Mexico--Ole!!
| State | WV |    |
| Status | Ready for Users | |
| Stage | Public | |
| Subject | English/Language Arts Fine Arts Social Studies | |
| Author | JoAnn Blackburn
Susan Hill Terry White | |
| Description | Coorelate the history, geography, and culture of Mexico
to bring "life" to a foreign country. | |
| The 21st Century Tools | computers
search engines such as YaHoo Web sites PowerPoint programs videos | |
| Grade Level | 5 6 7 8 | |
| National Standards | Social Studies
Understand the historical perspective Fine Arts Understand connections among the various art forms and other disciplines Understand the relationship between music, history, and culture Language Arts Use the general skills and strategies of the writing process Use the general skills and strategies of the reading process Use viewing skills and strategies to understand and interpret visual media Use grammatical and mechanical conventions in written compositions Gathers and uses information for research purposes | |
| Career Clusters | Fine Arts and Humanities | |
| Keywords | Mexico
Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead) Teotihuacan Aztec Anthropology | |
| Lesson Plan URLs (new Window) | Lesson 1--Searching for Gold
Lesson 2--Are You Lost? Lesson 3--Can You Tell the Original from the Copy?? Lesson 4--The Sun, The Moon, and YOU!! Lesson 5--Dia de Muertos | |
| English IGO or CSO | 5.8, 5.14, 5.15, 5.52, 5.97, 6.6, 6.20, 6.52, 6.90, 7.3, 7.52, 8.5, 8.7, 8.38, 8.84, 8.110, 5.8, 6.35, 7.25, 7.28, 7.59, 7.61, 7.68, 8.147, 8.153, 8.155, 6.112 | |
| Fine Arts IGO or CSO | WI.3, WI.4, WII.2, WIV.23, 5.3, 6.16, 7.16, 8.10 | |
| Social Studies IGO or CSO | 5.26, 5.32, 5.57, 5.58, 5.59, 5.64, 6.33, 6.37, 6.41, 6.59, 6.60, 6.63, 6.67, 7.9, 7.21, 7.29, 7.46, 7.59, 7.68, 8.59, 8.60, 8.61, 8.67, 8.70, 5.23, 6.26, 6.27, 7.20, 7.25, 7.9, 5.33, 5.64, 6.42, 7.47, 7.49, 7.60, 7.61, 7.66 | |