Elementary

In this lesson, students will identify productive resources as they apply to migrant workers in mid-20th century California. Students will focus on the terms of natural resources, human resources and capital resources, giving examples for each. This lesson takes about 25-30 minutes and is overall labeled as an economics lesson, relating to the book "Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez".

This teacher's guide accompanies the book "Grandma and Me at the Flea" which can be found in the CLAS library. This document provides teacher's with background on the author and artist of the book, as well as different activities to help students relate the book to topics such as vocabulary, economics, reading comprehension, social studies, art, math, science and more.

Students will write a story about either themselves or someone they know but in song form. Students will first listen to a Corrido and then begin writing one themselves. A sample of corrido music will be needed to play for the students. Students will make the link between language arts and music within Mexico in the form of Corridos.

This unit includes three lesson plans that are meant to expose students to the diverse population of Mexico comparing it to the United States, have students learn and sing traditional songs of Mexico including the nation anthem, have students memorize simple Spanish vocabulary, allows students to cook Mexican dishes by reading recipes and allow students to create a class mural in the style of traditional Mexican artists. Overall these three lesson plans are a great way to not only introduce but inform students about a variety of topics within Mexico.

The objective of this activity is to learn about the Mexican diet by preparing and tasting some popular Mexican foods. An easy way to immerse students in Mexican culture.

The Yaqui people believe in an enchanted world called the "Flower World" always filled with animals and beautiful flowers. Flowers are a very important part of any Yaqui celebration. The Yaqui people are located within Southern Arizona and Northern Mexico. Students will earn how to make Yaqui paper flowers and immerse themselves in the Yaqui culture through art.

Students will learn about Mexican paper cutting, a tradition within Mexican culture and how make their own patterns, creating their own masterpiece. This a fun way to immerse younger ages in Mexican culture.

Students will learn about the different plants and animals that are in the desert by making cubes with drawings of different native plants and animals around in the squares of the cube. Included is a recipe for tepary beans, a bean native to the Southwestern United States and Mexico grown in Pre-columbian times, either to make as a class or for students to bring home to their families. This lesson helps emerge students in the biodiversity and culture of the region which once all belonged to Mexico.

Students will learn about retablos, which are small and portable homemade alters, in order to analyze their significance in Hispanic cultures. Using inspiration from original Peruvian and Mexican retablos, they will design paper retablos that signify what is important and meaningful in their own lives. Students will carefully decorate the paper retablos, creating a symmetrical design on the doors, inside and outside. This is a great way to immerse students in art within Hispanic culture and students will be able to make connections about the importance of art in Hispanic culture.

This lesson plan will focus on teaching student about the study of masked dance traditions of Guerrero and students will be able to learn vocabulary while translating a story into a drama.