Hola+Mexico

¡Hola México!

 * Understanding Statement:** While the people in Mexico and the United states have cultural characteristics that make them unique, in many ways they are all alike.


 * Introduction: Have you noticed people speaking a language that is not English when you have been shopping? Our community is becoming a mixture of different languages and faces. Some people may seem like foreigners at first. Many of them have moved to the United States from other countries around the world. A great number of new Americans have moved here from Mexico, our country's southern neighbor. Are our Mexican neighbors completely different than Americans? What might be familiar to new Americans who came here from Mexico? Complete this Treasure Hunt to learn more about Mexican culture. Answer the questions below. Then complete the Putting It All Together task so you will be ready to discuss the similarities and differences of Mexican and American people and culture.**

**Questions:**
 * 1) The Mayan people were living in what is now Mexico as early as 500AD. How did the ancient Mayas write the number 14?
 * 2) **Descendents of the ancient Mayas are still living in Mexico today. [|Describe how they dress][|.]**
 * 3) **[|Cinco de Mayo]is becoming a more popular holiday in the United States. For example restaurants often highlight Mexican food on that day. Why is this a holiday in Mexico? What holiday in the United States is celebrated for similar reasons?**
 * 4) **Look at the pictures of the process for making [|Talavera pottery]. If you went to work in this art studio for a day, which job identified in these pictures would you most like to have and why?**
 * 5) **Just like in the United States, some Mexican people have more money than others. Describe what your [|meal might be] if you were a peasant and if you were upper class. Which of these foods have you eaten?**
 * 6) **Mexico City is one of the largest cities in the world. Why do some [|Mexicans] want to leave Mexico and come to the U.S.**
 * 7) **Explain why you would or would not want to shop at the [|Merced market] . **

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Create [|a graphic organizer] in which you list the differences between the people of the United States and Mexico. Then make a list below the table to explain how you think we are alike.======