Mexico

Mexico toc = Task One: = Using the Mr. B's cite as a guide for your project, you are tasked with choosing a destination for a vacation in Mexico. Search the web for travel resorts that you might want to visit. In deciding on one, you will need to find the location and determine which airport you will be using. You will also want to know what tourist attractions are close at hand since you are a curious person and want to do some site seeing. You will also want to participate in a fun new experience such as para-sailing, scuba diving, or a special festival or event.

Assignment: Write a paragraph that answers the questions on Mr. B's quest one page.

Task Two: Assignment: Now create a Glogster page about this destination.

Include the following criteria: 1. A title of your destination 2. Pictures of the destination with captions which explain the site. A. Landscape B. Resort C. Historical Sites D. Activities to do and see 3. Your own creativity Task Three through Five: Choose one. Read your options and your requirements carefully. Ask me for clarification and approval of your project. *Choose to finish one of the three tasks below. Get ready to share it with your classmates.
 * 1) Start by completing Cornell notes
 * 2) Verify your sources with more than one source.
 * 3) You will need a citation page with any project that you use.
 * 4) Use the links below to help you. Remember these links are there for your convenience. You may use other sites in order to complete your task.
 * 5) If you want to learn about one task but you want to present it using a means listed in another task, explain to me how you can make this work.
 * 6) After choosing your task, you can also come to me if you have an alternate idea for presenting your information.

= Task Three: = Learn a little about the culture of Mexico. Assignment: Using the link below, read and ch oose four articles to present. Write and type a summary of four articles.

 [|Regional, Cultural, Natural & Ancient History from our local city guides] Be careful to use just the articles under the heading "Regional, Cultural, Natural & Ancient History from our local city guides.

Next create a shadow box of these articles. Use the summaries to explain your shadow box.



= Task Four: Learn about the history of Mexico. =

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Here are some important events in Mexican history: 1. The Toltea and Chichinecey Cultures 2. Spanish missions in Mexican history 3. Native Americans of Mexico, pre-colonial period 4. Mexico's colonial period 5. Afro-Mexican, The history of slavery in Mexico 6. Viceroys of Mexico (Antonio de Mendoza and others) 7. Mexican-American War 8. Texas and California as part of Mexico 9. Mexico's independence from Spain 10. The Mexican Revolution. 11. Border Wars 12. The Cristero Wars. 13. The Zapatesta Movement 14. The Single Party Movement 15. Nafta in Mexico and modern economics 16. The modern government of Mexico and Mexico's military Assignment: Each student will research several event in Mexican history. You will work with two or three other students to create a pod cast about the history. Use a news reporter radio style. You should add musical transitions between your facts.

​This is an example of podcasts about Mexico. Mexican History Sources:









= Task Five: People in Mexico's History = Here are some suggestions: Joaqun Guzman Loera Pablo Escobar Roberto Gomez Bolanos (Chesperito) Diago Rivera Frida Kahlo Parferio Diaz Santa Ana Emuliano Zapata Pancho Villa Agustin de Iturbide Maximilian of Austria Benito Juarez Porfirio Diaz Franasco Madero Diago Rivera

Assignment: Choose a significant person in Mexican History. Create a timeline on the cite Timetoast.













This is a general website with a lot of information and sources about Mexico.

= Art of Mexico = toc

Alebrijes: Look at these examples:







Kid's Work

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Now look at this lesson plan and begin: