Center for the Study of the American West2024-05-092024-05-092023https://hdl.handle.net/11310/6423This lesson teaches the origins of Día de los Muertos, its Native American and Spanish influences and the development of the holiday. This resource includes materials for a 45-minute class period lesson. Created for World History. Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) Identify major causes and describe the major effects of the following important turning points in world history from 1450 to 1750: the rise of the Ottoman Empire, the influence of the Ming dynasty on world trade, European exploration and the Columbian Exchange, European expansion, and the Renaissance and the Reformation.This lesson teaches the origins of Día de los Muertos, its Native American and Spanish influences and the development of the holiday.en-USLearning Object