We have posted on this type of lesson below:
This is the result of collaboration with the 8th grade Spanish teacher. And, what a great time of year to create these Sugar Skulls during Hispanic Heritage Month. This year MS art has made paper mache maracas, sugar skulls and will be participating in a Scarecrow contest that relates to Spanish Class at Maclay.
To learn more about Hispanic Heritage Month
http://hispanicheritagemonth.gov/about/
http://hispanicheritagemonth.gov/about/
Each year, Americans observe National Hispanic Heritage Month from
September 15 to October 15, by celebrating the histories, cultures and
contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain,
Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America.
The observation started in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week
under President Lyndon Johnson and was expanded by President Ronald
Reagan in 1988 to cover a 30-day period starting on September 15 and
ending on October 15. It was enacted into law on August 17, 1988, on the
approval of Public Law 100-402.
The day of September 15 is significant because it is the
anniversary of independence for Latin American countries Costa Rica, El
Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. In addition, Mexico and
Chile celebrate their independence days on September 16 and September18,
respectively. Also, Columbus Day or Día de la Raza, which is October
12, falls within this 30 day period.
The history of the Sugar Skull
http://www.mexicansugarskull.com/support/dodhistory.html
http://www.mexicansugarskull.com/support/dodhistory.html
The
Sugar Skull Tradition
Sugar art was brought to the New
World by Italian missionaries in the 17th century. The first Church mention of
sugar art was from Palermo at Easter time when little sugar lambs and angels
were made to adorn the side altars in the Catholic Church.
Mexico, abundant in sugar production
and too poor to buy fancy imported European church decorations, learned quickly
from the friars how to make sugar art for their religious festivals. Clay
molded sugar figures of angels, sheep and sugar skulls go back to the Colonial
Period 18th century. Sugar skulls represented a departed soul, had the name
written on the forehead and was placed on the home ofrenda or gravestone to
honor the return of a particular spirit. Sugar skull art reflects the folk art
style of big happy smiles, colorful icing and sparkly tin and glittery
adornments. Sugar skulls are labor intensive and made in very small batches in
the homes of sugar skull makers. These wonderful artisans are disappearing as
fabricated and imported candy skulls take their place.
There is nothing as beautiful as a
big, fancy, unusual sugar skull!
Although it is a holiday from far
away in southern Mexico, it's a holiday one can personalize and integrate into
their own religious and cultural beliefs. It is more of a cultural holiday than
a religious one. It is a wonderful way to celebrate the memories of our loved
ones who are now gone... through art, cooking, music, building ofrendas, doing activities with our children, we can recount
family stories, fun times and lessons learned... not how the person died, but
how they lived.
I hope you come to enjoy Day of the
Dead as much as I do!
~Angela Villalba
I hope this inspires you to do a little research on Hispanic Heritage Month
1969
The Sugar Skull Tradition
Sugar art was brought to the New World
by Italian missionaries in the 17th century. The first Church mention
of sugar art was from Palermo at Easter time when little sugar lambs and
angels were made to adorn the side altars in the Catholic Church.
Mexico, abundant in sugar production
and too poor to buy fancy imported European church decorations, learned
quickly from the friars how to make sugar art for their religious
festivals. Clay molded sugar figures of angels, sheep and sugar skulls
go back to the Colonial Period 18th century. Sugar skulls represented a
departed soul, had the name written on the forehead and was placed on
the home ofrenda or gravestone to honor the return of a particular
spirit. Sugar skull art reflects the folk art style of big happy smiles,
colorful icing and sparkly tin and glittery adornments. Sugar skulls
are labor intensive and made in very small batches in the homes of sugar
skull makers. These wonderful artisans are disappearing as fabricated
and imported candy skulls take their place.
There is nothing as beautiful as a big, fancy, unusual sugar skull!
Although it is a holiday from far
away in southern Mexico, it's a holiday one can personalize and
integrate into their own religious and cultural beliefs. It is more of a
cultural holiday than a religious one. It is a wonderful way to
celebrate the memories of our loved ones who are now gone... through art, cooking, music, building ofrendas, doing activities with our children, we can recount family stories, fun times and lessons learned... not how the person died, but how they lived.
I hope you come to enjoy Day of the Dead as much as I do!
~Angela Villalba
- See more at: http://www.mexicansugarskull.com/support/dodhistory.html#sthash.cxhX6lLN.dpuf
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