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Webliography
Mexico
A Close Look at Mexico
http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1997/1/97.01.04.x.html#b
Audience: Elementary school students and teachers
A Close Look at Mexico, a curriculum unit created by John Grammatico for the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute thoroughly covers the subject. "The intent of this unit is to allow elementary students the opportunity to discover Mexico and its culture. The way in which students will do this is with as many hands on activities as possible... For example, students will not just taste Mexican food, but they will cook it... They will not just look at an article of traditional Mexican clothing and pass it around, but they will make clothing and wear it during the day... they will make murals in the style of famous Mexican artists and display them throughout the school. The more students can stay away from ditto sheets and the "paint by numbers" approach, the more effective this unit will be."
Quetzalcoatl: The Man, The Myth, The Legend
http://weber.ucsd.edu/~anthclub/quetzalcoatl/quetzal.htm#home
Audience: Elementary school students and teachers
Quetzalcoatl. We've all heard the name before. 'He's that Feathered Serpent of Ancient Mexico.' However, that only answers the WHAT. Ask, WHO he was. Though it might seem a simple enough question, there's a far more involved and complicated answer. Check out this site to learn more.
How Jumping Beans Jump
http://www.howstuffworks.com/question265.htm
Audience: Elementary to Middle school students and teachers
Still don't understand how jumping beans jump? How Stuff Works will explain it to you. If you still don't get it, follow the links at the bottom of the page. If you STILL don't understand, ask a friend to explain it to you.
The Arts and Crafts of Oaxaca
http://www.folkart.com/home/oaxaca.htm
Audience: Upper elementary to middle school students and teachers
Oaxaca, Mexico is famous for the arts and crafts of its creative indigenous people. Wood carvings, black pottery, folklore, glass and orange pottery, textile arts and Zapotec weavings. This site takes you to Oaxaca to introduce you to some of the outstanding art produced there and the people who make it. Take a look at the section on Alebrijes, wood carvings that are an ancestral Zapotec tradition. These unreal and magic pieces are born out of the imagination of the Oaxaqueno craftsmen.
