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Los mariachis son de Guadalajara
Orozco: Muralista mexicano
Centros arqueológicos de México
In-class activities for students: Try these activities with a classmate or two or on your own!
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Your friend Mario just returned from a trip to Guadalajara, the second largest city in Mexico. He is very impressed with what he saw, heard, and ate there. You are curious because Mario keeps talking about the mariachis in their charro suits and huge sombreros. Since you are considering a trip to Guadalajara next summer, you arrange a meeting with Mario and the Internet to explore the main city in the state of Jalisco and its fabulous street singers. Browse through these Web sites with a classmate (we'll call him/her Mario), and then exchange information:
Tú: ¿Qué lugares visitaste en Guadalajara?
Mario: Visité ______ y ______.
Tú: ¿Escuchaste las canciones de los mariachis? ¿Dónde?
Mario: Sí, escuché a los mariachis en ______, que está cerca del Mercado Libertad.
Tú: ¿Qué platos típicos de Guadalajara comiste?
Mario: Comí ______, ______, ______ y ______.
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The art of mural painting has been a Mexican tradition since pre-Columbian times. Along with Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros, Jose Clemente Orozco is the third great Mexican muralist of our times. Orozco's best mural work is considered to be at the Hospicio Cabañas, in Guadalajara. Browse through these Web sites. What seems to be the main theme of the murals by these three masters? What fascinates you most about this art form? Why dou you think that Orozco is considered to be the best of the muralists, even though Rivera is better known outside of Mexico? Discuss these questions with your friend "Mario."
¿Viste los murales de Orozco en Guadalajara?
¿Cuál te gustó más?
¿Te gustaron los murales de Rivera y de Siqueiros también?
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Many advanced cultures existed in pre-Columbian Mexico. Each left traces of its presence in architecture and art, which has helped archeologists uncover great civilizations such as the Aztec and the Mayan. As people go about their business in downtown Mexico City, they are in constant contact with history as they walk past the renmants and ruins of the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan, on which the Spanish built their colonial cathedral. Browse through these Web sites with a classmate, and increase your understanding of pre-Columbian Mexico. Converse as follows:
¿Quieres visitar Teotihuacán conmigo?
Sí, y también quiero visitar Chichen Itzá contigo.
Vamos a ver fotos aquí:
http://www.mysteriousplaces.com/mayan/TourEntrance.html
As you learn about Mexico's fascinating past cultures, be a tour guide of ancient Mexico! In Spanish, ask your classmate what he or she liked the most about the tour:
¿Qué centro arqueológico de la cultura maya te gustó más?
Me gustó mucho ______.
¿Qué aprendiste sobre la cultura azteca?
Aprendí que los aztecas eran _______.
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