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NO PREP - Christmas in Mexico - Traditions and Customs - Read and Research

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Research project introduction: Mexican Christmas season dates, Spanish holiday names, and English translations
Season overview and holiday vocabulary
Holiday research questions on the Virgin of Guadalupe, novena prayers, and Las Posadas (the inns)
Research on Guadalupe and Las Posadas
Traditions reading and research on Posada parties, piñatas, Nacimientos (nativity scenes), and Pastorelas
Posada customs, nativity scenes, and plays
Holiday research on Noche de Rábanos (Night of the Radishes), Nochebuena (Christmas Eve), and tamales
Radish festival and Christmas Eve research
Traditional food readings and questions cover bacalao (cod), romeritos, pozole, Rosca de Reyes, and buñuelos
Traditional Christmas foods reading and research
Holiday drink research covers ponche navideño (Christmas punch), champurrado, and three more foods or drinks
Festive drinks and additional food research
Feast-planning activity asks students to create their own menu for Nochebuena (Christmas Eve)
Plan a personal Nochebuena feast menu
Holiday research covers Christmas Day, Holy Innocents' Day, and Three Kings' Day, including the Magi's gifts
December 25 through January 6 holiday research
Closing traditions reading explains La Candelaria (Candlemas), Christmas trees, Santa Claus, and lanterns
Candlemas and additional Christmas traditions
Comparison activity asks how Christmas in students' countries differs from Mexico and which holidays they observe
Compare Christmas customs across countries
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Grade 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

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NO PREP Read and Research Project about CHRISTMAS in MEXICO!

This 11 page NO PREP Webquest / Research Task with ANSWER KEY takes students on a journey discovering the traditions and customs around Christmas in Mexico.

The following aspects of Christmas in Mexico are included:

- The Mexican Christmas Season

  • - Dia de la Virgin de Guadalupe

  • - Las Posadas

  • - Nacimientos

  • - Pastorelas

  • - Noche de Rábanos

  • - Nochebuena

  • - Traditional Foods

  • - Navidad

  • - Dia de los Santos Inocentos

  • - Dia de Lod Tres Reyes Magos

They also get to:

  • - Plan their own traditional Mexican Christmas Feast

  • - Compare and constrast Mexican traditions and customs with their own.

  • - Share how Christmas is celebrated in their countries.

Students will probably need access to the internet.

No specific websites / sources are inlcuded. Students have to find their own. They should also indicate their sources. WIKIPEDIA is not a source 🙂

  • Have fun and MERRY CHRISTMAS!

What's Included

This resource includes:

- 12 pages of tasks, activities, research questions, and information, and

- 12 pages with suggested answers.

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