Fulbright-Hays Group Project Abroad Program 2006

Seminar and Curriculum Development Project on the Performing Arts in Mexico

The following curriculum units were developed by educators who participated in a month-long seminar in Mexico. Target subjects and grade levels vary; please contact LLILAS Public Engagement if you have questions regarding how to best use these resources in your classroom.

Beverly Berwick

  • Cultural Commentary through Mexican Art (Advanced Placement English, English Language Arts, High School) [pdf - 137KB]
  • Orozco and Rivera Art Works [list of jpeg files]

John Fernandez

  • WebQuest in Three Acts: A World beyond Our Own, Worlds Collide, A World Falls Apart (Social Studies, Middle School) [pdf - 138KB]

Michelle Ford

  • Música Mexicana: An Experiential Curriculum Unit for Elementary Music Educators (Grade 4, adaptable to Grades 2-6) [pdf - 599KB]

Sarah Guillerman

Dance: Baile or Ballet (Dance, Middle School)

  • Dance: Baile or Ballet [pdf - 98KB]
  • Baile or Ballet? [pdf - 2.5MB]
  • ArtesAméricas: Guide to Countries and Cultures, Mexico [pdf - 28KB]
  • ArtesAméricas Teachers' Resource Guide, Ballet Folklórico de México [pdf - 1.8MB]
  • ArtesAméricas Teachers' Resource Guide, Delfos Contemporary Dance [pdf - 1.8MB]
  • Mission: Mexico [pdf - 3.1MB]

Ashley Lopez

  • Exploring Myth, Magical Realism, and Mysticism in Literature and Art (English, High School) [pdf - 786KB]

Jennifer Muñoz

  • A Journey Through Mexico in Writing (English, Middle School) [pdf - 569KB]

Rebecca Reynolds

  • History through Art: Mexico (Social Studies, Middle School) [pdf - 2.5MB]
  • History Told through Art [pdf - 1.6MB]
  • Cultures of Mexico [pdf - 2.3MB]

Denise Rodríguez

  • English Language & Composition AP Lesson Plans (High School) [pdf - 1.6MB]
  • Poetry Through Culture [pdf - 235KB]
  • Templo Mayor: A Web Quest for 11th Grade English [html]

Leigh Ann Williams

  • Mexico: Arts and Culture (Art, Middle School) [pdf - 70KB]
  • Photos [pdf - 979KB]

Amber Wood

  • Mexican Muralists and Frida Kahlo (Spanish III/Intermediate Spanish) [pdf - 1.6MB]