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High School

• Shannon Anderson (2015)
  • “Legends and Myths from Mesoamerica and the Role they Play in the Culture and Identity of the People”
    • Lesson Overview(Word)

• Eddie Black (2015)
  • “Mesoamerica Unit for World Mythology”
    • Lesson Overview (Word)
    • Eddie Black Novel (Word)
    • “Chocolate Unit” (Word)
    • “Chocolate in Modern Times” (PPT)
    • “Chocolate in Mesoamerica” (PPT)

• Amanda Cuellar (2015)
  • Video glimpse of “¿Quién soy yo?  An Exploration of Literacy“
  • “¿Quién soy yo?/Who am I?”
    • Lesson Overview (Word)
    • “Oaxacan Black Mole Recipe” (Word)
    • “Literacy Narrative Writing Assignment” (Word)
    • “Literacy Narrative Grading Rubric” (Word )
    • “El Arbol de Amate” (Word)
    • “Questions for Codex Espangliensis” (Word)
    • “Codices and Cochineal” (PPT)
      • List of Nestle products that contain Cochineal dye (Word)

• Steve Ensdorf (2015)
  • “Reexamining the Spanish Arrival in Mexico through Primary Documents”
    • Lesson Overview (Word)
    • Video glimpse of “Analytical Writing: Re-Examining the Spanish Arrival in Mexico through Primary Docutments“

• Jessica Klonsky (2011)
  • “Pre-Colonial Mesoamerican Writing” (Latino and Latin American Literature)
    • Unit Information (Word)
    • Is This Writing? (PPT)
    • Pre-colonial Mesoamerican Writing Systems (PPT)

• Rachel Madris (2014)
  • “The Weeping Woman (La Llorona)” (Word)
    • Learning Plan (Word)
    • Unit Plan (PPT)

• Elvia Mandujano (2015)
  • “The History of Chocolate: From Legend to Exploitation and Cultural Appropriation from the Conquest to Present Day”
    • Lesson Overview (Word)
    • Slide Show (PPT)

• Anna Reed (2011)
  • “Alebrijes in Oaxaca”
    • “Alebrije presentation ideas” (Word)
    • “Alebrijes in Oaxaca” (Word)
    • “Alebrijes Folk Art” (PPT)

• Ami Relf (2015)
  • “Visual Literacy: A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words”
    • Slide Show (PDF)
    • Visual Analysis Worksheet (Word)
    • Question Raiser Template (Word)

• Aisling Roche and Jessie Stovall (2015)
  • “Street Art in Oaxaca” (PDF)
  • Video glimpse of “Street Art in Oaxaca”
    • Part 1
    • Part 2

• Anastasia Visbal (2014)
  • “Art Show at Brooklyn TechHSO center 2014” (PDF)
  • “Art Show Engagement 1” (PDF)
  • “Art Show Engagement 2” (PDF)
  • “Art Show Teacher Curator” (PDF)
  • Gallery Walk Questions for Students (Word)
  • “NEH Mesoamerican Study in a High School Setting” Unit 1 (Word)
  • “NEH Mesoamerican Study in a High School Setting” Unit 2 (Word)

 

Middle School

• Geoffrey Agnor (2015)
  • “Street Art in Oaxaca” (PDF)
  • Video glimpse of “Street Art in Oaxaca”
    • Part 1
    • Part 2

• Alonzo Barron Ortiz (2015)
  • “Preliminary Unit Outline 2015”
    • Lesson Overview (Word)
    • “Escribir para resistir” (PPT)
    • Video glimpse of “Escribir para resistir“

• Debbie Frankel (2011)
  • “The Science of Cacao”
    • Cacao Unit Information (Word)
    • The Legend of the Cacao (Word)
    • Oaxaca – Cacao Presentation (PPT)

• George Geist (2015)
  • “The Game of Pelota Mixteca”
    • Lesson Overview (Word)

• Pam Rogers, Stephanie Baker, and Sandra Kowalczyk (2010)
  • “Becoming Naomi León” (Link)

• Richard Silberg (2015)
  • “Masks of Mexico: Tumbas, Santos, Diablos y Más”
    • Lesson Overview (Word)
    • Wikipedia Piece on Mexican Masks (PDF)
    • Masks in Pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica (PDF)
    • Mexican Masks, 1521–Present (PDF)
    • Masks in Modern Mexican Art (PDF)

• Jake Sproull (2010)
  • “Maize” (Word)

 

Elementary School

• Deborah Brady (2011)
  • “Mesoamerican Foods”
    • Unit Information (Word)
    • Mesoamerican Legend About Corn (Word)
    • My Favorite Foods (Word)
    • Slide Show (PDF)

• Delisa Brown-Guc (2011)
  • “Corn is Maize: The Gift of the Indians by Aliki”
    • Unit Information (Word)
    • Ethnobotanical Garden (PDF)
    • Oaxaca (PPT)
    • Genetically Modified Corn – a Debate (PPT)

• Susannah Courand (2011)
  • “Maize: Science Impacting Culture From Early Mesoamerica to Modern Day”
    • Unit information (Word)
    • Rubric for Brochures (Word)
    • Timeline Sorting Activity (Word)
    • Maize ESL Biology 1 (PPT)

• Kib Hunt (2010)
  • “Connections-Conexiones Mesoamerica” (PPT)
  • “Connections-Conexiones Mesoamerica 1 Hello” (PPT)
  • “Connections-Conexiones Mesoamerica 2 Basics” (PPT)
  • “Connections-Conexiones Mesoamerica 3 People” (PPT)

• Jennifer May (2011)
  • “Cooking demonstration” lesson plan – Intermediate
    • Unit Information (Word)
    • Recipe Worksheet (Word)
    • Presentation Rubric (Word)
    • Cooking Show Rubric (Word)
    • “Dark Chocolate Chicken Mole Tamales” Example Cooking Show Video w/ Jennifer May (Youtube)

• Sonia Rodríguez and Claudia Chávez (2011)
  • “Mesoamerican Folklore: Naguales Animal Spirits”
    • Envisioning Naguales (PPT)
    • Interview with Xedex Olivas – Nagual Animal Spirits (Youtube)
    • Mayan Dance with Nagual Masks (Youtube)

• Paulina Russell Silva and Ruth Hughes (2011)
  • “Becoming Me” Using Children’s Literature – Oaxaca, Mexico
    • Unit Information (Word)
    • Lesson Plan (Word)