Day of the Dead Lesson Plans, Activities

Day of the Dead

By Alan Haskvitz

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Haskvitz

For all holiday links

http://www.reacheverychild.com/feature/pumpkins.html

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How Mexicans celebrate the Day of the Dead

http://www.public.iastate.edu/~rjsalvad/scmfaq/muertos.html

Day of the Dead lesson plan

For elementary

http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/Byrnes-celebrations/Day.html

Elaborate lesson plan for upper elementary and middle school

http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=740

Art lesson

http://www.crizmac.com/free_resources/papelpicado.cfm

Day of the Dead Batik Lessons

http://www.artsonia.com/teachers/lessonplans/plan.asp?id=1257

Lesson for primary students

http://pbskids.org/mayaandmiguel/english/parentsteachers/lessonplans/celeb.html

Coloring lessons

http://www.crayola.com/educators/lesson_plans/detail.cfm?id=1128

This is a download for primary, elementary. Very nice packet. Slow loading

http://www.azcentral.com/ent/dead/teachers/teacherpacket_edited.pdf

Day of the Dead link site

With crafts

http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/ylp/97-98/97-98_units/97-98mini-unit/HMcCarty_DiaMuertos/El_Muertos.html

Other Mexican Holidays

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/mexicanholidays/

Link page

http://holidays.mrdonn.org/dayofthedead.html

Images, photos, art

http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/feature/daydeadindex.html

Videos

http://www.azcentral.com/ent/dead/mixquicindex.html

Day of the Dead Powerpoint

Fairly sophisticated

http://www.winthrop.edu/vpa/Theatre_&_Dance/Student%20Info/Artsball/Power%20Point%20History.ppt#426,3,Slide 3

For additional holiday resources go to

http://www.reacheverychild.com/feature/pumpkins.html

 

Native American resources for Thanksgiving

By Alan Haskvitz

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Haskvitz

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These links have an extensive listing of lessons and free materials that help all grade levels in learning about Native American culture and history. Arts and crafts, flags, maps, and more. These would be ideal for Thanksgiving based lessons.

http://www.reacheverychild.com/feature/native.html

http://www.reacheverychild.com/feature/native_american.html

 

Halloween Lesson Plans

 By Alan Haskvitz

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Haskvitz

Halloween offers a great teachable moment that can be related to a variety of integrated lessons. There are a diverse array of units, lessons, printables, and craft sites.

One of world’s largest list of lesson plans links

http://www.reacheverychild.com/feature/alansplans.html

Links to all types of holiday related resources

http://www.reacheverychild.com/feature/pumpkins.html

Teachable moment article

A guide to creating the best units.

http://www.reacheverychild.com/feature/teachable-moments.html

Really good link with lots of lots of interesting ideas.

http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/SubPlans/hween.htm

Uneven quality, but a good variety of Halloween related lessons

http://www.lessonplanspage.com/Halloween.htm

Anoka, Minnesota

The Halloween capital of America

Take a look at how a city built its claim.

http://www.anokahalloween.com/history.html

Halloween Activities and Lessons

http://www.theteacherscorner.net/seasonal/halloween/index.htm

Halloween printables and primary lessons

http://atozteacherstuff.com/Themes/Halloween/

Large list from Donn

http://holidays.mrdonn.org/halloween.html

General link sites

http://712educators.about.com/cs/halloween/a/halloweenless.htm

http://www.fvsd.ab.ca/stm/halloween_sites.htm

History of Halloween

http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/TLRESOURCES/units/Byrnes-celebrations/halloween.html

Pumpkin lessons

http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson028.shtml

Canadian lesson plans

http://canadaonline.about.com/od/halloweenlessonplans/Halloween_Lesson_Plans.htm

Halloween Safety lessons

http://teachertipstraining.suite101.com/article.cfm/halloween_lesson_plan

Physical Education Plans for Halloween

A good variety. Other holidays physical education plans also listed.

http://www.pecentral.org/lessonideas/searchresults.asp?category=59

Halloween flash cards

http://www.eslgo.com/resources/lesson_plans/halloween.html

Art lesson: Draw a Monster

http://kweto.com/skripts/halloween.html

For more free educational materials go to

http://www.reacheverychild.com

 

Mother’s Day lessons, crafts, poems

Mothers Day lessons

By Alan Haskvitz, national motivational speaker

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Haskvitz

For more free links go tohttp://thecarfamily.blogspot.com/

For more resources go to http://www.reacheverychild.com

Integrated Mother’s Day lesson plan

Great plan for getting students to related past to present.

http://www.reacheverychild.com/lessonplans/plan_mother.html

Mother’s Day Craft Ideas

http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson263.shtml

http://atozteacherstuff.com/Themes/Mother_s_Day/

http://www.teachingheart.net/mompage.htm

Basic site with brief history, ideas

http://holidays.mrdonn.org/USHolidays.html#Mom

Games for Mother’s Day

For younger students

http://www.akidsheart.com/holidays/mday/mdgms.htm

Women’s Rights lessons

For older students

http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=435

 

The best drawing site

The best drawing site, plus a link that makes graphs, and 1000s of grants

I have all these posted here. The grant site is for all types and includes how to write them as well as where to apply.

http://www.reacheverychild.com

also use the search engine to find specific free materials and lessons.