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- 5th
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Students demonstrate their ability to locate San Antonio on a Texas map, use the Internet to conduct research on the War of the Alamo, and simulate the past during dress-up day and Pinata Day. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 4th
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Students identify three celebration activities participated in Cinco de Mayo and explain their significance. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 4th
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Students demonstrate an understanding of what a fiesta is by participating in various activities and conducting research. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 6th
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Students create a sculpture with a theme using a balloon and flour and water paste. Full Review »
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- 1st - 3rd
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Students examine how birthdays are celebrated in other cultures and compare them with their own cultural celebration. They make a pinata similar to those used at Spanish birthday celebrations. They associate this active with a PBS episode of Maya and Miguel. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 8th
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Students take a field trip to an art gallery reflecting on the paintings they like the most. Individually, they use magazines to find pictures related to their personality. In pairs, they make a mask to represent their ethnic group and discuss the purposes of African masks. To end the lesson, they make pinatas out of various materials to celebrate. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 6th
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Students work cooperatively to create pinatas using balloons, old newspapers, flour, water, tempera paints, string, scissors, and candy in this excellent lesson for the Elementary classroom. This can be ties into a unit of study on Latin Culture. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students participate in a variety of lessons/activities designed to teach them about Mexico. They discuss the language and the flag of Mexico. Students learn about the celebrations, family values, music and food of Mexico. The final project, a Pinata, ties together different aspects of the unit into a final celebration. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students read a story about Mexican traditions, They discover folk art and and discuss the meaning of the pinata. They sketch a design for an original pinata and then create it out of paper mache. They decorate their pinata using brightly colored crepe paper. Full Review »
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- 1st - 6th
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Students research ways to celebrate special occasions. They apply their reserach to plan a themed celebration including a pinata. Students create party decorations and activities based on a theme. They discuss how students around the world have fun on special occasions. Full Review »
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