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November 20 Commemoration of the Mexican Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
A short account of the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920).
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Mex Connect

Mex Connect: The State of Oaxaca

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about the state of Oaxaca, maps, history, pictures, places to stay and much more. This site includes some personal insights into the region.
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Different World Travel: Chichen Itza

For Students 9th - 10th
This article for tourists visiting the Mayan and Toltec city of Chichen Itza features information about the site's access and history.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Rivera, Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Central Park

For Students 9th - 10th
"In Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Central Park", hundreds of characters from 400 years of Mexican history gather for a stroll through Mexico City's largest park. View pictures of this Diego Rivera painting and read about the...
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Charles I. Kelly and Lawrence E. Kelly

Many things.org: In 1845, Republic of Texas Faces a Choice

For Students 5th - 8th
An explanation of the difficulties the Republic of Texas encountered when deciding whether to join the Union. Also discusses President James Polk's efforts to expand the territories held by the United States, which brought him into...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Templo Mayor at Tenochtitlan, Coyolxauhqui Stone and Olmec Mask

For Students 9th - 10th
The Templo Mayor was positioned at the center of the Mexica capital and thus the entire empire. The temple contained many Mexica (Aztec) artifacts and gives us a glimpse into their rituals and beliefs. View pictures and read about the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Mexico City and Vicinity, 1580

For Students 9th - 10th
A facsimile of a map by Saverio Clavigero (1780) of Tenochtitlan (Mexico City) and vicinity around the time of the Spanish conquest in 1519. This map, according to William H. Prescott (History of the Conquest of Mexico, 1876), defies...
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Unesco: Mexico: Historic Centre of Morelia

For Students 9th - 10th
Built in the 16th century, Morelia is an outstanding example of urban planning which combines the ideas of the Spanish Renaissance with the Mesoamerican experience. Well-adapted to the slopes of the hill site, its streets still follow...
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Unesco: Mexico: El Tajin, Pre Hispanic City

For Students 9th - 10th
Located in the state of Veracruz, El Tajin was at its height from the early 9th to the early 13th century. It became the most important centre in north-east Mesoamerica after the fall of the Teotihuacan Empire. Its cultural influence...
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Unesco: Mexico: Pre Hispanic City of Chichen Itza

For Students 9th - 10th
This sacred site was one of the greatest Mayan centres of the Yucatan peninsula. Throughout its nearly 1,000-year history, different peoples have left their mark on the city. The Maya and Toltec vision of the world and the universe is...
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Unesco: Mexico: Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines

For Students 9th - 10th
Founded by the Spanish in the early 16th century, Guanajuato became the world's leading silver-extraction centre in the 18th century. This past can be seen in its 'subterranean streets' and the 'Boca del Inferno', a mineshaft that...
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Miguel Hidalgo, Often Called the Father of Mexico.

For Students 9th - 10th
A short history of the struggle for Mexican independence from Spain, with special emphasis given to the efforts of Miguel Hidalgo Costilla, who became known as the "father of the Mexican Revolution".
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Chihuahuan Pocket Mouse

For Students 4th - 8th
The Chihuahuan Pocket Mouse differs only slightly in appearance from the Desert Pocket Mouse (Chaetodipus penicillatus) but there is little overlap in their geographic ranges. The Chihuahuan Pocket Mouse is a bit larger and lighter than...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Arizona Shrew

For Students 4th - 8th
The Arizona Shrew was at first found only in Arizona, but it is now known to occur in New Mexico and northern Mexico as well. Until the 1990s, only about 22 specimens had ever been collected. Learn more about the Sorex arizonae, more...
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National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: White Ankled Mouse

For Students 4th - 8th
The White-ankled Mouse is common in rocky areas in both dry and humid regions on the Central Plateau of Mexico and in west and central Texas, southern New Mexico, and Oklahoma. It clearly prefers rocky situations, whether it lives in...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Northern Rock Deermouse

For Students 4th - 8th
Northern Rock Deermice live in rocky outcrops and among boulders in pinyon-juniper-oak woodlands in the foothills of mountains from Colorado and New Mexico south to Texas and northern Mexico. Populations of the Mice are separated from...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Osgood's Mouse

For Students 4th - 8th
Osgood's Mouse is a very close relative of the Pinyon Mouse but is larger, and its tail is longer than the head and body. Osgood's Mouse lives in the mountains of southern New Mexico and throughout mountainous central Mexico. Learn more...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Nelson's Pocket Mouse

For Students 4th - 8th
Nelson's Pocket Mice live in the Chihuahuan Desert of north-central Mexico and adjacent parts of western Texas and southern New Mexico. They are found mostly in rocky areas where there are some shrubs to provide cover. Learn more about...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Preble's Shrew

For Students 4th - 8th
Very little is known about the natural history of Preble's Shrew, which has been found in widely separate localities in much of the western United States. Specimens have been collected at elevations of 1,280 m in Oregon and 2,750 m in...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Arizona Cotton Rat

For Students 4th - 8th
All cotton rats have a strong connection with grass, which they feed upon, and in which they construct their runways. Within their range in southeast and central Arizona and western Mexico, Arizona cotton rats inhabit only grassy areas...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Brazilian Free Tailed Bat

For Students 4th - 8th
Millions of Brazilian free-tailed bats spend their summers in the southwestern United States. Gigantic colonies summer in Bracken Cave, Texas; Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico; and even within the city of Austin, Texas, under the Congress...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Western Small Footed Myotis

For Students 4th - 8th
The western small-footed myotis occurs in limited areas of southwestern Canada, throughout much of the western United States, and into Mexico. It is better adapted to moist areas than to dry ones. Learn more about the Myotis ciliolabrum,...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Texas Pocket Gopher

For Students 4th - 8th
Only soils with low percentages of silt, clay, and gravel will do for the Texas Pocket Gopher, so many of its populations are isolated from one another. The species occurs in southern Texas and extreme northeastern Mexico, burrowing in...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Eastern Red Bat

For Students 4th - 8th
Common and widespread from far southern Canada throughout most of the United States and Mexico, and farther south through Central America and into South America, the Eastern Red Bat requires trees and shrubs for roosting. It is...

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