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Curriculum of Place Unit

This community-based project aims to educate students about the Day of the Dead celebration, fostering cultural understanding and language skills through research, presentations, and teaching. Students engage in various lessons, activities, and interactions with elementary students to create awareness of Mexican culture.

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Curriculum of Place Unit

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  1. Curriculum of Place Unit By Velda Schneider

  2. “Day of the Dead Project” • Background: This was a unit project that I did for my Effective Teaching class. I used this project with my Spanish I-IV year classes. I tried hard to make this a community project by having my high school Spanish students teach it to the elementary.

  3. Project Overview • 10-12 day unit of 50 minute classes • Researching Day of the Dead • Gathering Materials/Making Analogies • Make PowerPoints/Presentations • Make teaching resources • Present Materials/Teach lessons • Post Pictures and Information/Chester Newsletter

  4. Philosophy/Rationale Statement • The study of this cultural unit of Day of the Dead is to help students: 1) Understand another culture and the importance of this day to that culture. 2) Students will understand similarities and differences between our celebrations and those of Mexico. 3) Students will learn and strengthen their language skills and better understand how another culture thinks and perceives life.

  5. What is Day of the Dead? • 3 day celebration remembering loved ones. • Similar to our Memorial Day or All Soul’s Day • Observed mainly in Mexico • A time to remember loved ones in a celebration of their life and remember their spirits in a happy celebration

  6. Project Goals & Significant Outcomes: • 1. Students will learn about this celebration. • 2. Students will research for information. • 3. Students will find, organize and create different projects and PowerPoints. • 4. Students will learn how to educate the community of Chester through multiple tasks. • 5. Students will communicate about Day of the Dead with pictures and words/Chester Newsletter • 6. Students will teach 1st-6th grade about what this celebration is and create awareness of the Mexican culture for elementary students to share with their families at home.

  7. Types of Lessons Used: • Discovery Lesson (find & share information) • Synectics Lesson (make comparisons/contrasts, form analogies, learn new information and give a new analogy based on their information found) • Circles of Knowledge & Partners and Presentations Lesson (pair/share, group work making posters, PowerPoints, Venn diagrams and presentations) • Memorization & Presentation Lesson (Teach elementary students, publish pictures and information on my website, publish information in the Chester School Newsletter.

  8. Spanish I – IV teaches Chester elementary about Day of the Dead: • Posters and Venn Diagrams • Posters and Bulletin Board Door Design • PowerPoints and handouts • Day of the Dead picture/word books • Day of the Dead masks • Day of the Dead hanging skulls • Day of the Dead song • Day of the Dead scavenger hunt • Day of the Dead skeletons

  9. Personal Reflection of Lessons • It was wonderful to see high school students teaching elementary students. The learning experience was enormous for all groups involved. • At the end of the year my Spanish students said that teaching the elementary about Day of the Dead was one of their favorite things that they did this year. • The students did lots of hands on activities that helped make the learning real to them. Also my students found out what it was like to be the teacher. • I also had great feedback from parents about this project. They thought it was wonderful!

  10. Adaptations for Next Year • I would once again have my Spanish II-IV teach the 2nd through 6th graders, not 1st grade. • I would have my Spanish classes watch an introductory film on Day of the Dead. • I would have my Spanish classes explain in even more depth why this is an important celebration. • I would have my Spanish classes send out information ahead of time so that some parents could experience them teaching their young ones about Day of the Dead, since it has such an unusual name.

  11. Spanish II working with 2nd graders making skulls. B

  12. Spanish I with their posters B

  13. Spanish I with posters and bulletin board design B

  14. Spanish III on scavenger hunt with 5th grade B

  15. Spanish II working with 3rd graders on skeletons. E

  16. Spanish IV working with 6th graders on a scavenger hunt & teaching them a song. B

  17. Spanish III teaching 1st graders with booklets B

  18. Spanish IV helping 4th graders make Mayan skull masks B

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