Mexico

Welcome to Mexico!!

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National Athem

=Geography = Learning Target: Locate key places on a map.

Key places:
 * Gulf of Mexico p265
 * Baja California p265
 * Gulf of California p265
 * Yucatan Peninsula p265
 * Western Sierra Madre p265-266
 * Eastern Sierra Madre p265-266
 * Gulf Coastal Plain p266, 271
 * Central Plateau p266, 271
 * Sonora Desert p270
 * Veracruz p271



Sonora: El Pincante y Gran Desierto de Sonora DVD clip Yucatan DVD clip

Day 2: =INDEPENDENCE: = History of Mexican Independence site p277 - 281

Intro clip

= Cry of Delores = = Delores, Mexico  (Located at the blue balloon. Where is it compared to the nation's capitol ?) =

Miguel Hidalgo
The leader of the rebels, gave the speech: "Cry of Delores" watch Biography clip

watch Cry of Delores Video

__(____El Grito, __ book)

read p 277 (Start with paragraph, "In 1803...") continue reading p 278 'The Cry of Delores' section





Jose Morelos
He leads the army after Hidalgo's death. Morelos was also captured and killed. Many rebels were losing hope.

Continue reading p 279 'Independence at Last' and first paragraph p 280.

Iturbide and the Plan of Iguala
(also known as the Plan of Independence) p 280 *Had to force the Spanish Officials to sign it.



What were the three promises of the Plan of Iguala?
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3.

Problems:
Read p 281 (first 2 paragraphs) <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Emporer Iturbide (Mexico City)

What is a republic?
Many presidents gained and lost power <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">often in Mexico's history because the leaders did not work together to solve the problems of poverty and debt that the nation had. Rebellions occurred frequently.

Watch: Seeing Delores, Mexico as a tourist <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">on your own time: (more tourist sights, in Spanish, but the sights are still spectacular)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Locate Mexico City on your map. Watch: Seeing Mexico City as a tourist <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">on your own time: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">More on Mexico City

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Day 3 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Review from day 2 by watching: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mexican Independence Day with current celebrations

=<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 26px; vertical-align: baseline;">North American Intervention or Mexican American War = p282-284 Read p 282 'The Texas Rebellion'

= Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna = Watch his monologue On your own: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> brief biography 1st President of Mexico He was the president 11 times, in and out of <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">presidency as the power changed.

The Alamo (click to learn more about The Alamo on your own) San Antonio, TX (Locate it on the map. Where is it compared to Mexico?)

On your own: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">'Ballad of the Alamo'

'Remember the Alamo: 1836, The Fight For Freedom & Liberty!'

-US/Mexico border changes Watch: Alamo: History of the border

The North American Intervention
Conflict between Mexico and the United States Mexico calls it the: North American Intervention (Intervention is when a country interferes with what is happening in another country) The U.S. <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">calls it the: Mexican American War

Read p 282-283 'The North American Intervention'

Watch (first 3 minutes only) Mexican American War 1/6

If this interests you, continue your learning. Watch the clips that we did not see in class on your own.

Mexican American War 2/6 Mexican American War 3/6 Mexican American War 4/6

US troops landed at Veracruz, Mexico

(Locate Veracruz on the map. Where is it compared to Mexico City?)

Watch (6:45-8:02 & 8:58-end) Mexican American War 5/6 Watch (first 4 minutes, until to be continued) Mexican American War 6/6 If this interests you, continue your learning. Watch the clips that we did not see in class on your own.

<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">watch Veracruz DVD clip

Guadalupe Hidalgo peace treaty
p283 'A Bitter Defeat' On your own: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Review of day: <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Brainpop Mexican - American War (Santa Anna/Alamo) <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">login : menomonie_5 password: <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">brainpop --Watch <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">video --Complete quiz (to review as a class or with partners/groups, if time - could do dry erase boards, behind wood podium)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Day 4: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Review Day 3: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Watch: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo song

= Benito Juarez =

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Biography (words only) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">? Statue and biography - homemade video <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">More info on Benito Juarez <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Birthday and Statue



Oaxaca, Mexico (Locate it on the map. Where is it compared to the nation's <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">capitol ?) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Seeing Oaxaca, Mexico as a tourist Oaxaca DVD clip

Reforms p 285 = War of Reform/Civil War = -<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">church had lots of control and still has some today -<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">religious people put down the poor

Reformers and Catholics fought. Reformers want to see positive change in Mexico. Reformers won in 1861!

