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Jill Iracleanos __Internet Search__ Website: National Geographic Kids URL: [] Author: National Geographic Society The // National Geographic Kids // website contains videos, interactive maps, facts and photos about Mexico. There’s information about the native animals of Mexico including vampire bats and monarch butterflies. Videos are available to watch about Mexico’s landscape and archeological finds. There are also printable e-cards of Mexico that students can send to friends.

Website: Mexico: Splendors of Thirty Centuries

URL: [] Author: Texas Council for the Humanities Resource Center This website has a large collection of Mexican art that students can view as an exhibit. A Mexican art game has students categorizing different types of art into their genres. Students can view a timeline of the history of these artifacts spanning 1,000 B.C. to 2000 A.D. Teacher’s guides and learning activities are available that include lessons plans about people, culture, religion and customs. Website: The History Channel

URL: [] Author: The History Channel // The History Channel // website is an excellent resource that contains numerous videos about the life, culture, history and landscape of Mexico. Students can click on links to fun facts, Mexico today, history, culture or landmarks. This is by far the best website I found about Mexico. There’s even a memory game for kids to play about Mexico’s native animals. This is a great place to have a Webquest!  

Nicollette LeBel __Internet Search__ Website: National Geographic: Mexico URL: [] This website provides a lot of great information about Mexico including important facts, photos, maps, and even a quiz. This is a great site for students when doing a WebQuest or just simply learning about Mexico because it provides essential information and suggests related topics that coincide with the Mexican theme.

Website: Children of the Moon: Cinco de Mayo URL: [] This is a great website for students to visit to learn about the celebration of Cinco de Mayo. The site gives the origins of Cinco de Mayo, celebrations, activities, and Spanish lessons. It is a fun and interactive site that provides guidelines for a WebQuest, how to make a poncho and piñata, jumping bean activities, and feasts of Mexican food.

Website: Hispanic Heritage URL: [] This website is great for teachers and student researchers. The site provides links to biographies of important people in the Hispanic culture, music, timelines, and quizzes. This is a great site for factual information about Mexico and important people. It is a resource geared towards teachers more so than students because the overall look of it is kind of bland, but overall, it is a great factual site.

Website: National Geographic Kids: Mexico URL: [] This site is great for students. It is fun and colorful, providing facts, photos, videos, and even an e-card for the student to create. It suggests related sites and has games to complement the students learning. This is a great, educational site that helps teach students about Mexico in a fun and simple way.

Website: A Kid’s Life in Mexico URL: [] This site is so cute. It is actually a Thinkquest site that is set up by other students. It provides information about Mexico but through the eyes of a child and is formatted like a biography. The site provides many pictures, classroom ideas, and activities and is very informational but fun at the same time.

Annemarie Bazzo __Internet Search List__ Website: Mexican Culture URL: [] After searching around this site I found it to be a fun site for children to access. It has a welcoming home page, and includes information tabs for holidays, food, celebrations, etc. that are present in the Mexican culture. The site was actually compiled by 4 elementary school students and they are each credited with certain information present on the site.

Website: National Geographic for Kids: Mexico URL: [] This is a very kid-friendly site for kids to find information on Mexico. National Geographic is well known so there should really be no second guessing the information found here. It has a very appealing look to it and it is very easy to navigate. There really aren’t that many facts about Mexico, but if someone were to need a quick glance or need to look up quick facts, this would be a great site to do

Website: A to Z Kids Stuff: Mexico URL: [] This is a fun, easy to navigate, educational site for kids. It covers basic facts about Mexico (basic “Things to Know”) as well as the different time periods. There are also some fun interactive activities at the bottom of the page where students can make their own piñatas, Mexican paper flowers, and a Day of the Dead skeleton puppet.

