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!