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Día de los Muertos Spanish Presentation

A 25-slide, Spanish-language presentation introduces key Día de los Muertos traditions and symbols, then checks comprehension with short-answer and true-or-false questions.
Grades
Grades 4–9, Elementary, Middle School, High School, Not Grade Specific
File type
Microsoft PowerPoint
Use
Digital activity

Updated Sep 27, 2021

Subject
Foreign Languages, Spanish
Topic
Day of the Dead, Mi Camino Spanish
Resource types
Presentations, Teacher Tools
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Digital activity

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What's inside this resource

Teach your Spanish students about the Day of the Dead with this fun PowerPoint animated presentation! The first several slides explain the meaning behind the Day of the Dead celebration and are written completely in Spanish. Following the lesson overview, there are several comprehension questions.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Explain the purpose and dates of Día de los Muertos in Spanish

  • Identify common altar items and cultural symbols

  • Answer Spanish comprehension questions using details from the presentation

Teaching tips

  • Preview altar vocabulary before reading the cultural slides.

  • Ask students to cite the earlier slide that supports each review answer.

  • Use care not to frame Día de los Muertos as a Mexican version of Halloween; the deck explicitly distinguishes the traditions.

Skills covered

  • Explain the purpose and dates of Día de los Muertos in Spanish

  • Identify common altar items and cultural symbols

  • Answer Spanish comprehension questions using details from the presentation

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Is the presentation in English or Spanish?

The instructional and question slides are in Spanish.

Is an answer key included?

No separate answer-key file was found; answers can be located in the teaching slides that precede the questions.

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