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Cinco de Mayo Lesson Plans

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with new lesson plans featuring books from our audiobook collection that focus on Mexican history and culture.
 

Grades: K-2

Subject: Science

Title: The Hummingbirds’ Gift by Stefan Czernecki
Theme: Hummingbirds and Learning about Living Things
Duration: 2 class periods

Grades: 3-5

Subject: Reading and Language Arts

Title: Adelita by Tomie dePaola
Theme: Poetry and Mexican Culture
Duration: 45 minute class session
Title: Any Small Goodness: A Novel of the Barrio by Tony Johnston
Theme: POWER Listening Strategy
Duration: Four class periods

Grades: 6-8

Subject: Science

Title: …and now Miguel by Joseph Krumgold
Theme: Landforms Found in New Mexico
Duration: Two class sessions

Subject: Social Studies

Title: Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
Theme: Genealogy and Mexican Culture
Duration: 45 minute class session
Title: The Ancient American World by William Fash and Mary E. Lyons
Theme: POWER Listening Strategy
Duration: Three class sessions
Title: The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child by Francisco Jimenez
Theme: Lives and Hardships of Mexican Migrant Workers During and After the Great Depression
Duration: 1-2 class periods

Grades: 9-12

Subject: Reading and Language Arts

Title: Breaking Through by Francisco Jimenez
Theme: Immigration
Duration: 45 minute class session

Subject: Social Studies

Title: Crazy Loco by David Rice
Theme: Appreciating Cultural Diversity, Appreciating Mexican American Culture
Duration: 2-3 periods (not including time to read the novel)
Title: Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
Theme: Mexican Reparation
Duration: 1 class period