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Spanish

• Kristen Cardona (2014)
  • “Codex Lesson” (ZIP)
  • “Six Thinking Hats” (PDF)

• Kristen Cardona and Pamela Heuschkel (2014)
  • “Project Overview” (PDF)
  • “El Día de los Muertos” (PDF)
  • “Day of the Dead Resource Guide” (PDF)

• Pamela Heuschkel(2014)
  • “Day of the Dead Interdisciplinary Study” (PDF)

• Lauren O’Gara(2014)
  • “Language and Identity” (Word)
    • Lesson Plan (Word)
    • Loan Words (Word)
    • An abridged excerpt from “Gonzalo” (Word)
    • Malinalli Chart 1 (Word)
    • Malinalli Chart 2 (Word)

• Juana Sánchez (2015)
  • “Alebrijes” — Lesson Overview (PDF); earlier Word version

 

Social Studies

• Brady Rochford (2010)
  • “Globalization” (Word)

 

English

• 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)

 

Art

• 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)

 

STEM

Math, Elementary Grade Band

Huexotzinco Codex Math Lesson (grades 3–8).  This is not one of the lessons produced by our summer institutes, but it is a wonderful, culturally-infused math lesson produced for the Library of Congress that involves learning to read Aztec (or better, Nahua) number glyphs. These glyphs appear on a manuscript from 1531. Working with them helps students become familiar with the vigesimal numbering system (which may help them better understand our decimal system, in contrast).

• • Lesson Overview
  • Pages from the Codex
  • Codex Overview (1-page Handout)
  • Primary Source Analysis Tool
  • The Nahua Numbering System
  • Printable Math Worksheets
  • Fillable Online Worksheets
  • Worksheet Answer Key

 

Drama

(Forthcoming)