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Day One - Group Google Slides Mexican Region Google Slide Presentation

Each slide should contain text and images for the following topics. Cite your sources in the presenter notes of each slide.
 * Name of region or state and origin of the name
 * Geography of the region
 * Political history
 * Indigenous
 * Spanish conquest
 * Current political structure
 * Languages and dialects spoken
 * Religious practices
 * Indigenous
 * Catholic
 * Hybrids
 * Famous people from this region
 * Cultural attractions
 * Demographics
 * Age
 * Education
 * Occupations and income
 * Other interesting aspects learned

Folklore In each group: Choose one of the folktales from the website Mexican Folktales

 6. La Chupacabra - Story.
 * 1) La Llorona se te va pareser. -Story and Saying
 * 2) El diablo te va agarrar de las patas. - Saying
 * 3) El Cucuy va venir por ti. - Story and Saying
 * 4)  El Sombreron - [|__http://www.uexpress.com/tell-me-a-story/2000/10/15/el-sombreron-a-guatemalan-tale__] (Guatemala Story)
 * 5) Luz Mala - Story.

 El Cucuy folktale

Read through it and discuss what meaning, moral, value, or behavior is being conveyed in this story Write a paragraph together explaining what you decided as a group Choose a narrator and the actors

In front of the class: The group narrator will read the story while the other members act it out Lead the class in a discussion of the meaning of the tale

Story Corps Essay
 * What were you hoping to learn from this interview?
 * Choose from at least four from the list of categories from the StoryCorps “Great Questions List” and write about what you learned in each of these categories and what surprised each:


 * o Questions for Anyone (indicates values and wisdom)
 * o Family Heritage
 * o Grandparents (of the person interviewed)
 * o Growing Up & School
 * o Love & Relationships
 * o Working
 * o Elections & Civic Engagement
 * o Military Service
 * o Religion & Spirituality