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Social Studies

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

• Vicki Gadecki (2015)
  • “Cultivating Culture”
    • Lesson Overview (Word)

• Jesse Scott (2015)
  • “Cultural Continuity in World Histories”
    • Lesson Overview (Word)

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

 

English

• 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)

 

Art

• 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)

 

STEM

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