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"Mexico" Teaching Resources

 

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Lessons

Cinco De Mayo WebQuest - For Grade 1

"Day of the Dead" Art Lesson - An introduction to Mexican culture and art. For any grade

Folk Dances / Los Viejos - Students research Mexican Folk Dances on the internet before performing these dances. For Grades 6 - 8

Mexican Food - Introduce Mexican culture through food. For Grades 6 - 8

Other Cinco De Mayo Lessons and Resources

Units

A Close Look at Mexico - This multidisciplinary unit explores Mexican culture through literature, cuisine, vocabulary acquisition and more. For Grade 2

Learning About Mexico: Making and Using Salt Dough Human Puppets in the Classroom - This unit incorporates many learning styles to teach Mexican language and culture. For Grades 6 - 8

Mexican Cooking - This mini-unit looks to smash stereotypes using the internet to research Mexican food. For Grades 6 - 8

Mexican People: Are They As They Seem? - This 1- 2 week unit focuses on learning about culture through language. For Grades 9 - 12

Why is there Pollution in Mexico City? - This unit is broken down into three sub-units - Algebra, Biology, and English - in order to gain an in depth look into the question and problem - "Why is there pollution in Mexico City?" For Grades 9 - 12

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