Theme: Mexico 
Grade level: K- 2
Focus: Music
Objective:
A student shall identify music belonging to different cultures
.
Materials and Resources:
- Los Lobos music http://hollywoodrecords.go.com/bands/loslobos/tracks.html
- Mexican Hat Dance
CD - All-Time Favorite Dances, Kimbo Educational,
1995 - Feliz Navidad by Jose Feliciano
http://www.djtproductions.net/Christmas/carol013.htm
- Feliz Navidad (scroll down to hear music)
http://freepages.music.rootsweb.com/%7eorange/feliz2.htm
- Hispano Music and Culture of the Northern
Rio Grande: The Juan B. Rael Collection
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/rghtml/rghome.html - Alegria - Mexican Dance, Music, Folk Art and
Culture links http://www.alegria.org/body_lnk_music.html
- La Bamba Spanish Lessons (from Musical
Spanish book & CD-rom)
http://www.musicalspanish.com/samplechapter.htm
General Activities:
- Listen to Mexican songs and music.
- Explore Mexican music websites.
- Make a box guitar.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com:80/crafts/Boxguitar.shtml
- Make maracas.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com:80/crafts/mexico/maracas/
Discussion Questions:
- Which music is your favorite? Why?
- Have you ever listened to or sang Spanish
music?
Culminating Activity:
Have a fiesta and decorate with murals, tin cut-outs and
yarn pictures.
Use maracas and guitars for music, pinatas and confetti eggs
for entertainment.
Serve corn cakes and enchiladas.
Evaluation:
Student can identify types of music belonging to Mexico.
Related Works of Literature:
- The Tortilla Factory by Gary Paulsen
(explains the tortilla from seed to factory).
- Mama’s Birthday Present by Carmet
Tafolla, illus. Juvenal Martinez.
- Borreguita and the Coyote by Verna
Aardema, ilus. Petra Mathers
- Mexico (crafts, games, recipes,
stories, and other cultural activities from Mexcian-Americans) by Phyllis
Shalant.
- Mexico - Things to Make, Activities,
Facts (ISBN 0-531-14316-3). This book shows you how to make ponchos.
Very easy with volunteer parents.