Cultural Resources for Level D
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Unit 1
Blog post: A week or more of working with "Vivir mi vida"
Music video for "Vivir mi vida"
Culture Capsule 1: El clima de México
Spanish-language forecast for Michoacán, México
Spanish-language description with charts on weather averages for Morelia, Michoacán
Celsius to Fahrenheit conversion (English, Math Is Fun)
Christmas commercial for store in Uruguay with beach trip giveaway
Experiment: Angle of the Sun and Seasons (English, Ducksters)
Video: Seasons and the Sun (Crash Course Kids)
Cultural inquiry: Daily rainfall amounts across Mexico
Assessment, #2: Weather forecast for Mexico from December 2017 (Use 0:55 to 2:12)
Unit 2
Pictures of partidos:
- Monarcas Morelia soccer game
- Mexican pitcher throws in a Little League baseball game
- Zarazua tennis match in Acapulco
- Carlos Arroyo, Puerto Rican NBA player
- US Women’s National Team vs. Mexico fútbol friendly
Unit 3
Using "Yo soy de..." to write poetry (Article in English)
Culture Capsule 2: Día de Muertos
Program page for the Xcaret festival
Video: "Día de los Muertos" animated short film (no language)
Video: "Día de Muertos en Pátzcuaro Michoacán" (Spanish with English captions available)
Video: "How to Make Papel Picado for Day of the Dead" (English captions, Happythought)
Free download: Papel picado templates (pinata.com)
Recipe and directions: Making calaveras (English, thespruceeats.com)
Video: "Understanding Mexicans: Día de Muertos" (English, religious and worldview discussion included)
Unit 4
Song video "A mi burro le duele la cabeza" (turn on captions); Another version ; Resources from Spanish Mama
Unit 5
Song video Juan Luis Guerra "Ojalá que llueva café"
Teacher resources for "Ojalá que llueva café"
Culture Capsule 3
Official government site: Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca (Spanish), also information and map of migration patterns
Maps, photos, entrance information: Mariposa Monarca, 5 Santuarios en Michoacán y en el Estado de México (México desconocido)
Website: La mariposa monarca (Spanish, National Geographic)
Resources: Journey North maps, charts, facts and more (English)
Infographic: The Great Monarch Migration (English)
Video: "'Migrant' monarch butterflies arrive in Mexico for winter" (English/Spanish, AFP News)
Infographic: The Monarch Butterfly
Slideshow: Día de muertos and the monarch migration (JourneyNorth.org Spanish or English slideshow from a school in Angangueo, the town that inspired the setting for Level D)
Website: Lake Pátzcuaro tourism site with information on the butterflies and the Angangueo festival (English or Spanish)
Website: Things you can do (English, U.S. Forest Service, with teacher & student resources)
Website: Current state of the monarch butterfly population (BiologicalDiversity.org)
Website: How to raise monarch butterflies at home (English, Save Our Monarchs)
Unit 7
The globos de cantoya are named after a person, Joaquín de la Cantolla y Rico, a Mexican who popularized hot air balloons in his country in the 1860’s. The balloons named after him are made today by connecting pieces of tissue paper and using heat to set them afloat. Some balloons are made with thousands of pieces of tissue paper! These globos are now a fun and festive part of many festivals in Mexico. Resources:
- Video: How to make a cantoya balloon (Spanish) (first of a series of four)
- Video: Balloons at the Cantoya Festival in Pátzcuaro, Michoacán (English captions)
- Article: Top 10 Festivals and Fiestas in Mexico (including Morelia's film festival and Pátzcuaro's Day of the Dead festival, both in Michoacán) (English, Lonely Planet)
- Website: Angangueo's CantoyaFest page (English and Spanish)
- Article: Kite Festival in Los Reyes, Michoacán (Spanish)