Mexico

This guided lesson is adaptable to all age levels and utilizes the book "Calling the Doves/El canto de las palomas" by Juan Felipe Herrera to improve reading comprehension and allows students to learn how to produce their own texts and stories as well.

With this game, students will become familiar with traditions of the Tohono O'odham nation, who are Native American peoples mostly residing within Southern Arizona and the Mexican state of Sonora. The game is suitable for all ages!

In this lesson, students will learn about the history of the famous Mexican bingo game, Loteria and use the game to learn different vocabulary words commonly used in the Spanish language. This a fun way to improve the vocabulary of students as well as learn more about the Mexican culture!

This image includes a detail look at the US-Mexico Border including the most popular border towns. This image is helpful when teaching about the border and when becoming familiar with the region.

This file includes 4 different and equally detailed maps of Mexico including the US-Mexico Border and the states within Mexico. This is a great guide when teaching the geography of Mexico and for students becoming familiar with the region.

In this guide, students will be given instructions on how to perform two dances from Mexico, Los Viejitos and El Fado Blanquita. Each instruction includes a background on the dance and how it is often performed. This is a chance for students to be active in learning a different culture!

A hands on an fun activity to help students understand the challenging journey of crossing the US-Mexico border.

In this unit, there are lesson plans for all grade levels including elementary, middle and high school. Each grade level has a different focus but this unit generally covers Mexican Muralists, the significance of murals and even allows for students to create their own murals using symbols, colors and more to display a message.

A guide to making Migajon Art, a form of culinary art using bread dough as a base to your art, taking the place of clay or another base material. This guide includes instructions for different types of dough to use and a few notes about the history of Migajon Art.

In this lesson, students will learn the significance of Matchbox Shrines and how in regions such as Mexico, shrines are made for family members who are alive and those who have passed. Students will get the opportunity to match Matchbox Shrines which are a fun and easy way to create art to honor someone or something special in your life. Matchbox Shrines are small and portable, allowing for students to make what they put on it up to their interpretation! Along with instructions to make the matchbox shrines, students will have the opportunity to extend the lesson and write a personal letter to put in their shrine or write about what their shrine represents.