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Bring Dia de los Muertos Activities to Your Classroom - Newsela

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Newsela's Bring Dia de los Muertos Activities to Your Classroom includes activity ideas and links to resources in social studies, ELA, and science. Some of the topics include...more
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Newsela's Bring Dia de los Muertos Activities to Your Classroom includes activity ideas and links to resources in social studies, ELA, and science. Some of the topics include exploring the history of Dia de los Muertos, discovering how this day has become popular in the USA, the science behind the traditions, and a list of holidays for use with students for comparing and contrasting. A few of the links will direct you to Newsela stories or articles, all of which are included with a free Newsela account. Be sure not to miss the bottom of the page that includes several similar articles.

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Students can use 2 and 3 Circle Interactive Venn Diagrams by Class Tools, reviewed here to compare and contrast Dia de los Muertos with one of the holidays featured on the site. Students can create a timeline for the history of the holiday using Timeline JS, reviewed here. Finally, students can use FlexClip, reviewed here to create videos explaining traditions and/or customs of people who celebrate Dia de los Muertos.

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