Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program 2011
Mexico in the XXIst Century: Dealing
with Social and Cultural Diversity
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.
Unless otherwise noted, all files are in Adobe PDF format.
Trina Bryant
When Worlds Collide: Life before Columbus and European Expansion (U.S. History; Grade 10)
- When Worlds Collide (1.6MB)
Linda Burke
Population Patterns: Migrating to Mexico's Misery Belts (World History; Grade 10)
- Population Patterns (253KB)
- Migrating to Mexico's Misery Belts (2.7MB) (also available as a pptx file - 9.2MB)
Heather Curry
The Spanish Conquest of Mexico: History and Legacy (World History; Grade 10)
- The Spanish Conquest of Mexico (2.0MB)
- Chamula: A small indigenous village in Chiapas (3.3MB) (also available as a ppt file - 15.1MB)
Lisa DiFilippo
Who Am I? Understanding Our Individual Identities in North America through the Visual Arts (Visual Arts; Grades 9-12)
- Who Am I? (3.4MB)
Susan Elliott
Defining Heroes and Villains: The Legacy of Hernando Cortes and the Spanish Conquest of Mexico (Advanced Placement U.S., World, and European History; High School)
- Defining Heroes and Villains (2.5MB)
Elaine Griffin
Reading "Enrique's Journey": A Study of Migration and Mexico (English; Grades 11-12)
- Reading "Enrique's Journey" (1.7MB)
Kate Harris
Know Your Neighbor: Building Mexican Perspectives into American History (U.S. History; Grade 11)
- Know Your Neighbor (7.8MB)
- Lesson 1 (195KB) (also available as a ppt file - 311KB)
- Lesson 2 (12.3MB) (also available as a ppt file - 8.1MB)
- Lesson 3 (439KB) (also available as a ppt file - 2.5MB)
- Lesson 6 (2.9MB) (also available as a ppt file - 9.1MB)
- Lesson 8 (362KB) (also available as a ppt file - 886KB)
Monica Hynds
Geography Inquiry (Geography; Grade 8)
- Geography Inquiry (3.7MB)
Kim Jackson
Using Art and Artisans' Work of Mexico to Teach the Spanish Language: An Exercise in Creativity (Spanish 1, 2, and 3; Grades 9-12)
- Using Art and Artisans' Work of Mexico to Teach the Spanish Language (5.2MB)
- Las Fotografías de las lecciones (5.3MB) (also available as a ppt file - 15.4MB)
Lynn Janik
¡Vamos a Celebrar! (Spanish 1; Grades 7-9)
- ¡Vamos a Celebrar! (1.3MB)
Jennifer Jervis
Tree of Life-Personal Narrative Sculpture (Art, Ceramics; Grades 9-12)
- Tree of Life (480KB)
- Mexican Narrative Sculpture (12.3MB)
- Border Stories (765KB) (also available as a ppt file - 7.8MB)
Susan Phillips
What's Their Story? Understanding Mexico's Culture through Narrative (English, Language Arts; Grades 6-8)
- What's Their Story? (4.8MB)
Anne Marie Plante
Imaging Culture and Identity (AP Spanish; Grades 11-12)
- Imaging Culture and Identity (133KB)
Stephanie Rollag
Perceiving Mexico (English Language Arts; Grades 7-8)
- Perceiving Mexico (48KB)
- Journal Prompts (7.7MB)
Christina Sylvester
Un Viaje por Oaxaca/A Trip through Oaxaca (Spanish 1; Grade 7)
- Un Viaje por Oaxaca (5.7MB)
Christina West
Mexico behind the Headlines: Its Past, Its Places and Its People (Spanish 2 & 3; Grades 9-12)
- Mexico behind the Headlines (1.3MB)
- Getting to know the story behind the headlines (4.2MB) (also available as a ppt file - 14.8MB)