Day of the Dead Virtual Fieldtrip |
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Day of the Dead Virtual Fieldtrip |
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ready for all of your dead relatives' spirits to come visit you during
the next couple weeks! How would it feel? Scary? Exciting?
Mysterious? Morbid? Interesting?
The Mexican people do not seem to have many of the qualms that others do about death and facing death. As part of their beliefs, they have a yearly celebration to welcome home the spirits of their friends and family who have died and are expected to come back for a visit. Today, you are going to go on a 'virtual' fieldtrip to Mexico to see and learn about some of the customs associated with this special holiday. Please answer all the questions on your
worksheet from the sites that you will be going to during the course of
this virutal fieldtrip. After getting your copy of the student worksheet
page, click on Field Trip below to begin your trip to this holiday celebration.
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To find out some more about this Mexican tradition, we're going to visit some internet sites that tell many things about the Day of the Dead and show pictures which will also help you answer the questions on your answer page. You will have several places to visit by clicking on the links below. Once you find all the answers you can at one place, click the BACK button to come back to this page and click on another site. Click on each address to go to that site and find the answers to the questions. Happy Day of Dead! http://www.holidays.net/halloween/muertos.htm http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/muertos.html
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Day of the Dead celebration in Mexico.
Websites: http://www.sat.lib.tx.us/html/DeadDay/dayofthedead.htm http://www.holidays.net/halloween/muertos.htm http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/muertos.html
Print materials: The Little Angels Vigil Day of the Dead in Mexico Through the Eyes of the Soul, Day of the Dead in Mexico Dia de Muertos en Mexico
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