Electronic Field Trips
Hispanic World UnitLesson Three
Mexico Field Trip
- Grade level: Upper Elementary, Middle and High School
- Subject Area: Foreign Language - Spanish
Brief Description
Whole group discuss the largest Spanish-speaking
country in the world. From library or WWW resources in team work, students will
get general/profound knowledge about this country. Also they will specially develop insight into our own language and culture while know Mexico, the neighbor of the United States.
Objectives
- Students will learn how to use library or Internet resources to do research
on chosen topics.
- Students will comprehend the collected information.
- Students will structure the information with texts and graphics for
presentation.
- Students will share their research with whole group.
Materials and Resources Needed
- Hardware requirement: several PCs or Macintoshs with color monitors
printer(s), CD-ROM.
- Software requirement: Operating system (MacOs, Window, Dos, Windows/95,
etc.), application software (ClarisWorks, MS word, etc.), and WWW browsers
(Netscape, etc.)
- Network/Internet requirement: telephone lines, high-speed modems (14,400 or
above), Web browser: Netscape or others.
Activity Description
- Ask students to pick up listed topics according to their interests.
- Divide class into small groups with different topics. Notice group size.
- Give students the bookmarks or book lists to do research on their topics.
- Allow students to read these information individually or with small group.
- Ask students to discuss the structure of collected information for the
preparation of presentation.
- Reconvene as a whole group and have each group share what they researched
with whole group.
- Assign student to write homework on impression of Mexico (For American students, they should not only include general ideas about Mexico but should focus on the relationship between USA and Mexico.)
Internet Resources
- Mexico Web
Info
[http://www.electriciti.com/mexinfo/culture.htm]
A rich collection of links about artists, writers, cultural and historical
information... everything that helps to define a country and its people.
- Dia de
los Muertos (Day of the Dead)
[http://www.public.iastate.edu/~rjsalvad/scmfaq/muertos.html]
This sites offer a detailed information about Mexican special ancient
celebration, which has been much transformed through the years, but which was
intended in prehispanic Mexico to celebrate children and the dead. Hence, the
best way to describe this Mexican holiday is to say that it is a time when
Mexican families remember their dead, and the continuity of life.
- Mystery of
the Maya
[http://www.cmcc.muse.digital.ca/cmc/cmceng/mminteng.html]
The web site is the exhibition of the Maya in Canadian Museum of Civilization,
which includes the introduction of the Maya and also theire precious cultural
heritage.
- CityNet: Mexico
[http://www.city.net/countries/mexico/]
CityNet offers a lot of information about Mexico, which includes cities, country
information, cultures, culture and language, education, events, etc.
- Mexico Out of
Balance
[http://www.igc.apc.org/nacla/mexico.html]
A project of North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA). The discussion
topics include Political Storms of 1994, Subcomandante Marcos and the EZLN, etc.
- Mexico Web Guide
[http://spin.com.mx/%7Eportillor/mexico.html]
- Cultura y Folklore
en Mexico
[http://mexico.udg.mx/Tradiciones/Tradicion.html]
- Arte y Cultura Mexicana
(Mexican Art and Culture)
[http://www.udg.mx/cultfolk/mexico.html]
The web site offers information about Mexican art and culture, including Mexican
food, songs, paintings, and so forth.
- Datos Historicos Sobre
Mexico
[http://mexico.udg.mx/Historia/datos.html]
Historical data about Mexico.
- EgoWeb
--Mexico
[http://edb518ea.edb.utexas.edu/latinos/mexico.html]
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