2.+Internet+Search

**Websites**

** Name **** : ** The History of Mexico ** Website: ** http://www.facts-about-mexico.com/history-of-mexico.html ** Summary ** : This is a great website that is children friendly. It includes information on Mexican culture, people, religion, and food. It also includes information on the Mexican Flag, and travel information regarding Mexico. The website breaks down all sort of information. It includes great facts. One great fact pertains to the Mexican Flag, The Mexican flag colors are three: green, white and red. Green: represents hope for a better nation, where people join together to achieve and maintain peace between them. White: represents the purity of catholic faith. Red: the color of blood. With the inclusion of this color on their flag, Mexican people pay a tribute to those who died during the terrible war for independence.

** Name **** : ** The culture of Mexico ** Website ** : http://earthyfamily.com/mexico-culture.htm ** Summary **** : ** This website is a family website that helps children and families learn about Mexico. This site includes fun facts, history, food, and government information. This site is specifically neat, because it also includes crosswords, and word searches for educational entertainment.

** Name **** : ** About Mexico, Your Travel Guide ** Website ** : http://www.aboutmexico.net/mexico/weather.asp ** Summary ** : This website includes great information that can be beneficial while teaching the culture of Mexico. It includes, history, information regarding popular cities, culture, holidays, and even weather. This is a great source of information, and can be very helpful in learning all the great aspects of Mexico and it’s culture.

** Name ** : Cool Planet ** Website: ** http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/kidsweb/wakeup/index.htm ** Summary ** : This site introduces children to the ways other children live in other countries. It opens their eyes to the differences in the conditions of living, education, and food of people in different countries. It also has a way for children in America to take action and help students in developing countries go to school by raising money and/or educating their school about children in need.

** Name **** : ** The Official Kids Portal for the US Government ** Website ** : http://www.kids.gov/k_5/k_5_social.shtml ** Summary ** : This site gives different social studies resources for K-5 teacher to use in the classroom. It has websites for teachers and students to gain more information on subject areas. It also has interactive websites for students to walk through museums, biographies of famous people, and historical documents. I would use this website to find websites to give to children who want more information on a subject we are learning.

** Name **** : “ ** Mexico for Kids” ** Website: ** http://www.pocanticohills.org/mexico/mexico.htm ** Summary **** : ** This website was published by a 2nd grade class. The website has many different links that visitors can follow to learn about Mexico. Visitors can read Spanish stories, learn to count to ten in Spanish, learn Spanish words, look at a map of Mexico, and do different activities on this site.

** Name **** : ** “The Odyssey: Mexico Guide” ** Website: ** http://www.worldtrek.org/odyssey/teachers/mexlessons.html ** Summary **** : ** This website provides three different lesson plans that teachers can use in their classroom to teach about Mexico. The lesson plans include different activities that teachers can have their students do during the lesson plan. These activities include a Mexico jigsaw, read short stories, writing postcards, and doing quick writes.

** Name **** : ** “National Geographic- Mexico” ** Address: ** http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/places/find/mexico ** Summary **** : ** This website is designed for children. It provides many different activities for children to do while learning about Mexico. These activities include looking through photos and reading facts, watching videos, looking at a map, and sending an E-card.

** Name **** : ** Aztec, Mayan, and Inca Webquest ** Website ** : http://www.projectpages.org/Audenried_Projects/Aztec,_Mayan,_and_Incan_Webquest.html ** Summary ** - This site is a webquest that has the information and activities for students to do to go along with the lesson.

** Name ** : Jaguar Sun ** Address ** : www.criscenzo.com/jaguarsun ** Summary ** : This website has Mayan vocabulary and information to go along with a story.