Mexican Civil War and Revolution

= French Intervention = Those that did not support Juarez and the reformers contacted France to come into Mexico.

Battle of Puebla 1862 (Cinco de Mayo) Battle of Puebla took place on 5 May 1862 near the city of Puebla during the French intervention in Mexico. (<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">near Mexico <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">city ) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Discover Puebla, Mexico

Mexicans won at Puebla, Juarez named in a national holiday, <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">but the French ended up winning the war and ruled for about 4 years before Juarez and his army were able to take control again. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Cinco de Mayo - A celebration of the Battle of Puebla ==== **Overview of the Battle of Puebla ====

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Battle of Puebla <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Battle of Puebla reenactment short <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Battle of Puebla reenactment

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">=== Cinco de Mayo smart files

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.mexonline.com/cinco-de-mayo.htm__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">part of smart notebook file - non green one)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Cinco de Mayo Puebla 2010

Other leaders fought against each other<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark"> - <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">leadership of Mexico changed <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">from <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Dictatorship that did nothing to help the poor to leaders that did much to help the poor.

PANCHO VILLA EMILIANO ZAPATA Pancho Villa starts about 5minutes

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Day 5:

Constitution of 1917 Divided land up and gave to the poor. Does not allow foreigners to control Mexico's natural resources.

<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">earthquakes p266-267 1985 earthquake - Mexico City <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">video

Article and pictures

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">on your own: This Day in History article

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">images :

Mexico's Independence: Today in Mexico <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">video only. Green VW bug taxis, butterflies (1-1:30), turtles... <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">watch till 2:00

<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">butterflies <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">migrate from Canada to Mexico in winter to live, eat, and mate. Monarch Butterfly Reserve <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Bufferfly reserve Watch first 1:30 minutes. <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">images

<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Grey Whale Migration Whale Migration route <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">a second whale video on your own

<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">volcanoes (and farming) p267 Air pollution in Mexico City Mexico's Landfill

=<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">REVIEW SHEET = Don't forget to study the map! Everything we labeled on the map the first time can also be on the <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">assessment including the capitol (except the cities).

Flash Cards!!
Mistake on flash cards: Question: THE 1917 CONSTITUTION STATED THAT FOREIGNERS COULD NOT? <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Answer should be: Control Mexico's Natural Resources

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Brainpop : Latin Music <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.brainpop.com/artsandmusic/musicalgenres/latinmusic/preview.weml__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Brainpop : <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">look at <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">bottom of this page for Mexico’s geography, history, <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">etc support pages: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">http://www.brainpop.com/search/search.weml?keyword=mexico+independence

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Brainpop : <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Artist: Frida Kahlo <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/famoushistoricalfigures/fridakahlo/preview.weml



= Mexico Today **:**=

Day 6:

Chiapas DVD clip

War in Chiapas and Subcomandante Marcos 60 minutes part 1 60 minutes part 2 <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">really good: *The Fight for Land and Liberty #8 *Victims of the War in Chiapas #9 The peace process has been in standstill since 2003. -Wikipedia <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-Zapatistas Subcomandante Marcos & Indigenous resistance Mexico's plan for Chiapas that is angering locals = =

Ciudad Juarez (#21 first 6 min)

<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">discussions Kids have ½ day of school - other ½ working for family on <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">street... sell <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">chiclet ...



<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Day 7:

= Immigration: = <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">groups /article/opinion <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">cause /effect

= The American Borders: Canadian Vs Mexican a Contrast of Fences =

= [|Obama on illegal immigration] = = View on <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Emmigration from Mexican President =

= Take our jobs = Take our <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">jobs part 2

= Grad student's illegal immigrant life = = Life As An Illegal Immigrant =

Illegal Students in USA <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> @https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_fzmVSZZdQ

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">@https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIsbvIElFEk

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> @https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KvG8BwhSUs

Immigration Train

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EF4C6cl-P4




 * Mexico Tourism**

Use or not? <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">watch Remember the Alamo Teaser