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California History Standards
Much of the history in Esperanza rising, halfway hits some of the California history standards. Click here for links to the history stuff.
Understanding Mexican History
Compare & Contrast Murals. This a lesson involving two works of art from nearly the same time: Dorothea Lang and Diego Rivera. Students will compare and contrast two pieces of art in a short essay.
Summarizing Mexican Political History This is a cooperative group activity: a little art, a little history, a little background to understand the life Esperanza is born into. If you have gifted learners, (1) they can use the icon of "impact" to show how the history impacted the character of Esperanza (2) they can use the icons of "parallel" to see how these events are similiar to the American Revolution. If you have low kids, they can match the pictures to the timeline, add some artistic and creative flare!
Discussing Art within the Mexican Revolution this can be a stand alone project, either for your advanced learners, or on a sub day. It takes some images from the American revolution and the Mexican Revolution, and has students discuss their art value and write a short paragraph. This version is paper so no overhead needed, no tech needed, just photocopy and assign.
Art Lesson with Diego Rivera inspiration This is another youtuber who make a great video for kids to draw like Diego Rivera. Esperanza Rising is a great book to bring in all that art!
Universal Human Rights
Here is the parts of Human Rights with the EL units
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Obsessed with Learning This site has five activities associated with the book.
Theme
Once students are about half way through the book, we can start talking and learning about theme.
Here is a quick bulletin board to put up.
The final exam is for students to choose a theme, write about it and support that theme with textual evidence. So half-way through the book, use this slideshow and activity to start the conversation. Then, after another chapter or two, follow up with PART TWO. Modify the slideshow to include your students input from the first part. Finally, give them the final exam.
In summary,
Theme Slideshow & Activity PART ONE
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