Mexican Revolution (1910) and “Like Water for Chocolate”
Teacher: Mr. Diaz
Date: 1-5
October
2012
Subject/Course: Latin American
Studies
Grade: 11/12th
CA Standard(s):
Era 8- Standard 1B
The student understands the causes and consequences of important resistance and revolutionary movements of the early 20th century.
Analyze the significance of the Mexican Revolution as the first 20th-century movement in which peasants played a prominent role.
Given a free response form/question, intro video, biography Research Form, Reading Graphic Organizer Form, textbook, and Ipads,
students will discuss, view, answer, read, write, research, organize, and analyze the causes and consequences of the Mexican
Revolution, including the role of peasants and land reform, while demonstrating understanding through completion of reading
graphic organizer, Cornell Notes, biography research, and scoring at least 70% on an exit slip quiz.
What events led to the Mexican Revolution? How did Porfirio Diaz’s dictatorship affect Mexico?
What role did the peasant/land movement play in the Mexican Revolution?
Essential Question(s):
Assessment:
1. Demonstrate knowledge of the Mexican Revolution through evidence on Reading Graphic Organizer.
2. Explain the “who, what, where, when, and why” of protagonists of Mexican Revolution Biography Research Form.
3. Completion with 10 cues of Cornell Notes about Porfirio Diaz
4. Exit Slip Quiz.
Do Now: Free Response- (Dictatorship) How long should a president rule over a country? Explain your reasoning.
WHOLE GROUP
*Free Response
*Mexican Revolution Video
DIRECT INTRUCTION
COLLABORATIVE STATION
COMPUTER ASSISTED STATION
MEXICAN-AMERICA WAR MAP ACTIVITY
* PORFIRIO DIAZ CORNELL NOTES
*BORN IN BLOOD AND FIRE (PG. 195-196 AND 221223) .
*INTRODUCTION VIDEO
*USE GRAPHIC ORGANIZER HANDOUT TO ANSWER
MAJOR SECTION ABOUT THE MEXICAN
REVOLUTION.
*REVIEW FINDINGS OF CORNELL NOTES.
*EXIT SLIP.
WEDNESDAY
*READ CHAPTER 4 OF NOVEL AND COMPLETE
JOURNAL REFLECTION FORM
IPAD STATION

BIOGRAPHY RESEARCH ON THE
MAJOR PROTAGONISTS OF THE
MEXICAN REVOLUTION USING THE
BIOGRAPHY RESEARCH FORM AND
THE INTERNET