Hispanic/Spanish Holiday Research Project Due: lunes, el primero de noviembre

Guidelines  You may work alone or with ONE other person  Project holidays/celebrations are given away on a first come first served basis  We will spend two days in the lab researching (viernes y lunes)  You will need to produce a written report and PowerPoint/Poster, as well as present your information to the class

The history of the celebration  What is the celebration in honor of?  Where do they celebrate?  When did the first celebration take place?  Why?

How is the holiday celebrated?  What are the rituals of the celebration?  What foods/drinks do they serve?  How do they dress?  How do they decorate?

Significance in the Hispanic culture  Why is this holiday so important to Hispanics/the Spanish?

Compare & Contrast across cultures  Do other cultures celebrate this holiday?  Or a similar holiday?  Where?  How does their celebration differ?

Interesting facts  You should be able to find LOTS of interesting information specific to your topic that is not covered in the items previously discussed

Visual  Title and Name  Multiple Slides for each topic History Rituals, food, dress, decorations Significance Comparisons & Contrasts Interesting facts  Heading on each slide  NO FULL SENTENCES  LOTS AND LOTS of pictures  Captions on all pictures  Works cited

Essay  Title and Author  Multiple Paragraphs for each topic History Rituals, food, dress, decorations Significance Comparisons & Contrasts Interesting facts  IN YOUR OWN WORDS…I will check of plagiarism  CITATIONS…I need to see the website addresses you got your information from in each paragraph  Wikipedia is NOT, I repeat, NOT a reliable source

Presentation  10 minutes in length  Talk TO us, don’t read AT us  Minimal note cards  This is a TEST grade…very important to do well on this!!!

Celebrations  La Quinceañera (a girl’s 15 th birthday)  La Carnaval (Feast before Lent)  La Semana Santa (Holy/Easter week)  La Fiesta de San Fermin (Running of the Bulls)  El Día de los Muertos (Day of the dead)  El Día deTodos los Santos (All Saint’s Day)  Las Posadas (The Inns celebration)  La Navidad (Christmas)  El Año Nuevo (New Year’s Day)  El Día de los Tres Reyes (3 Kings Day)  Las Bodas (Weddings)  La Muerte (Death)  El Cinco de Mayo (Battle of Puebla)  El Día de la Candelaría (Feast of Candles)  La Tomatina (Tomato Festival)  El Día de los Santos Inocentes (April Fool’s Day)  Las Fallas (Firey Festival)  Villagarcia de Arousa (Water Festival)