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High School

• Patricia Bartels (2011)
  • Mesoamerican Mask Making 9 Day Unit
    • Unit Information (Word)
    • Lesson Plan (PPT)

• Nicole Caracciolo (2010)
  • Galleries
    • Architecture
    • Market
    • People
    • Plants

• Nicole Caracciolo and Angela Guy (2010)
  • Lesson 1: “Stone, Tree Bark, & Cloth: Visual Communication in Ancient Mesoamerica”
    • “Stone, Tree Bark, & Cloth” (PPT)
    • Codex Art Project by Pearl Lau (link)
    • Popol Vuh codex project by teacher Mike Reed’s students (link)
  • Lesson 2: “Print as Protest”
    • “Print as Protest” (PDF)
    • “Print as Protest” (PPT)
  • Lesson 3: “Oaxacan Street Art: Modern Visual Communication”
    • “Oaxacan Street Art” (PPT)
    • “Street Art” (PDF)

• Scott Eberhardt (2014)
  • “New Mexican Cinema” (Word)

• Deborah Genovese (2010)
  • “Paper Making“

• Kathy Kowalczyk and Dean Stadel (2011)
  • “Visual Arts in Clay and Ceramics: With an Emphasis on Animal Motifs and Functional Animal Forms”
    • Visual Arts Unit Information (Word)
    • Precolumbian Animal Forms (PPT)
    • Frieze Design Introduction – Mitla (PPT)
    • San Marcos, Tlapazola – Hand Built Pottery Process (PPT)
    • Whistle Making Sequence (PPT)
    • Oaxaca Art Forms – Video (WMV)

• Deborah Strother and Christy Gill (2010)
  • “Stories in Clay: Oaxacan Ceramic Folk Art”
    • Lesson Plan (Word)
    • Lesson Plan – EdSite Format (Word)
    • Stories in Clay (PPTX, M4V)
    • Videos of Oaxacan Ceramic Artist at Work: 1, 2 (AVI)
    • Video of Pasatono, Oaxacan Musicians (AVI)
    • Interview on Folk Legends (MP3)

• Jessica Voigt (2011)
  • “Oaxacan Wood Carving”
    • Unit Information (Word)
    • Why Make Art? (PPT)
    • Mesoamerican Astrology (MOV)
    • Envisioning the Nahual (MOV)

 

Middle School

• Rita Baker (2014)
  • “To Oaxaca and Beyond!” (PPT)

• Michael Guenza (2010)
  • “Modes of Knowing, Means of Showing: Narrative Iconography in Ancient and Modern Times”
    • Lesson Plan (Word)
    • Lesson Overview (PPT)
    • Image Examples

• Celeste LeTard Williams (2010)
  •  “Lotería”
    • Designing a Lotería Deck With Your Class (PPT)
    • Lotería Project Rubric (PDF)
    • Lotería Calling Verses (JPG)
    • Lotería Card Practice Sheet (PDF)
    • Lotería Card with Riddle (PDF)
    • House of the Scorpion Lotería Card (PPT)
  • “My Mayan Codex”
    • Codex 1 (PDF)
    • Codex 2 (PDF)

• Lori Ann Levy Holm (2015)
  • “Dig, Discover, Design: Using Mesoamerican Artifacts to Reveal the Continuity of Culture, Craft, and History”
    • Lesson Overview (Word)
    • Images from Classroom Experience (Word)
    • Video glimpse of “Dig, Discover, Design” (YouTube)

• Marina Outwater (2014)
  • “I Am Poem” (Word)
  • “Oaxaca’s Street Art” (PPT)
  • NEH Project Proposal (Word)
  • NEH Project Proposal (PDF)
  • “Symbolism in Songs, Quilts, and more” (PPT)

 

Elementary School

• Elizabeth Bure (2014)
  • “Paper / Papel” (PPT)

• Kristen Cardona and Lisa Galeano (2014)
  • “Codices” (PDF)

• Roxann Hunsaker (2010)
  • “Mesoamerican Art” (PPT)

• Christy Gill (2010)
  • “Alebrijes” (Word)

• Sonia Rodríguez (2011)
  • “The Nagual in Mexican Art”
    • Unit Information (PDF)
    • Matching Activity Cards (PDF)
    • 3rd Grade Lesson Plan (PDF)
    • 4th Grade Lesson Plan (PDF)
    • 5th Grade Lesson Plan (PDF)
    • Nagual (PPT)

• Tamara Weiss (2014)
  • “Making A Family History Codex” (PPT)
  • “Codex Homework” (Word)
  • “Mixtec Codex” (Word)
  • “Mixtec Personal Name” (Word)
  • “se1” (.jpg)
  • “se2” (.jpg)
  • “se3” (.jpg)
  • “teacher demo color” (.jpg)
  • “teacher demo outline” (.jpg)

• Maureen Yoder (2011)
  • “Frida and Diego Go to Oaxaca” and Ethnobotanical Art Lessons
    • Unit Information (Word)
    • “Frida and Diego go to Oaxaca” (PPT)
    • Frida Kahlo (GIF)
    • Diego Rivera (GIF)
    • Ethnobotanical Lesson Plan 1: Maize Codex (Word)
    • Maize Worksheet – Side 1 (GIF)
    • Maize Worksheet – Side 2 (GIF)
    • Maize Codex – Finished example (JPEG)
    • Ethnobotanical Lesson Plan 2: Agave Radial Symmetry (Word)
    • Agave Radial Symmetry (GIF)
    • Agave Radial Symmetry – Finished example (JPEG)
    • Ethnobotanical Lesson Plan 3: Cacao Currency (Word)
    • Cacao Currency Worksheet (GIF)
    • Cacao Currency Wallet – Finished Example (JPEG)
    • Ethnobotanical MEC Year Long Multicultural Unit (PPT)
    • Ethnobotanical Lessons (PPT)
    • Ethnobotanical Lessons Student Examples (PPT)