If you explore my blog, you will find a few posts related to The Day of the Dead. This celebration takes many forms in Spanish speaking countries, and it also changes names and meanings in the different countries. In some countries, it’s just one more name on the calendar. In others, it is celebrated in some parts of the country, which is the case of Guatemala and Colombia. While in Mexico, it is an important celebration across the country that has been included by UNESCO on its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
While incorporating this tradition in your curriculum, it’s important to clarify with school administrators and parents that you are not celebrating this as a holiday in your class, you are just sharing about a cultural celebration that others celebrate (i.e. you’re exploring and honoring others’ traditions, not appropriating them as your own). You might like to read the following posts. Just click on the pictures to read them all!
More Resources – Click on each picture
Los barriletes de Sumpango en Guatemala
El Día de los Difuntos en Bolivia
Songs and Videos for Elementary Spanish
Free PowerPoint: El Día de los Muertos
Enjoy,
You might also like these resources available on Teachers Pay Teachers:
Hola, soy venezolana y me encantan tus materiales, he enseñado inglés toda la vida y ahora en los Emiratos Arabes estoy entrando en el mundo de la enseñanza del español. Felicidades, haces un lindo trabajo 🙂 Gracias por compartirlo.
Lya.