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Thursday, October 31, 2013

Social Studies: Day of the Dead, Halloween, All Saints/All Souls

Grade Level: 6

Objective: Student will learn about the cultural context of three holidays that happen this week


Today we:
-Read a series of articles from National Geographic 
-Watched a Travel Channel special about the Day of the Dead
-Watched a clip from the History channel about Halloween's Celtic roots
-Looked at pictures and video footage from an All Saints Day celebration in Krakow
-Created a poster comparing and contrasting the three holidays, looking for cross cultural similarities and patterns

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