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Día de los Muertos
By Telece Marbrey
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Table of Contents

1. TITLE PAGE
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS
3. INTRODUCTION
4. PSSTYOUR PRE TEST
5. PRE TEST ANSWERS
6. VOCABULARY

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Table of Contents

1. CULTURE CAPSULE ON DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS
2. PSSTYOUR POST TEST
3. POST TEST ANSWERS
4. ACTIVITIES 1-3

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Table of Contents

• ACTIVITIES 1-3 ANSWERS
• CREDITS

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More Exciting Stories From
The Secret Agent Files
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Introduction

• After an exciting adventure in May spent
  discovering information on Cinco De Mayo,
  headquarters decides to send you back.
• It has been a long time since the last fact
  finding adventure, Secret Agent. How will you
  fair this time?

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Introduction

• After arriving in Puebla, Mexico, you notice
  that the city is a buzz with activity. When you
  ask a local what is going on she tells you that
  the people are preparing to celebrate Día de los
  Muertos.

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Introduction

• Hmmmvery interestingWhat will this holiday
  mean to your mission? You decide to tell your
  Commander.

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Psst.Your Pre Test

• After checking in with your Commander, you
  return to your hotel room, and find an envelope
  waiting on the bed

Hello from Commander M, Can you answer these new
questions, Secret Agent?
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Psst.Your Pre Test

• After checking in with your Commander, you
  return to your hotel room, and find an envelope
  waiting on the bed

• Día de los Muertos means __________ in English?

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Psst.Your Pre Test

• After checking in with your Commander, you
  return to your hotel room, and find an envelope
  waiting on the bed

• What countries celebrate Día de los Muertos?

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Psst.Your Pre Test

• After checking in with your Commander, you
  return to your hotel room, and find an envelope
  waiting on the bed

• Día de los Muertos occurs ___________.

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Psst.Your Pre Test

• After checking in with your Commander, you
  return to your hotel room, and find an envelope
  waiting on the bed

• Día de los Muertos originates from the __________
  culture.

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Psst.Your Pre Test

• After checking in with your Commander, you
  return to your hotel room, and find an envelope
  waiting on the bed

• Why is Día de los Muertos important?

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Psst.Your Pre Test

• After checking in with your Commander, you
  return to your hotel room, and find an envelope
  waiting on the bed

• What do friends or loved ones usually eat during
  this holiday?

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Psst.Your Pre Test

• After checking in with your Commander, you
  return to your hotel room, and find an envelope
  waiting on the bed

Check your answers on the following two slides.
Be prepared for a POST TEST, and keep on the look
out for more Día de los Muertos information.
Remember Secret Agent that were counting on
you.

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Pre Test Answers

1. Día de los Muertos means Day of the Dead in
   English.
2. Mexico and parts of the United States and Central
   America celebrate Día de los Muertos.
3. Día de los Muertos occurs November 1st and 2nd.

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Pre Test Answers

1. Día de los Muertos originates from the Aztec
   culture.
2. Día de los Muertos is important because it
   celebrates death as a continuation of life.
3. Friends and loved ones usually eat sugar skulls
   during this holiday.

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Vocabulary

1. Literallyexactly
2. Díaday
3. Deof
4. Los Muertosthe dead
5. Plazacenter of town

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Vocabulary

1. Calacaswooden masks in the shape of a skull

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Día de los Muertos

• After leaving your hotel room, you decide to go
  to the town plaza. As your walking you notice
  someone following youwho could it be?

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Día de los Muertos

• ITS YOUR PARTNER, SECRET AGENT 002! He hands
  you an envelope. What could possibly be inside?

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Día de los Muertos

• Sitting at a back table inside a restaurant, you
  open the envelope

Hello Secret Agent, Here is some important
information on Día de los Muertos to help your
case.
Good Luck,
002
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Día de los Muertos

• Sitting at a back table inside a restaurant, you
  open the envelope

• Día de los Muertos literally means day of the
  dead in English.
• This holiday is celebrated in Mexico and parts of
  the United States and Central America.

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Día de los Muertos

• Sitting at a back table inside a restaurant, you
  open the envelope

• Día de los Muertos is an Aztec tradition, that
  occurs November 1st and 2nd. Día de los Muertos
  is important because it celebrates death as the
  continuation of life.

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Día de los Muertos

• Sitting at a back table inside a restaurant, you
  open the envelope

• Many participants dress in wooden masks shaped
  liked skulls called calacas and dance in honor of
  a deceased loved one. These skulls are then
  placed on an altar dedicated to the deceased.

