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High School
- Ann Archer and Nitzan Ziv (2014)
- Casey Asato (2011)
- “Indigenous Peoples: Library Quest Project”
- Sub-Saharan Africa & Latin America: Indigenous Peoples Project (Word)
- Library Quest (1st step to starting the project) (Word)
- “Indigenous Peoples: Library Quest Project”
- Emily Ekstrand (2010)
- Codex History Lesson
- Lesson Plans (Word)
- Codex Assignment (Word)
- Mixtec Codex Elements (Word)
- Student Work Sample (PDF)
- Codex History Lesson
- Kristian Fabian (2015)
- “Indigenous Cultural Survival: Resistance, Adaptation, & Continuity”
- Lesson Overview (Word)
- Slide Show (PPT)
- “Cultural Remnants” (YouTube)
- “Indigenous Cultural Survival: Resistance, Adaptation, & Continuity”
- Ana Flores (2011)
- Curricular Unit Proposal (Word)
- “Sharing Your Stories” (PPT)
- “Personal Values” (English-Spanish-Nahuatl) (Word)
- Clay Francis (2014)
- “Mesoamerica AP Human Geography” (Word)
- Greg Gidden and Josh Fitzgerald (2011)
- “Mesolore in the Classroom: Mixtec Propaganda”
- Unit Information (Word)
- Sources and Vocabulary (Word)
- Exercises and Worksheets (Word)
- Presentation (PPT)
- “Mesolore in the Classroom: Mixtec Propaganda”
- Maeve Hitzenbuhler (2014)
- “The Color Red”
- Unit Information (Word)
- Readings (PDF)
- Images (PDF)
- “The Color Red”
- Howard Krug (2014)
- Images (.jpg)
- “The Cloud People, the Zapotecs of Monte Alban” (Word)
- “Maya and Nahua Methods of Sacrifice” (Word)
- Alyson LeBlanc (2011)
- “Deluge Myths” (Word)
- Memry Roessler (2010)
- A proposal for “A Course on Museums” (Word)
- Carolina Rubio (2011)
- Proposal for “Mesoamerican Ways of Knowing” (Word)
- Judy Schechter (2015)
- “Linguistic Minorities and Access to Justice: Three Case Studies”
- Lesson Overview (Word)
- “Deaf Americans’ Linguistic and Cultural Access to Justice in the United States” (PPT)
- “Busted!” (PPT)
- “Story of Santiago Ventura Morales” (PPT)
- “Story of Jacinta Francisco Marcial” (PPT)
- Unspeakable: The Story about Junius Wilson (YouTube)
- “Linguistic Minorities and Access to Justice: Three Case Studies”
- Todd Stillman (2014)
- “Mesoamerican Ritual Served Five Ways” (Word)
- Irma Vega (2010)
- “Health and Illness in Mesoamerica: Then & Now”
- Lesson Plan (Word)
- Lesson 1 Materials
- Joie Davidow – “Magic and Medicine” (PDF)
- Gist Summary (Word)
- Guiding Questions (Word)
- Lesson 2 Materials
- An Aztec Herbal (PDF)
- Vocabulary Companion to An Aztec Herbal (Word)
- Excerpts from Groark (Word)
- Tonalli, Midwife & Mother (PDF)
- White Willow (PDF)
- Zoapatle (PDF)
- Susto Excerpt (Word)
- Codex Mendoza Image (PPT)
- Plants Handout (Word)
- Answers to Plant Handout (Word)
- Remedies Employed by Aztecs Table (Word)
- Template for Entrance – Exit Slip (Word)
- Author Says I Say (PDF)
- “Health and Illness in Mesoamerica: Then & Now”
- Kim Young (2010)
- “Complicating Conquest”
- GeoON (WMV)
- Religion (WMV)
- Politics (WMV)
- Architecture (WMV)
- “Complicating Conquest”
- Nitzan Ziv (2014)
Middle School
- Natan Ben-Yonatan (2014)
- “Artisan-Farmer at the Temple” (PPT)
- “Artisan-Farmer at the War” (PPT)
- Project Perspective Bibliography (Word)
- “Cleric at the Market” (PPT)
- “Commoner at the Ballgame” (PPT)
- “Commoner at the Market” (PPT)
- “Conquistador at the Market” (PPT)
- “Conquistador at the Temple” (PPT)
- “Conquistador at the War” (PPT)
- Mesoamerica QR Station (Word)
- “Mesoamerican Leader at the Ballcourt” (PPT)
- “Mesoamerican Leader at the Market” (PPT)
- “Mesoamerican Leader at the Temple” (PPT)
- “Mesoamerican Leader at the War” (PPT)
- “Mesoamerican Lives Debate” (Word)
- “Mesoamerican Priest at the Ballgame” (PPT)
- “Mesoamerican Priest at the Temple” (PPT)
- Note Taking Guide (PPT)
- “Spaniard at a Ballgame” (PPT)
- Debbie Frankel (2011)
- “The Science of Cacao”
- Cacao Unit Information (Word)
- The Legend of the Cacao (Word)
- Oaxaca – Cacao Presentation (PPT)
- “The Science of Cacao”
- Vicki Gadecki (2015)
- “Cultivating Culture”
- Lesson Overview (Word)
- “Cultivating Culture”
- Christine Jawork (2014)
- January Morrison & Patrick McCarthy (2014)
- Jesse Scott (2015)
- “Cultural Continuity in World Histories”
- Lesson Overview (Word)
- “Cultural Continuity in World Histories”
- Jake Sproull (2010)
- “Maize” (Word)
Elementary School
- Lisa Galeano (2014)
- “Codices” (PDF)
- Sarah Horwitz (2014)
- “Mesoamerican Studies” (Word)
- “Calendar Mathematics” (PPT)
- “Foods of Our Ancestors” (PPT)
- “Who Are Californians?” (PPT)
- “Using Film as a Medium for Discussing Gender Roles and Attitudes Toward Homosexuality” (Word)
- “Comparing and Contrasting Perspectives of ‘First Contact’” (Word)
- “Investigating Our Own Family Heritage” (Word)
- “Traditional vs. Industrial Candle Manufacturing” (Word)
- “Traditional vs. Industrial Candle Manufacturing” (PPT)
- “Mesoamerican Studies” (Word)
- David McKay (2014)
- “Mesoamerican Day-Count teacher information” (PDF)
- “Mesoamerican Day-Count” (PDF)
- “Mesoamerican Solar Calendar” (PDF)
- “The Twenty Day Signs” (PDF)
- Brady Rochford (2010)
- “Globalization” (Word)
- Jamie Samuels (2014)
- “The Americas”
- Unit Plan (Word)
- “The Americas”