Social Studies Strands

1. Social Studies Strands Mexico: 2nd grade Emily Marshall & Emily Cowell Dr. Helms ED 417

2. The Strands • American Heritage • People and Society • World Interactions • Decision Making and Resources • Democratic Process • Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities • Science and Technology

3. American Heritage Activities and Websites

4. American Heritage Activities • Have students create a timeline recording the important dates of Mexican history and American history. • Have students pick a significant date in Mexican history and write a paragraph about each. • After reading the books The Incas and TheAztecs, have the students compare between the two tribes. • Watch the video The Spanish Explorers of America. Have them write about their favorite explorer. • Have students participate in the Cinco de Mayo celebration, where they listen to Mexican music and eat Mexican food.

5. American Heritage Websites • http://encarta.msn.com • http://209.145.57.115/forms/mexicoholidays.htm • http://www.encyclopedia.com/ • http://www.web-holidays.com/demayo • http://www.mexonline.com/

6. People in Society Activities and Websites

7. People in Society Activities • Students use How Would You Survive CD-Rom about the Aztecs, to learn about their daily lives. • Students will make a Venn Diagram comparing and contrasting the Mexicans and Americans. • Using a map of Mexico, students will recognize where the most populated areas are presently and in the past. • Talk about the celebration of their Quinceras (15th birthday). • Students use How Would You Survive CD-Rom about the Incas, to learn about their daily lives.

8. People in Society Websites • http://inside-mexico.com/ • http://www.mexicoart.net/ • http://www.differentworld.com/mexico/com/ • http://www.texmextogo.com/tortillas.htm • http://mexicanfood.about.com/food/mexicanfood/library

9. World Interactions Activities and Websites

10. World Interactions Activities • Students will create a map from clay showing the major mountain forms and water ways in Mexico. • Students will point out major Mexican cities on a map. • Students will name the states that border Mexico. • Students will collect news clippings (about U.S. problems) from the paper or magazines. The will then compare the clipping to Mexican problems. • Students will develop a map using cardinal directions, stats, and major highways to find a route from Ohio to Mexico.

11. World Interactions Websites http://www.reefcomber.co.za/cancun.htm http://www.mexicotravel.com/mexico/owa/sectur.inicio http://www.greenbuilder.com/mader/ecotravel/border/borderlands.html http://www.geocities.com/redhourglass/scorpions.html http://www.nationalgeographic.com/mexico/

12. Decision Making and Resources Activities and Websites

13. Decision Making/Resources Activities • Students will find goods we use in school and find out which are produced in Mexico. • Read the book Inventors and Inventions. Have students discuss the inventions of Mexican inventors and how we use them in our society. • Using their math skills, give the students an allowance that a child in Mexico may receive and see what they could buy in America. • Identify the kinds of currency used in Mexico. • Make a bar graph with the top five things produced in Mexico.

14. Decision Making/Resources Websites http://www.x-rates.com/ http://www.webopedia.com/ http://www.internet.com/sections/resources.html http://www.cyberatlas.internet.com/ http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/ discovery/index.html - northam

15. Democratic Process Activities and Websites

16. Democratic Process Activities • Students will find in who is the president of Mexico and three other leaders and write at least one sentence on what their job is for their country. • Students will then compare and contrast the president of the U.S. and the president of Mexico. Then write a report on three differences or similarities. • Students will research the process of electing the President in Mexico and role-play an election in the classroom.

17. Democratic Process Activities continued…… • Using newspaper clippings students will learn how the president of the U.S. and the president of Mexico, work together for the two countries. • Students will, as a class make a Venn Diagram comparing and contrasting the government of the U.S. and Mexico.

18. Democratic Process Websites • library.activedayton.com • http://www.washingtonpost.com/ • http://www.mexicanwave.com/election2000/index.asp • http://www.newsday.com/ • http://www.cnn.com/

19. Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities Activities and Websites

20. Citizenship Rights/Responsibilities Activities • Watch the video Mexican-American Cultures. Have students discuss how their culture and the Mexican culture are alike and different. • Have students work in small groups to create a play depicting the life of a Mexican child. • Each small group will be given the task of building a Mayan temple. The group must work together to build their model. • Each student will write an evaluation of their group and how they worked together. • Each group will choose a leader, recorder, time keeper and supply manager, for their group.

21. Citizenship Rights/Responsibilities Websites • http://www.maya-art-books.org/ • http://www.anthroarcheart.org/labna2.htm • http://www.public.iastate.edu/ • http://www.historychannel.com/ • http://www.yahooligans.com/

22. Science and Technology Activities and Websites

23. Science and Technology Activities • Students will use the internet, with a given web site to find out what (if anything) happened on that date in Mexican history. • Students will use Babelfish web site to translate a story, written by them, from English to Spanish. • Students will use the weather web site to find out what the weather is like in Mexico and write a paragraph telling where they would rather be on that day. • In small groups students will find, on the internet, supervised by teacher, the lowest fares to a Mexican city of their choice. • Students will take a virtual tour of Mayan ruins on the internet.

24. Science and Technology Websites http://www.scopesys.com/today/ http://www.expedia.com/ http://www.weather.com/ http://www.virtualpalenque.com http://babelfish.altavista.com