Show list of words on board, or pass out to students.
M: Hola, clase. Hoy vamos a aprender sobre México. [Hold up fabric map of the world.] Does anyone know where Mexico is? Levanten la mano si saben la respuesta. [Indicate with gestures what to do. If anyone knows, ask student to come show on the map.]
M: Mexico is not as far from the United States as Spain is [show Spain as a reminder]. The capital of Mexico is Mexico City, or "La Ciudad de México". Now I have some slides and photos that I'd like to show you from Mexico.
Slide 1 - Hotel - Does anyone know what this might be? Yes, it's a hotel. In Spanish they say "hotel". Repitan, "hotel". Many hoteles in Mexico look like this one, with an open space or courtyard in the middle, called a patio.
Slide 2 - Iglesia - As in Spain, churches are found in many places throughout Mexico. In Spanish, they say "iglesia". Repitan, "iglesia". As in Spain, the Catholic religion is very important in Mexico. This iglesia is in a city called Mérida and it is very old. Do you see how it is different from the iglesia in Spain that we looked at? [Smaller, not as detailed.]
Slide 3 - La muralla vieja - This is something different. These are the remains of an old city wall (a "muralla"; repitan, "muralla"). In many cities in Spain and Mexico, there used to be a wall around the whole city, with just one entrance, so enemies couldn't come into the city. Now just pieces of the wall are left, like the entrance seen here.
Slide 4 - Chichén Itzá - This slide shows a part of a place called Chichén Itzá. There were many groups of native people who lived in Mexico years ago, and even today some of their descendents still live there. The group that lived in Chichén Itzá were the Mayans (called los mayas).
Slide 5 - Chichén Itzá - These pillars from one part of Chichén Itzá. [If students ask, the pillars have carvings of different gods that the Mayans believed in, which is different from here, where we believe in one god. Still, it is somewhat like some people having one religion, and other people having another religion.]
Slide 6 - Mural - There is a popular art form in Mexico called the mural (in Spanish, it is pronounced "mural"). Does anyone know what a mural is? It is a big painting, where often the artist tells a story. Los murales can be found throughout Mexico. This mural is by a famous painter named Diego Rivera, and it tells a story about the daily lives of the Aztecs (los aztecas). Los aztecas were another of the native peoples of Mexico.
Toy - Títere - This is a títere (a marionette), a common toy in Mexico. Repitan, títere. [Move puppet around near the students.] Este títere se llama Mario.
Toy - Trompo - Another common toy in Mexico is this top, called a "trompo". Repitan, "trompo". [Demonstrate how trompo works.]
Photo - Chicos/Monterrey - This is a picture of some children from a city called Monterrey. [Show on map of Mexico.] Monterrey is high up in the mountains, even higher than on the hills here in Duluth.
Photo - Corrida de Toros - Does anyone know what this picture shows? [Bullfight] Does anyone remember from when we talked about Spain how to say this in Spanish? [Corrida de toros] Repitan: corrida; toros; corrida de toros. Does anyone remember what the bullfighter is called? [Matador]. La corrida de toros is very popular in Mexico and in Spain; es muy popular en México y en España.
Photo - Comisaría - Does anyone know what this is? It's a police station, una comisaría. There are police in Mexico, just like here. In Spanish, people say "policía".
Bandera - Does anyone remember how to say the word for this item. [Yes,] This is the bandera de México. [If you have decorated the students' name tags with stickers of this flag, point this out.] There are three stripes on this bandera: verde, rojo y blanco. Verde stands for independence, that Mexico is free from other countries. Rojo stands for union; that all its states are united. Blanco stands for their religion. Does anyone remember what religion most Mexicans share? [Catholicism]
M: Bueno, clase. Eso es todo para hoy. Hasta el [día]. Adiós, clase.
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