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Día de los Muertos

• Sitting at a back table inside a restaurant, you
  open the envelope

• Sugar skulls with the name of the deceased across
  the forehead are then eaten by a friend or loved
  one.
• Skulls were once used as trophies, and are a
  symbol of death and rebirth.

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Psst.Your Post Test

• After leaving your partner, you return to your
  hotel room, and find another envelope waiting on
  the bed

Hello again from Commander M, Can you answer
these questions, Secret Agent?
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Psst.Your Post Test

• After leaving your partner, you return to your
  hotel room, and find another envelope waiting on
  the bed

• Día de los Muertos means __________ in English?

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Psst.Your Post Test

• After leaving your partner, you return to your
  hotel room, and find another envelope waiting on
  the bed

• What countries celebrate Día de los Muertos?

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Psst.Your Post Test

• After leaving your partner, you return to your
  hotel room, and find another envelope waiting on
  the bed

• Día de los Muertos occurs __________.

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Psst.Your Post Test

• After leaving your partner, you return to your
  hotel room, and find another envelope waiting on
  the bed

• Día de los Muertos originates from the __________
  culture.

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Psst.Your Post Test

• After leaving your partner, you return to your
  hotel room, and find another envelope waiting on
  the bed

• Why is Día de los Muertos important?

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Psst.Your Post Test

• After leaving your partner, you return to your
  hotel room, and find another envelope waiting on
  the bed

• What do friends or loved ones usually eat during
  this holiday?

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Psst.Your Post Test

• After leaving your partner, you return to your
  hotel room, and find another envelope waiting on
  the bed

Once again Secret Agent, check your answers on
the following two slides. Did you pay attention
to all the information 002 gave you Secret Agent?
Hmmmwell see. Try these new activities to
sharpen your skills.
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Post Test Answers

1. Día de los Muertos means Day of the Dead in
   English.
2. Mexico and parts of the United States and Central
   America celebrate Día de los Muertos.
3. Día de los Muertos occurs November 1st and 2nd.

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Post Test Answers

1. Día de los Muertos originates from the Aztec
   culture.
2. Día de los Muertos is important because it
   celebrates death as a continuation of life.
3. Friends and loved ones usually eat sugar skulls
   during this holiday.

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• Activity One
• Can you find
• altar
• aztecs
• calacas
• November
• celebration
• sugar skulls
• day of the dead

N T J I H J A S N G F D
X O G P X W A P U S A R
L A I M I C B E H Y H E
G M X T A D W N O I L B
J Z J L A K N F R J N M
E W A G L R T R X X I E
W C A M D H B D J H M V
A J V A E M J E I Z A O
X H P D L F U Y L E Y N
I F E Z C T K O F E N S
B A R Q K I A Z T E C S
D S L L U K S R A G U S
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Activity Two
Read these statements. On a separate piece of
paper write TRUE if the statement is true or
FALSE if the statement is false.

• Día de los Muertos occurs in March.
• Chocolate bones are eaten by friends or loved
  ones.
• Death is a continuation of life.

• TRUE FALSE
• TRUE FALSE
• TRUE FALSE

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Activity Three

• How many Spanish wordsother than the ones
  showncan you find in
• DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS
• Find at least TEN words and write them on a
  separate sheet of paper.

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Activity One Answers
N T J I H J A S N G F D
X O G P X W A P U S A R
L A I M I C B E H Y H E
G M X T A D W N O I L B
J Z J L A K N F R J N M
E W A G L R T R X X I E
W C A M D H B D J H M V
A J V A E M J E I Z A O
X H P D L F U Y L E Y N
I F E Z C T K O F E N S
B A R Q K I A Z T E C S
D S L L U K S R A G U S
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Activity Two Answers
Read these statements. On a separate piece of
paper write TRUE if the statement is true or
FALSE if the statement is false.

• Día de los Muertos occurs in March.
• Chocolate bones are eaten by friends or loved
  ones.
• Death is a continuation of life.

• FALSE
• FALSE
• TRUE

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Activity Three Answers

• Here are 10 possible Spanish words

Dedos Sal Suerte Díme Amo
Solo Duermo Toser Seda Red
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Closure

• Good job Secret Agent! You have successfully
  investigated the Mexican holiday of Día de los
  Muertos. Hopefully you have learned some
  valuable information. It looks like your job is
  complete!

• UNTIL NEXT TIME..

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Credits

• We would like to give thanks to all these sites
  for use of their information
• http//dgl.microsoft.com for the clip art and
  sounds

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Credits

• And the following Día de los Muertos website
• http//www.azcentral.com/rep/dead/history/

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