Spanish Weekly Challenge 5

This is just for my Spanish students. It should be something that you will have a lot of fun with. Because it may take a little longer than most of the challenges, I'm giving you an extra week on it, so this challenge will be due on Monday, November 1st, just in time for Halloween.

More than 500 years ago, when the Spanish Conquistadors landed in what is now Mexico, they encountered natives practicing a ritual that seemed to mock death.

It was a ritual the indigenous people had been practicing at least 3,000 years. A ritual the Spaniards would try unsuccessfully to eradicate.

A ritual known today as Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead.

Visit the following page to read more about Dia de los Muertos:

http://www.azcentral.com/ent/dead/articles/dead-history.html

After you've read about the history of Día de los Muertos, choose one of the craft assignments on the following page to complete.

http://www.azcentral.com/ent/dead/articles/dead-crafts.html

Do it at home and bring it into me. If it is a larger project, bring it to my class first thing in the morning, when you arrive in the building.

Due to the time that it will take to complete the assignment, everyone that turns one of the crafts in will receive a prize, with the best ones receiving larger prizes. Also, I do not care if you get help from parents or older siblings to complete this assignment.

Enjoy.