Website: CIA – World Factbook URL: [] This is a great comprehensive site for kids as well as adults to access. All information is essentially posted and backed by the CIA, so you know information will be relevant and kids will be safe searching this site. It is broken into a list of major topics like geography, economy, transportation, people, government, and so on. You can click on whichever topic you wish to look into first and research and you are provided with more information than you would have expected. This would be a great site for teachers to possibly use as a web scavenger hunt to have students search for the information on their own.

Website: A to Z Teacher Stuff URL: [] This is a great place for teachers to go and find activities for students to use in the classroom. It has a wide variety of lesson plan ideas as well as interactive activities for teachers to utilize. It has multiple lessons for each topic (like the Day of the Dead) and even provides websites where you can find more information. One thing I thought was neat was at the end of the lessons they have reflection questions for the teacher. So as the teacher you can see how well you presented the material and if you feel the students were able to learn the concepts using what you provided them.

Website: History.com URL: [] History.com is powered by the ever-so-popular History Channel. This website has everything from facts to articles, and from videos to interactive activities. I feel kids could access this site easily at home as well as in school. There is so much great information on this site that could be used in presentations. (This is also another great site that could be used with an internet scavenger hunt.)

Katherine Hill __Internet Search:__ Website: Guia Virtual de la Ciudad de Mexico.- viaje y diversión URL: [] This website has a lot of information on Mexico. It has history, maps, culture, and a city profile. The city profile has information like the capital, year it was founded, surface, population, and even records. The website also has stuff like nightlife, cost of living, and events. The website offers a lot of value information for myself and my students.

Website: Explorers of Mexico - EnchantedLearning.com URL: [] This website has a list of all the explores and conquistadors of Mexico. The Spanish began exploring, looting, and conquering Mexico and the Aztec Indians who lived there in the 1500's. The site lists the name of the explorers (some include pictures) and a bunch of facts and what they found. One example is Christopher Columbus. He was an Italian explorer who sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492, hoping to find a route to India (in order to trade for spices). He made a total of four trips to the Caribbean and South America during the years 1492-1504, sailing for King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella of Spain. On his first trip, Columbus led an expedition with three ships, the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria. The site includes additional links and pictures of maps about these people.

Website: Mexico URL: [] This site has the basics of Mexico. They are put in easy categories and harder categories. The easier one includes information like Mexico is part of the continent of North America and lies between the United States (to its north) and Central America (to the south). It is the northernmost country of Latin America. The Rio Grande River forms about two-thirds of the boundary with the United States. The population of the country is about 104 million people. About one-third live in or near Mexico City, the capital city and one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world. Mexico City is the seat of government and the center of the nation's commerce, finance and the arts. The hrader stuff includes Mexico is a land of varied landscapes and changing climate conditions. Few countries have as many contrasts within such short distances. High plateaus, mixed with deep valleys and towering mountains account for about two-thirds of Mexico's land. This website also includes great links for kids of all ages (puts grade level as well).   Angie Esparza

__Internet Search:__ Website: PBS kids Interactive Timeline  [|http://www.pbs.org/kpbs/theborder/history/interactive-timeline.html] This site has dates from Pre-1519 to 1998. It allows the students to click on certain events and learn more about the important dates. It not only gives important dates concerning land and government but it gives dates of famous accomplishments done by Mexicans. This site has many pictures and it is very easily navigated for ESOL students.  Website: KidsKonnect.com... A Safe Internet Gateway for Kids  URL: []  This website has many pictures and links to learn about Mexico's past and present cultures. It starts with pictures, fast facts, and followed by a list of various links to other websites. It has over 70 website links ranging from Mexican Recipes to the Spirit of La Llorona. 

Website: A Kids Life in.... Mexico by: Sydney S.  URL: [|http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0212302/mexico.html]  This site provides the viewer to read what it is like for a kid to live in Mexico. The student can relate to the kid since they are around the same age. There are also pictures and a map to click on. On the side of the site there is a 'Did you know?' section about Mexico. On this site they talk about sports, food, culture and facts. It is very easily manageable since you do not have to click on anything and all you can do is read a short essay a student wrote. 