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Discovering Mexico: Geography, Currency, and Direction

Engage students in a comprehensive lesson that explores Mexico's geography, currency, and cardinal directions. Students will learn to identify Mexico City on a map, determine directions for traveling between cities, compare the Mexican peso with the U.S. dollar, and even practice currency conversion. This activity fosters knowledge, comprehension, application, evaluation, and analysis skills based on Bloom's Taxonomy.

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Discovering Mexico: Geography, Currency, and Direction

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  1. México

  2. Warm-up Activity • 1.Review cardinal directions: • Norte • Sur • Este • Oeste • 2. Review prepositions • Arriba • Abajo/debajo de • A la izquierda/derecha

  3. ¿Dónde encontraría? • Students will be able to identify the México City on a geographical map. • Students will determine which direction to travel in order to go from city to city.

  4. ¿Cuánto cuesta? • Students will identify the Mexican peso. • Students will compare and contrast the peso with the U.S. dollar.

  5. Conversion • $1.00 U.S. = 10 Mexican pesos

  6. Yo quiero comprar • Students will use activity area, which will be converted into a store, where they will inquire about the price of a particular item. • Students should utilize vocabulary words to describe the item they want to purchase. • Once an item is selected, students will convert the dollar amount into Mexican pesos and vice versa.

  7. Bloom’s Taxonomy • The activities included in this unit emphasize the following aspects of Bloom’s Taxonomy: • Knowledge • Students describe the features of Mexican currency. • Students locate directions on a map of Mexico. • Students develop the essential skills for map reading, as well as a surface understanding of commerce. • Comprehension • Students compare the US dollar with the Mexican peso. • Application • Students examine an actual peso. • Students examine the map of Mexico • Students demonstrate the knowledge of prepositions and cardinal directions during map exercise. • Evaluation • Students determine what direction they would need to travel from Mexico City to Guadalajara. • Analysis • Students compare and contrast the two different currencies. • Students are able to identify Mexico, its capital and other major cities on a geographical map.

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