Early Native American
People
Jobs
Foods
Language
Traditional
clothes
Religion or
Gods
Traditions
or
Holidays
7TH GRADE 1ST QUARTER
Indigenous People in the Present
6TH GRADE 1ST QUARTER
TH
6
ST
GRADE 1
QUARTER
European People
Clothes
Religion
Traditions
Government
Art/Music
6th GRADE 3RD QUARTER
Chavin Civilization
Mayan Civilization
COUNTRY
Type of
President/Dictator President’s
government/Parties
Term
CUBA
COLOMBIA
GUATEMALA
PARAGUAY
VENEZUELA
5th GRADE 4TH QUARTER
Government
Branches
4TH GRADE 1ST QUARTER
Country
Voting
age
Driver
License
age
Mexico
Colombia
Argentina
Guatemala
Costa Rica
Venezuela
Peru
3RD GRADE 1ST QUARTER
Ages children must
attend school
Type of government
Flag
Points
Name of the
country
research
centered in the
Poster
Date of
independence
Day/Month/Year
Map showing
the 2 countries.
The country got
independent
and the country
was fought to
get
independence
Names of people
involved in the
fight of the
independence
Pictures of the
battles, people,
celebrations.
3
The name of the
country is
centered, big
letters, neat and
legible
The date
includes the
Day/Month/Year
Includes a world
map labeled
clearly showing
the 2 countries
and each
country is
colored in a
different color
Includes three
names of people
from both
countries that
participated in
this event
Includes three or
more pictures
2
The name of the
country is not
big enough, is
not centered
and is messy.
The date only
include the Day
and Month
Includes a world
map colored but
not labeled.
1
The name is
written very
small and untidy
Includes two
names of people
from both
countries that
participated in
this event
Includes two or
more pictures
Includes one
name of a
person from
both countries
that participated
in this event
Includes one
picture
The date only
show the Month
Includes only
the map of the
country
researched.
Total
Books to buy
1. Nuestro Mundo, Curso para Hispanohablantes. McDougal Littell. ISBN 0-618-08589-0
2. The Unsung Ally: Mexican Involvement in World War Two. Joining the War, Mexico
helps push the allies over the top. By Christopher Minster, About.com Guide.
3. MAPS FOR THE OVERHEAD: WORLD GEOGRAPY-10 Color Transparencies, Mini-Lessons, and
Activities That Teach Essential Map Skills by Spencer Finch
4. Primary Sources Teaching Kit: Immigration: A Rich Collection of Authentic Documents,
Certificates, Diaries, Photographs, Travel Artifacts, and More With Great Teaching
Materials That Makes History Come Alive
by Karen Baicker
5. Coming to America: The Story of Immigration by Betsy Maestro
6. Coins and Other Currency: A Kid's Guide to Coin Collecting (Robbie Readers) (Money
Matters: A Kid's Guide to Money) by Tamra Orr
7. Money through the ages by Tim Clifford
8. Complete Flags of the World (Smithsonian Handbooks) by DK
9. Viva Zapata! By Emilie Smith; Marguerita Kenefic Tejada
10. The Girl from Chimel by Rigoberta Menchu, Domi, David Unger and Dante Liano
11. Cuban Kids by George Ancona
12. Scholastic Atlas of the World by Philip Steele & Jane Walker
13. National Geographic Our World A Child’s First Picture Atlas
14. .Children’s Atlas of the World by Malcolm Porter
15. .Cuadros de Familia by Carmen Lomas Garza, Harriet Rohmer, Rosalma Zubizarreta
16. .Too Many Tamales/Que monton de TAMALES! by Gary Soto
17. Latin American Popular Culture Since Independence: An Introduction by William H. Beezley,
Linda A. Curcio-Nagy
18. Historia Argentina Contada para los chicos by Rodolfo C. Taboada
19. Cuentos Folkloricos Latinoamericanos: Fábulas de las tradiciones hispanas e indígenas
(Spanish Edition) John Bierhorst (Editor)
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