Day of the Dead Lesson: Scavenger Hunt + Sugar Skull Writing/Drawing
Can be used over 1 or 2 lessons.
This resource includes:
- PowerPoint Presentation with:
- Introduction to the topic of Day of the Dead
- Answers to the scavenger hunt
- Instructions for Writing activity (opinion phrases) with Sentence builder
- Guidance for the Sugar Skull Drawing Competition, including examples and a video
Scavenger Hunt Worksheet for students
Information Posters to display around the classroom for the scavenger hunt
The main activity features a creative coloring page of a calavera de azúcar (sugar skull). The skull includes an interactive mouth that students cut out, tape onto the skull, and then open to reveal an enlarged mouth area. On this flap, students write their own short paragraph about the Day of the Dead, supported by the sentence builder in the slides.