Christmas in Mexico

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Designed by Heather Heffelfinger Tori Cole
Introduction Task Process Conclusion
Christmas in Mexico
Evaluation
For Grades 5-8 Subject History
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Introduction
Imagine you are in Mexico at Christmas time, how
would you celebrate Christmas? Our web quest will
show you how different it is from the United
States!
Notice the flower at the bottom of each page
will take you back to the first page
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Task
To prepare yourself for a succesful mission, you
need to research and find the information in
order to fill out the worksheet and to write an
interesting report.
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Process
Print out the worksheet linked here.
1.  Who is Guadalupe--La Virgen Indígena? 2.   
Who is Fray Bernadino de Sahagún? 3.    Who is
Virgen Indígena? 4..    Who was baptized first
male or female? 1-4   http//www.mexconnect.com/
mex_/guadalupe.htm 5..Is Christmas a big deal in
Mexico? 6.    What two weeks in December do
everyone take off to celebrate Christmas? 7.   
Does the ritual begin? Afternoon or dinner time?
5-7 http//www.inside-mexico.co
m/RevistaNewsl.htm 8. Was it easy for the
evangelists to change the entire belief in many
gods? 9.What does Navidad mean?
8-9http//www.inside-mexico.com/RevistaNewsl.ht
m And write a page comparing our Christmas to a
Mexican Christmas.

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This web quest will be worth 150 points. If you
have completed questions 1-7 you get a 75 B If
have done questions 1-5 you get a 25 C- If you
only have done questions 1-3 you failed the web
quest.
Evaluation
1 full page report is worth 50 points. Half page
you failed.
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Conclusion
Congratulations! You have completed your mission!
We hope this was fun for you to do. Best
Regards!!!!
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Answer Worksheet Print Slide 8
1.  Who is Guadalupe--La Virgen
Indígena? 2.    Who is Fray Bernadino de
Sahagún? 3.    Who is Virgen
Indígena? 4..    Who was baptized first male
or female? 1-4   http//www.mexconnect.com/me
x_/guadalupe.htm 5.Is Christmas a big deal in
Mexico? 6.    What two weeks in December do
everyone take off to celebrate Christmas? 7.  
  Does the ritual begin? Afternoon or dinner
time? 5-7
http//www.inside-mexico.com/RevistaNewsl.htm 8.
Was it easy for the evangelists to change the
entire belief in many gods? 9.What does
Navidad mean? 8-9 http//www.inside-mexico.co
m/RevistaNewsl.htm And write a page comparing
our Christmas to a Mexican Christmas.

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1)http//www.nacnet.org/assunta/nacimnto.htm 2)www
.insidemexico.com/featurenavidad.htm 3)www.mexonli
ne.com/christmas.htm 4) http//www.the-north-pole
.com/around/mexico.html 5)http//www.chicanarteyqu
e.com/Gallery/gallery4.htm 6)http//www.casamexic
anafolkart.com/christmas_in_mexico.html
7)http//www.corazones.org/maria/america/mexico_g
uadalupe.htm
Here are some more links to help learn more or
answer any questions you may have about a Mexico
Christmas, here are some helpful links we have
provided for you!