Digital Unit Plan Template

Unit Title: Day of the Dead Name: Lorena Velasco

Content Area: Spanish Grade Level:9-12
CA Content Standard(s)/Common Core Standard(s):
To understand the connection between language and culture, students discern how a culture views the world. Students comprehend
the ideas, attitudes, and values that shape the target culture. Those shared common perspectives, practices, and products
incorporate not only formal aspects of a culture such as contributions of literature, the arts, and science, but also
• the daily living practices, shared traditions, and common patterns of behavior acceptable to a society. As they progress alon g
the Language Learning Continuum, students demonstrate their understanding of cultural persp ectives by behaving in culturally
appropriate ways.
Stage I

1.0 Students use appropriate responses to rehearsed cultural situations.

1.1 Associate products, practices, and perspectives with the target culture.

2.1 Recognize similarities and differences in the target cultures and between students’ own cultures.

1.3 Identify cultural borrowings

Stage II

2.0 Students choose an appropriate response to a variety of situations.

2.1 Demonstrate understanding of the roles that products, practices, and perspectives play in the culture.

2.2 State similarities and differences in the target cultures and between students’ own cultures.

2.3 State reasons for cultural borrowings.

Big Ideas/Unit Goals:
Big ideas:

Students will explore and develop the following questions related to Coco.

1. How does the film reflect Mexican/ Hispanic culture.

2. What are the traditional practices and their purpose.

3. How is day of the dead similar or different from celebrations like Halloween or other traditions.

Unit goals:

Students will learn or expand their knowledge on Hispanic traditions or culture.

Students will compare these traditions to their own.

Students will share their own experiences with similar or different traditions.

Unit Summary:

Day of the Dead (Día de Los Muertos) is a Mexican holiday celebrated particularly in the south and central regions of Mexico. The
holiday consists of family and friends gathering to pray and remember their loved ones that have passed. This unit will not only
focus on the day of the dead holiday but, will also compare it to our experiences. We will compare and contrast similarities and
differences in this holiday and those of our own culture.
Assessment Plan:
Entry-Level:
Calentamientos- are posted on the board at
the beginning of the class of a new
unit/lesson. This is a question that will get
students brainstorming; for example, since
my unit plan is about Day of the Dead the
question may be what they know of Day of
the Dead. How is it similar or different to
what they celebrate? By utilizing these
questions or warm ups I can target student’s
prior knowledge.
Formative:
Graphic organizer -is to help the student
begin to organize ideas that will be useful
during their summative assessment.
Quiz -a simple quiz of about five questions
after receiving the basics of The Day of the
Dead, this allows me to monitor if I can
move on to more complex topic.
Summative:
Collaborative assessment- the assessment
consists of both short response, vocabulary
and matching, I decided to make it
collaborative as in pairs of two because of
the load of information.
Project- the project will consist in the
making of an altar, this allows students to
demonstrate understanding of the culture
while using their artistic skills.

Discussions- we will continue discussing

new topics such as those of Mesoamerican
civilizations, and their ties to the Mexican
holiday. Other discussions throughout the
unit allow students to ask questions and
expand their knowledge.

Exit cards-students are to answer the

question on a flashcard and turn it in to me
as they leave class. I can take a look at the
responses and separate the cards into those
who seem to understand the lesson and
those who need extra help.

Lesson 1 (Teacher Lecture)

Student Learning Objective: Acceptable Evidence Lesson Activities:
To understand the (Assessments): Students will review the PowerPoint, at the end students will complete the worksheet provided, students
background of Day of the Formative assessment: The may go back to the PowerPoint if needed.
Dead guided notes allow me to
asses if the students saw
the presentation as all the
answers are on the
PowerPoint.
Lesson 2 (Webercise/ iPad Lesson)
Student Learning Objective: Acceptable Evidence: Lesson Activities:
Students will learn to Formative assessments: Student will visit the following websites provided and complete the worksheet based on the information
navigate educational they found.
websites, as well as go
more in-depth on the
background of Day of the
Dead.
Lesson 3 (Graphic Organizer)
Student Learning Objective: Acceptable Evidence: Lesson Activities:
Students will compare and Formative assessment: Students will describe the characteristics of three of the listed Mesoamerican population.
contrast three students will demonstrate
Mesoamerican populations their understanding
and understand how their organizing it in the
practices are still used categories provided.
today
Unit Resources:
http://www.wordreference.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5kSn89ehwg

Useful Websites:
http://www.mexic-artemuseum.org/images/uploads/education/Day_of_Dead_Guide.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq3ygHZIyls