead-(Dia-De-Los-Muertos)

CultureCreator

1.ListanddescribethreeormoresymbolsusedintheMexicancelebration.

2.Describetwodifferenteventsthatmaytakeplaceinthecemetery.

3.Describetwodifferenteventsthatmaytakeplaceintown.

4.Describetheroleofthealtar.

5.Whataresomeoftheofferingsprovidedforlovedones?

6.Whatkindsofflowersanddecorationsareimportantduringthisholiday?