2.2 The skulls

Participants gather information about the Mexican tradition of making skulls:

• Literary, to identify its structure.
• Sweet, to recognize its elaboration process.
• And the “catrinas”, to find out their origin and the meaning of their representation.

Participants of the Oriental culture, retrieve information about their traditions:

• Burning papers.
• The blessing of the crops.
• Floating lights.
• Other manifestations in text, crafts, etcetera.

Participants from other places in the world:

• Bring flowers to the cemetery (pantheon)
• Traditional sweets of that date
• Other traditions

- Each team shares research of their own traditions; it explains the importance of these traditions in your region.

- The participating teams elaborate their literary skulls; in addition to integrating an image gallery with the crafts of the day of the dead of your locality, you design by the teams. Each product will include a brief description.

- By teams, they share their evidence in the collaborative digital Wall of the project.

- In the forum, they comment the different works.

2.3 Cultural syncretism: Offerings

- Participants watch the animated video: Las ofrendas del día de muertos en México in México and the video Altar of the day of the dead.
- Each group of students investigates whether something similar to altars or offerings is made in their place of origin and how they are carried out. For example, the following video: watch video (Mexican case). - The teams identify the elements that make up their altars or offerings and explain the meaning for their local or national culture and traditions.
- Finally, they will assemble their altars or offerings; and will include images or a video of them with an explanation in the collaborative Wall of the project.
- Share your research results and comments about this activity in the forum.
- Supplementary video resource available at: Día de Muertos | El altar de muertos