Welcome to the National Girls

Collaborative Project

National WebinarCelebrating Día de los Muertos with the

Smithsonian Latino Center

November 2, 2016

Agenda

• Introduction

• Smithsonian Latino

Center Overview

• Día de Los Muertos

Resources

• Cultural Context and

Reading

• Questions and Closing

NGCP Vision

The National Girls Collaborative Project (NGCP)

brings together organizations that are

committed to informing and encouraging girls to

pursue careers in science, technology,

engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

NGCP Goals

1. Maximize access to shared

resources within organizations

interested in engaging girls in

STEM.

2. Strengthen the capacity of

programs by sharing exemplary

practice research and program

models.

3. Use the leverage of a network

to achieve gender equity in

STEM.

National Network of

Collaborative Teams

Speakers and Guests

Dr. Alicia Santiago,

Latino Outreach

Specialist

Dr. Juana Roman,

Education Specialist

Melissa Carrillo,

SLC Director of New

Media and Technology

Xanath Caraza,

Poet/Writer/Scholar

Generous support for this program provided by Target, an education

sponsor of the Smithsonian Latino Center digital outreach.

Smithsonian Latino Center

CURRICULUM-BASEDBILINGUAL ePRODUCTS AND RESOURCES

Education Goals:

Provide educators with innovative teaching and learning strategies designed to motivate and engage youth in STEM careers.

Provide educators access to culturally responsive teaching resources that combine real-world and virtual world experiences for formal and informal programs.

Education Goals• Provide educators with innovative teaching

and learning strategies designed to motivate

and engage youth in STEM careers.

• Provide educators access to culturally

responsive teaching resources that combine

real-world and virtual world experiences for

formal and informal programs.

Teacher Toolkits

latino.si.edu/LVM

• Connecting STEAM learning to Latino Cultural Heritage

• Collection of tools and transmedia resources to augment your program/classroom curriculum!

Toolkit, Vol.1

Toolkit, Vol. 2.

What is Transmedia?

• Virtual Exhibitions (multimedia & 3D

installations)

• ePublications (ibooks, eBooks & interactive

PDFs)

• 2-D /3-D games & virtual worlds Eco Explorers

• Multimedia: Animation Video Shorts, Video

Tutorials, Oral Stories Animation Short

Teacher Toolkit 1

Modules and Themes

6 modules exploring three themes:

• American Experience

• Sustaining a Bio Diverse Planet

• World Cultures

Teacher Toolkit 2

Latino Art Now! Chicago Virtual Gallery

7 modules exploring one theme: American Experience

Toolkit Design

• Aligned to Common Core

• 21st Century Skills

• Identity Connections

• Constructivist Approach to Learning

• Critical Thinking

• Career Pathways

Curriculum Design

1. Immersive Learning

Experiences

2. Reflection

3. Making Connections

4. Sharing using media and

technology

Day of the Dead/Día de los Muertos

Interactive Media Components

• Websites

• Video

• Audio

• Interactive PDFs

• eBooks

• Augmented reality

• 3D interactive immersive

simulations

Augmented Reality

1. Download the Zappar app to your mobile

device

2. Scan the PDF marker card in the toolkit with

mobile device

3. The 3D model pops out!

Augmented Reality

3D Interactive Simulation

• Create free account and avatar on

http://www.secondlife.com

• Download the Second Life browser

• Open the browser and login with your

avatar name and password

• Once inside Second Life teleport to

UTEP Miners 1 Sim

The user represented by an

avatar explores a virtual world

(Day of the Dead Celebration)

http://latino.si.edu/LVM

Day of the Dead Microsite

• Click on the Latino Virtual Gallery icon

• Explore microsite resources!

Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum (LVM)http://latino.si.edu/LVM

Day of the Dead Module

Youth learn about the Day of the

Dead celebrations and traditions and

their meaning through interactive

media components. What is the Day of

the Dead and how is it celebrated?

1. Immersive Learning

Youth reflect on what they learned

through guided questions that involve

critical reflection. Why is it important for

some people to create home altars?

2. Reflection

Day of the Dead Module

Youth relate what they learn to their

own life, culture, and community. Do

people in my community honor their loved

ones that have passed away? How?

3. Making Connections

Youth capture and share their

knowledge about the Day of the Dead

using technology and transmedia

tools.

4. Sharing learned material

and experiences

Toolkit Vol 2

The Artistic Traditon of the Day

of the Dead OfrendaYouth learn about art and the traditions of Day of

Dead through the work of Chicago artists, Maria

Enriquez de Allen & Carlos A. Cortez.

SLC/LVM Social Media Channels

SLC Transmedia Project Trainings

Trainers Educators

Decorated Sugar Skulls

Questions?

RUMBO AL MICTLÁNON THE PATH TO MICTLÁN

By Xanath Caraza

MICTLÁN: PLACE OF THE DEAD / EL LUGAR DE LOS MUERTOS

MICTLANTECUTLI & MICTECACÍHUATL

Mictlán: el lugar de los muertos

Los muertos andaban en el inframundo por cuatro años. Pasaban valles, lugares fríos, otros cálidos o con viento fuerte, entre montañas que se cerraban a su paso, hasta finalmente tener que cruzar un río montados en un perro.

Los antiguos aztecas no pensaban que los muertos regresaran pero los honraban al recordarlos y celebrarlos. La noción de la muerte no era temida, era algo cíclico parte de la cosmovisión dual. Entendían todo en par y contrarios, como algo normal, mujer/hombre, vida/muerte, lejos/cerca.

Mictlán: Place of the Dead

The deceased would spend four years in the underworld. They would pass by valleys, places that are cold, others that are warm or with a strong wind, through mountains with a closed passage, until having to cross a river on the backs of dogs.

Ancient Aztecs did not think the deceased returned but honored them by remembering them and celebrating them. The notion of death was not feared, but was a cyclical part of the duality in their world view. They understood everything in relationship to pairs and counterparts as normal, such as woman/man, life/death, far/near.

Day of the Dead is about the earth’s cycle of life. The earth begins to hibernate. Therefore, harvests are involved, which are the celebration of the final harvests before winter.

What we know as the Day of the Dead is a postcolonial amalgamation. That is to say, indigenous beliefs were merged with Catholic beliefs.

The result was marvelous.

Día de muertos tiene que ver con el ciclo de vida de la tierra, la tierra va a dormir. Entonces las cosechas están involucradas, es la celebración de las últimas cosechas antes del invierno.

Lo que nosotros conocemos como Día de muertos es un sincretismo poscolonial. Es decir, creencias indígenas se fusionaron con creencias católicas.

El resultado es maravilloso.

El Altar

The Altar

LOS POEMAS

“Ante el río / Before the River”

“China Poblana / China Poblana”

“Tejedora de palabras / Weaver of Words”

“Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz / Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz”

“Catrina / Catrina”

Get Involved with NGCP

• Follow us on social media, @NGCProject

• Attend local events and national webinars

• Join your local Collaborative leadership team

• Collaborate to serve more girls in STEM

Upcoming NGCP Webinars

Previous webinars are archived, new webinars

are listed on:

http://ngcproject.org/events

Thank you for attending!