Life in the Sanctuary Region
Children and Families Share Their Stories
Visiting a Cemetery on the Day of the Dead
Comparing
and Contrasting Language and Culture
Use some or all of these reading activities as you read this bilingual
story about life in the Monarch Sanctuary Region.
1) Pull up just the story and share it as a class.
2) Look closely
at the first picture.
- What do
you think is happening?
- What do
you recognize?
- What
sentence or caption would you write about the picture?
- What
questions do you have?
3) After
looking at all the pictures in the story, write one or more paragraphs
that you think describe the Day of the Dead holiday. Use descriptive words.
4) Finally,
compare and contrast your life and holidays with those of people in the
monarch sanctuary region. Use the graphic
organizer to the right (or make a Venn diagram) to show how their lives
life compare with yours. You could compare these types of things:
- ways of
remembering those who have died
- ways of
viewing death
- holiday
foods
- holiday
traditions
- neighborhoods
- the natural
environment
5) Write
or tell a partner about ways in which your family remembers those who
have died.
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National
Geography Standards
Places
and Regions
The physical and human characteristics of places.
Human
Systems
The characteristics, distributions, and complexity of Earth's cultural
mosaics. |