BBC
Bbc News: End of Era for All Powerful Party
A BBC News article concerning the recent fall of the 71-year reign of the PRI in Mexican politics. Highlights the victory of Vicente Fox, the call for reform, and an increase in democratization.
PBS
Pbs News Hour: The End of "El Dedaza"
A description of El Dedaza, the method PRI used to pick the President of Mexico.
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Exploring Social Studies Through Playwriting [Pdf]
In this lesson, 6th graders use photos of people in real-life events from the Zapatistas Movement as a springboard to write a dialogue between the people in the photograph. Students then work in pairs to create a scene that addresses the...