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Thought I'd share here that my close friend's son is off on a pilgrimage to Mexico in a couple of weeks. I've known this young man since he was 10, he turns 18 on Monday  Time has flown, some of you know my friend Lynn, J's mother from the MO list. We are all terrribly excited here about this unbelievable opportunity that he has received.
J will be travelling with our Bishop, a priest and chaperones along with 24 other youth from our dioesce. There are only 7 boys the rest are girls. The Bishop contacted us asking whether we had any eligable (ie.male and grade 11 student) homeschoolers in our diocese.
They will be touching down in LA on the way to Mexico and are planning on meeting up with a Catholic Youth group from there as well as visiting Disneyland. However the Bishop has stressed to them that the main focus is the spiritual side of the pilgrimage they are only going to Disneyland as they have to stop over.
They will be visiting Our Lady of Guadalupe's shrine and another shrine of Our Lady  Also of major focus is Bl Miguel Pro and fellow mayrtrs. Our Bishop particularly wants these young people to experience a country where the Catholic culture is the norm. I have yet to get his full itinerary.
What I was thinking is that this is going to be our rabbit trail early July while J is over there. We will learn about the places he is going to and touch on Mexican culture. And when J gets back he can tell the children all about his trip complete with photos. 
Any ideas on a Mexican unit are welcome
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Get a tortilla maker. I wrote about our fun.
Seriously, what a great idea. MaryM should be a whiz at this. Do you want historical perspective, like the heritage, Indians.
Before breakfast I have just this contribution: dig in the threads for Elizabeth's Tomie de Paola Advent Unit. His books on OUr Lady of Guadalupe and Legend of the Poinsettia are two that come to mind...but I think he's got several on Mexican heritages.
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Oh, Jenn, you're funny. You know I do love the cultural hands-on studies. I shouldn't have even checked the forums this morning as I have zero time - working on our homeschool conference which starts in two days. Anyway I do have some ideas and a book list if I can find it, but can't get to it until tonight. This thread from late last year has a lot of ideas for Catholic traditons in Mexico/Central America.
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So, this isn't very organized and is kind of random since I don't have a bunch of time right now, but here goes.
Particularly when studying the pilgrimages to Guadalupe I think it is interesting to look at the traditions surrounding that - one in particular is the practice of many pilgrims of crawling on their knees up the hill to the Basilica of Guadalupe, often from quite long distances.
There was a very interesting discussion of the altars for Our Lady of Sorrows during Holy Week.
PICTURE BOOKS
Other Tomie de Paola books include:
The Night of Las Posadas
Adelita - a really cute take on the Cinderella story
Erandi's Braids, Antonio Hernandez Madrigal, illustrator Tomie dePaola. Story of custom of selling hair for money in some Mexican villages.
Other picture books:
Grandmother's Song, Barbara Soros. Story of a girl and her grandmother in Mexico. Grandmother teaches and comforts her and when she dies what she has learned/gained lives on through granddaughter’s actions.
Pumpkin Fiesta-funny story about hard work
ARTISTS
There a several picture books about Mexican artisans. These are three I really like. There are also a lot about Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, but there are so many issues in their personal lives that even though the children's books don't include that, I just don't want to end up there on a rabbit trail yet if you know what I mean.
Josefina, Jeanette Winter Counting book about a Mexican clay folk artist. Includes a breastfeeding picture which makes it a favorite with me.
The Pot that Juan Built, enjoyable story of Juan Quezada's pottery. It's creatively told in a similar fashion to the rhyme of "The House that Jack Built." There is an extensive afterward that includes pictures, biography, and description of the real artist and his work.
-Then you could imitate the style of clay work and pottery that they do using an air hardening clay like Amaco Mexican Pottery Clay
Dream Carver, Diane Cohn. Story of juguetes carving in Mexico. Based on the life of Manuel Jimenez and Oaxacan woodcarver.
-Here are samples of the style of carving -Oaxacan Woodcarvings and a craft project imitating this style.
This is a remarkable collection of Mexican folk art with info on it's place in the context of historic Mexico.
MORE CRAFT PROJECTS for a Mexico study
Learn the history of the pinata and then make one
-Pinata info from Domestic Church website.
Ojo de Dios (God’s Eye) instructions
Papel picado or Mexican paper cutting and paper flowers are two great projects with tissue paper. Here are some of the "real" papel picado cuttings and another craft project instruction.
MUSIC
Mariachi music is a huge part of the culture of Mexico. Here is an overview of the history and development and an audio clip for a sample of Mariachi music.
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Jenn is right! You are a whiz
What fantastic ideas and resources you have given me. Thank you so much, you have now got the creative ideas going,  My mind is whizzing off on all tangents. You know I really don't have time to have this baby, we've got so much to do.
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I just wanted to get back and post this before I forget it forever--(I really shouldn't be on the board this morning  ): Ann Ball's site is a great one for Mexican or Latin American Studies. The Articles pagegives several great history and cultural selections including one of my favorites, The Mummies of Guanajuato. The Blessed Miquel page has another link to this really great site. This Fiesta page has recipes; you should be able to try at least a few of them.
This is a printable holy card of Santo Nino de Atoche.
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Great point, Gwen! Ann Ball really highlights the Mexican heritage. Many of her books have good Mexican recipes and crafts.
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