Learning objective

  • To recognise the significance of Dia de los Muertos as a religious and cultural celebration for some Catholic people.

Success criteria

  • I can explain

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Religious Education Council Curriculum Framework for RE in England (non-statutory guidance):

  • A1: Describe and make

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

1: Lesson plan

An area for you to put useful resources from the previous lesson

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could use the Resource: What happens when we die? to structure their thoughts and ideas during the Wrapping up activity; could use the Resource: Knowledge organiser (see link: Religion and worldviews Y5: What happens when we die? (Part 1)) to support answering the questions in the Wrapping up activity. 

Pupils working at greater depth

Could include the words from the Resource: Unit vocabulary when answering the Big questions; could think of their own big questions for others to consider.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: discussing the link between

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Vocabulary definitions

  • calacas

    Skeletal figures representing the dead, used in Mexican Day of the Dead celebrations.

  • calaveras

    Decorative skulls, often made of sugar, used during Dia de los Muertos.

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