Mexico
Culture Kit
Mexico Culture Kit #4
Mexico, North America
Explore Mexican culture and daily life with our culture kit containing a woven bracelet and necklace, a soccer uniform, food items, currency, local flyers and pamphlets, landscape images, books on dis…
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Investigating Cultures (Mexico, Ireland, and Germany)
Europe, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, North America
In this presentation from our Fall 2018 Virtual Cultural Festival, Navigators Mollie, Verenisse, and Kathryn teach about cultural values in Mexico, Ireland, and Germany. This presentation was designed…
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Mexico, Ireland, and Germany Q and A
Europe, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, North America
This video is the Q & A portion of a presentation from our Fall 2018 Virtual Cultural Festival. Navigators Mollie, Verenisse, and Kathryn answer K-12 students’ questions about Mexico, Ireland, and…
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Christmas in Michoacan, Mexico
Mexico, North America
In this video, Navigator Verenisse compares and contrasts Christmas in Michoacan, Mexico and in the U.S.
Culture Kit
Hispanic Heritage Kit
Caribbean, Central America, Global, Mexico, South America, Spain, United States
This thematic kit provides a colorful overview of Hispanic Heritage. Ranging from a book which shares the influence of Latino cuisine on American Foods, to a DVD about the incredibly talented Selena,…
Culture Kit
Mexico #3
Mexico
The Mexico #3 Culture Kit includes items from various parts of life, including books, toys and music. Also included in the kit are many objects of art that can be found around a typical home, includin…
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Mexican Food VS Dominican Food
Dominican, Mexico, United States
In this video, Navigator Ashley teaches about the difference between Mexican food in the US, and dishes from the Dominican Republic.
Culture Kit
Day of the Dead/Día de los Muertos #2
Mexico, North America
This exhibition includes many objects which may be used to create an altar display, or “ofrenda” for Day of the Dead or “Dia de los Muertos”. Those wishing to borrow this exhibit can construct their o…
Culture Kit
Day of the Dead/Día de los Muertos #1
Mexico, North America
This exhibition includes many objects which may be used to create an altar display, or “ofrenda” for Day of the Dead or “Dia de los Muertos”. Those wishing to borrow this exhibit can construct their o…
Culture Kit
Day of the Dead/Día de los Muertos #7
Mexico, North America
This exhibition includes many objects which may be used to create an altar display, or “ofrenda” for Day of the Dead or “Dia de los Muertos”. Those wishing to borrow this exhibit can construct their o…
Culture Kit
Day of the Dead/Día de los Muertos #6
Mexico, North America
This exhibition includes many objects which may be used to create an altar display, or “ofrenda” for Day of the Dead or “Dia de los Muertos”. Those wishing to borrow this exhibit can construct their o…
Culture Kit
Day of the Dead/Día de los Muertos #5
Mexico, North America
This exhibition includes many objects which may be used to create an altar display, or “ofrenda” for Day of the Dead or “Dia de los Muertos”. Those wishing to borrow this exhibit can construct their o…
Culture Kit
Day of the Dead/Día de los Muertos #4
Mexico, North America
This exhibition includes many objects which may be used to create an altar display, or “ofrenda” for Day of the Dead or “Dia de los Muertos”. Those wishing to borrow this exhibit can construct their o…
Culture Kit
Day of the Dead/Día de los Muertos #3
Mexico, North America
This exhibition includes many objects which may be used to create an altar display, or “ofrenda” for Day of the Dead or “Dia de los Muertos”. Those wishing to borrow this exhibit can construct their o…
Culture Kit
Yucatec Maya Culture Kit
Mexico, North America
This interesting culture kit contains clothing items such as a traditional hat (p’óok), a huipil, a fustan, and some colorful “rebozos” (shawls). There are also children’s books such “Rain Player”, an…
Culture Kit
Nahua Culture Kit
Mexico, North America
This kit has handkerchiefs, shawls, market bags, and typical food items. You will also find an Aztec Calendar, maps, books about the Aztecs, coloring books, and an activity book. Have your students ex…
Culture Kit
Zapotec Culture Kit
Mexico, North America
This Zapotec kit has an amulet bracelet, a woman’s gala headdress, a gourd water bottle, incense burner, reproduction of an ancient urn, hand-loomed rug, and planting stick!
Culture Kit
Mixtec
Mexico, Mixteca, North America
The Mixtec are the third-largest group of native Mexican peoples. They call themselves the Ñuu Savi, “People of the Rain.” Their homeland is the Mixteca, a region that occupies the western half of the…
Culture Kit
Mexico #1
Mexico, North America
Teach your students about Mexican Culture with this great kit! It includes books such as “Teens in Mexico”, and “Coming to Carolina del Norte”, and a “Families in Mexico DVD”. If your studnets are lea…
Culture Kit
Mexico #2
Mexico, North America
This Mexico Kit has many items for your students to explore! In terms of clothing, there is a traditional poncho. It also includes various food and drink packages (chicharrones), magazines, newspapers…
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Beyond Sombreros, Tacos, and Espa̱ol
Mexico, North America
The Sonoran Desert Geography of Mexico A lot of the images of Mexico we have in the collective US conscious are of deserts, cacti, and small, isolated rustic villages. Like most stereotypes, it…
Article
Trust Me, The World’s Not Ending…
Mexico, North America
This past summer, I spent six weeks in the Mexican state of Yucatan in an intensive language program to learn Yucatec Maya, the most spoken of the living Mayan languages in Mexico with nearly a millio…
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You Call it Corn, We Call it Ixi’im
Mexico, North America
There are places in the world where people often go to take time off, enjoy the sun, and drink drinks with funny names out of coconut shells. There’s nothing wrong with just being a vacationer every…
