Mexican
Holidays 
Mexican
Holidays
In addition to using library books and your textbook to find out about how important holidays in Mexico are celebrated, why not also use the power of the Internet?
Choose one of the holidays below and using the associated links, read about that holiday: its history, customs, food, etc.Then think about how this holiday is similar and different from its corresponding American holiday: Dia de los Muertos and Halloween, Navidad and Christmas/Hanukah/Kwanzaa, Cinco de Mayo and July 4th.
www.public.iastate.edu/~rjsalvad/scmfaq/muertos.html
Click HERE to watch a video on Mexican Christmas Traditions.
(Remember to first go to www.unitedstreaming.com and ask your teacher for the username and password.)
Click HERE to watch a video on Cinco De Mayo.
(Remember to first go to www.unitedstreaming.com and ask your teacher for the username and password.)
Mexican Holiday Project:
Assignment :
Complete the attached graphic organizer to take notes on your chosen holiday.
Complete the VENN diagram to compare Mexican and American holiday.
Create a PowerPoint slideshow. Click here for instructions.
Present slideshow orally to the rest of the class.
Click HERE to print out a crossword that you can do for fun!
Grading Rubric: Click HERE.
Clipart from: 
The
Best Collection of Webimages at Internet
Background Graphic from:
www.angelicsong.net
Background Music ("Cielito
Lindo") from Laura's
Midi Heaven
Created by Darlene
Cardillo
Albany
Diocese
July 2003
