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Arizona State University

Asu: Chicana and Chicano Space

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Provided by Arizona State University, this website is a comprehensive thematic, inquiry-based art education resource. Includes two interdisciplinary units of lessons.
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Lesson Plan
Arizona State University

Chicana and Chicano Space: Protest and Persuasion

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Part of a larger website provided by Arizona State University on Chicano art, this learning is focused on "Protest and Persuasion," in art, particularly in printmaking or making murals. Includes lessons, sample work, and more.
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Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Popular Mexican Arts

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site has a curriculum unit for high school students on popular Mexican art. Provides four lesson plans, links, a bibliography, and even video suggestions.
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Lesson Plan
Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Art Works in Time

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This site is a curriculum unit on the Maya culture for elementary students. Provides a lot of background information, five lesson plans, a bibliography, and other resources.
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Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: A Man and His Murals

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A unit on the Mexican artist, Diego Rivera, that could be adapted to various grades. Includes lesson plans, a glossary, a bibliography for teachers and students, and plenty of information on Diego Rivera.
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Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Enduring Culture Lesson Plans

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This unit on Mesoamerican and Mayan culture contains lesson plans, a list of materials, objectives, bibliographies, and much more. The lessons could also be adapted to various grades.
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Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Popol Vuh

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This unit is geared towards grades 4-8, but could be used with ESL high school students. Contains lesson plans integrating language arts and social studies, with a bibliography, a play, recipe, and a reading list for students.
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Yale University

Yale: Mexicans: Mythology, Movement & Masterpiece

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This drama curriculum unit features a bibliography, information about storytelling, mythology, oral readings, and the like--suitable for grade school students in the 5th grade and adaptable for other grades.
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Other

The Virtual Diego Rivera Web Museum: The Mexican Children of Diego Rivera

For Students 9th - 10th
A wonderful resource for teachers and students studying the life and artwork of Mexican artist, Diego Rivera. Includes many samples of his paintings and murals, as well as a detailed timeline.
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Website
Arizona State University

Chicana and Chicano Space: Inquiry

For Students 9th - 10th
Provided by Arizona State University, this website is a comprehensive thematic, inquiry-based art education resource. Includes two interdisciplinary units of lessons.
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Lesson Plan
Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Mural Inspired by Frida Kahlo & Diego Rivera

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site has a series of curricular resources on the Mexican artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo. The site is primarily directed toward teachers to strengthen their teaching skills but has other content beyond those dedicated to lesson...
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Other

Alfredo Zalce "Gran Artista Mexicano"

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive site on Mexican mural artist, Alfredo Zalce. Hundreds of photographs, interviews and images with pages in both English and Spanish.
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Yale University

Yale: Popular Mexican Arts

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This unit on Mexican art comes with four lesson plans, art activities, a bibliography, video suggestions, and web links.
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Other

Chicago Public Art Group: Techniques of Community Murals

For Students 9th - 10th
Street murals in California, and the cultural influences on these murals are presented here. Murals dating back to the 1970s are examined as well as mural techniques.
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Other

Chicano Park Murals (San Diego, California)

For Students 9th - 10th
In collaboration with San Diego State University, Chicano Park has become a public art space showcasing the history and pride of the Chicano culture. Elaborate murals decorate the surrounding area. You can take a virtual tour and...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Carlos Almaraz

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, this site provides biographical information on Carlos Almaraz. Almaraz worked as a founding member of the "Chicano art collective Los Four." The site, in addition to the brief...