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Let’s preview! What do we look at when we preview a book?. Look at: -title -picture -summary on back flap. What information do you know of Mexico. Background Knowledge of Mexico. Map of North America. Can you locate Mexico? What color is it on the map ?. Map of Mexico.
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What information do you know of Mexico Background Knowledge of Mexico
Map of North America Can you locate Mexico? What color is it on the map?
Map of Mexico • Can you locate the state of Aguascalientes, Mexico? • What color is it in the map?
Aguascalientes, Mexico An HACIENDA (estate) -used as plantations, factories, mines -employed many workers (peones)
Do you recognize the picture? This is the same hacienda but with a picture taken in the past.
City in AguascalientesWhat clues in the picture help inform your about the time of the city?
A rancho (small town) in Aguascalientes.Can you see the hacienda?
Cathedral (catedral) in Aguascalientes-built all across Mexico in the 1500’s
What was happening in Mexico during the 1930’s? • Effects of the Mexican Revolution(1910-1920) • millions of deaths • Poverty • Increase in crime and robberies • Corrupt government
Who were the BIG FOUR and what they have in common with Aguascalientes, Mexico? There were four major leaders of the Mexican Revolution. They met in Aguascalientes in 1914 to discuss a solution/agreement to end the war. • Emiliano Zapata • “Pancho” Villa • Venustiano Carranza • Alvaro Obregon ASK A FAMILY MEMBER WHO GREW UP IN MEXICO… What was each man’s role and views in the Mexican Revolution?
9-10-13 • Reading Response Journal • 2-14-12 Entry • Be sure to: • - write neatly-use margins-date your entry-label part 1 & 2- Part 1: Making Predictions for “Esperanza Rising” Part 2: Exposition (read pages 7-18)
Reading Strategy Problem & Solution Chart As you read each chapter of Esperanza Rising use the chart to show how Esperanza and her family and friends solve their problems. Copy the chart into your journals!
Journal Responses: 1924 and Las Uvas • What is your heritage and what do you know about your heritage? • How is Hortensia like Mama? How is she different? • What words would you use to describe Esperanza before Papa died? • Tio Luis brought back Papa’s belt buckle What did this foreshadow? • Reread p. 28. What probably happened to Papa?
Journal Responses: Las Papayas • What did Tio Luis want? What did Mama want? • Reread page 43. How was Esperanza’s old life like dolls lined up in a row? • How would the story have been different if Mama had been able to own land?