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LESSON 1

OBJECTIVE:

Students will be able to talk about how the Day of the Dead is celebrated in México.

1. Warm – up
In your notebook, answer some questions about Mexico:
- What is the official name of Mexico?
- What is the most popular sport in Mexico:
- Find at least 20 world heritage sites in Mexico. Add pictures about each one.
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2. On page20 in the book, read interesting facts about Mexico and choose
your favorite.

3. Read information in a mind map about The Day of the Dead and label the
parts of the mind map.

4. On page 21, look at the illustration and answer:

- What does the picture show?
- Is it a man or a woman?
- Why do you think the skeleton is dressed like that?

5. Now read about La Catrina and answer comprehension questions about the
text and make a mind map about it.

6. Answer the questions:

- Explain how the next events are celebrated: Graduation, birthdays,
independence day, thanksgiving, Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, Ed al – Fitr, Wsak,
Tha Day of the Dead.
- Now, create a mind map of two celebrations.

SOLUTION
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1.

The most popular sport in Mexico is

wrestling
Xochimilco and the Historic Center of
Mexico, Mexico City
Historic Center of Oaxaca and Monte
Albán, Oaxaca
Puebla Historic Center, Puebla
Teotihuacán archaeological zone
Archaeological zone and national park
of Palenque, Chiapas
Rock paintings of the Sierra de San
Francisco, Baja California Sur
First 16th century monasteries on the
slopes of Popocatépetl
Uxmal archaeological zone, Yucatan
 Querétaro historical monuments area,
Querétaro
Hospicio Cabañas de Guadalajara, Jalisco
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Luis Barragán House-Workshop, Mexico

City
Tequila town, Jalisco
UNAM University City, Mexico City
Protective village of San Miguel El Grande
and Sanctuary of Jesús Nazareno de
Atotonilco, Guanajuato
Camino Real de Tierra Adentro
Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve,
Michoacán
El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar
Biosphere Reserve, Sonora

Revillagigedo Archipelago
Calakmul archaeological zone and its
tropical forests, Campeche
Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Puebla and
Oaxaca
2. My favorite fact about Mexico is the
monarch butterflies, which make a flight
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from Mexico, the United States and

Canada.
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4.

the image shows the catrina, a folkloric
and representative character for the day of
the dead
 the catrina as her name indicates, is a
woman

 because it was very representative for

Mexican folklore and also represents a
mockery.

5.
 What is La catrina?
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 When did Jose Guadalupe Posada

invent this figure?
 Why did he draw this figure wearing
an elegant hat?
 Who is Mictecacihual?
 How was Diego Rivera’s Catrina
diferente?
S O LU TI O N :

1- It is the skeleton of a woman

2- I created it in the year 1910.
3- To make fun of wealthy Mexicans
4- She is an Aztec goddess and queen of
the underworld

6.
- Graduation: it is celebrated with a party with
classmates and is very important because it
marks the life of each one.
- Birthday: it is celebrated with a party together
with friends and family, gifts are given to the
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birthday and cake is distributed among other

things.
- Independence Day: it is celebrated with a
parade of musical bands and it is tradition to
march and put a flag of our country outside our
house.
- Thanksgiving Day: it is celebrated with a
turkey meal dinner as a special dish, it is also a
tradition to play soccer games and watch the
Mac’ys parade.
- Bar and Bat Mitzvash: celebrated by giving
and receiving gifts.
- Eid al-Fitr: its celebration begins very early in
prayer with the community and it is a tradition
to make breakfast and where the fast that has
been carried out for a month is ended.
- Day of the dead: candles are placed in the
graves of the dead, they are left lit, they also
place fruits and foods that the deceased liked,
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the drink of their choice is placed in the

offering, from water, beer or tequila.

Xochimilco and the Historic Center of Mexico, Mexico City

Historic Center of Oaxaca and Monte Albán, Oaxaca

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Puebla Historic Center, Puebla

Teotihuacán archaeological zone

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Archaeological zone and national park of

Palenque, Chiapas

. Rock paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco,

Baja California Sur
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First 16th century monasteries on the slopes of

Popocatépetl

Uxmal archaeological zone, Yucatan

Querétaro historical monuments area, Querétaro

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Hospicio Cabañas de Guadalajara, Jalisco

Luis Barragán House-Workshop, Mexico City

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Tequila town, Jalisco

UNAM University City, Mexico City

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Protective village of San Miguel El Grande and Sanctuary of Jesús

Nazareno de Atotonilco, Guanajuato

Camino Real de Tierra Adentro

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Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, Michoacán

El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar

Biosphere Reserve, Sonora
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Revillagigedo Archipelago

Calakmul
archaeological zone and its tropical forests, Campeche
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Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Puebla and

Oaxaca