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1. Students read "El círculo
mágico" by Barbara Joose. A
Mexican girl, who misses her grandmother, tells of the Aztec legend where the
souls come back as butterflies on the Day of the Dead. Celebrate El día de los
muertos by making papel picado (cut paper banners) that include skeleton
designs, skulls as well as butterflies. Students each design one panel to add
to the banner. Students each tell their story or description when the banner is
hung.
2. The Aztecs made the Monarch
into a goddess naming her Xochiquetzal, which is nahuatl for precious flower.
Students report to the class how the Aztecs honored Xochiquetzal after reading
about it in Spanish at:
http://bibliotecadigital.ilce.edu.mx/sites/colibri/cuentos/ani_mex/htm/sec_6.htm
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