ELED 436 Olivia Tetreault

       For our second lesson, we looked into the History of Mexico.  During this lesson, we focused into the Aztec period of 1347 to 1522.  We started out the lesson with a cut-and-paste pretest to see what the students already knew.   For this pre-test students cut out either a short definition or a photo and matched it with the vocabulary words.  We then moved to talking about our vocabulary words.  The poster was covered up with papers, so students would be able to focus in on one term at a time, while also having the opportunity to reveal the next word.  Each word and definition, after being read by us, would be read together as a group to further their comprehension.       Once we established an understanding of the vocabulary words, we showed students examples of primary sources.  These were Aztec codex's from over 500 years ago, where students would analyze the imagery and discuss each column of the I...

      This was the first lesson that we taught where students were introduced to Mexico's geography.  The lesson started with students receiving their suitcases, passports, and a brochure that gave them a brief look into what we will be teaching them throughout the course.  Students were then given a pre-test where they matched the correct word to the definition.      Next, we dove into this lesson's vocabulary.  This included what geography was (where students were prompted to brainstorm some geographical features of their own), names of some regions in Mexico, and components that are found on maps (compass and legends).    After gaining an understanding on the components of maps and what we use a legend for, students were shown a large map of Mexico and were asked to come up with symbols that could be used to mark important features.  This was done with giving students a minute to draw a symbol on their white boards and agree...