We need three more partners. Please sign up on our wiki. We would like to connect the first week in November. We need middle school (5-8) classes. Our class is 7th grade. We are a Spanish class but want to connect to another cultural class, or art or music.
Music: The students will learn to sing a song in Spanish.
Cultural: Students will become aware of the history of The Day of the Dead as well as the cultural traditions..
Art:
1. Choose one Day of the Dead art activity to fit your interest/ability/work space.
2. Have the entire class make the project so they understand process and there will be finished student work to show.
3. Break your class into groups to perform the following tasks.
4. Each group should work ahead of time to create the visuals needed to teach the lesson.
Groups:
o Give introduction
o Show/explain supplies needed
o Show the steps
o Show finished project
Music:
1.
Explain vocubulary words; list words on document camera
2.
Teach song by rote, phrase by phrase.
3.
Demonstrate motions to song
4.
Sing song 2-3 times to become familiar
Cultural:
1. Divide the class into groups.
2. Have each group choose one of the cultural notes topics to research and prepare to teach.
3. Each group should prepare a short lesson to teach to the other groups and visiting sites. Visuals should be included.
50 - 55 min.: Three fifteen minute presentations with a few minutes in between each to set up.
(Participants can decide the order of presentations.)
5 min.: Debriefing and to say good bye.
(Amount of time spent on each activity can be changed to fit the scheduling need of participants.)