RESOURCES
RELATED LINKS:
HOME PROJECTS
Choose from three home projects:
Paper Flowers
Sugar Skulls
Paper Banner
Choose from three recipes:
Pan de Muertos
Mole Estilo Oaxaca
Tamales
To view a class project for Dias de los Muertos, click here.
To view student and teacher resources for Dias de los Muertos, click here.
For a vocabulary list related to Dias de los Muertos, click here
BOOKS
Ancona, George. Pablo Remembers: The Fiesta of the Day of the Dead. New York: Lothrop, Lee, and Shepard, 1993.
Carmichael, Elizabeth. The Skeleton at the Feast: The Day of the Dead in Mexico,1991.
Chambers, Catherine. All Saints, All Souls, and Halloween, 1997.
Johnson, Tony, and Jeantte Winter. Day of the Dead, 1997.
Hoyt-Goldsmith, Diane. Day of the Dead: A Mexican American Celebration. New York: Holiday House, 1994.
Masuoka, Susan M. En Calavera: The Papier-Mache Art of the Linares Family. Los Angeles: Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 1994.
Mexican Fine Arts Center. Dia de los Muertos. Chicago: Mexican Fine Arts Center, 1991.
Mexican Museum. Ritual and el Dia de los Muertos: A Day of the Dead Curriculum Handbook for Teachers. San Francisco: The Mexican Museum, 1988.
Salinas-Norman, Bobbi. Folk Art Traditions II: A Book of Culturally-based, Year-round Activities with an Emphasis on the Day of the Dead. Oakland: Pinata Publications, 1988.