Books

• A book about the history of corn by a well-known culinary author: The story of corn by Betty Harper Fussel ASIN: 0394578058.
  Available used through www.Amazon.com

Web pages

• An excellent site that gives a history of corn, facts about corn for teachers and for students:
  http://www.campsilos.org/mod3/index.shtml
  
  
• This site gives a history of the tortilla:
  http://www.latortillaloca.com/History.htm
  
  
• Another site that contains the history of the tortilla:
  http://www.casaherrera.com/Ttopics/2000/060100.pdf
  
  
• This site gives a brief history of corn, and talks about the technical aspects of corn:
  http://daphne.palomar.edu/scrout/maize.htm
  
  
• This site is in Spanish and describes the various ways corn is used in Mexican cooking, contains recipes for corn tortillas, recipes on how to use tortillas, and how the masa is prepared.
  http://cocinamexicana.com.mx/maiz/f-maiz.html
  
  
• A web page designed for kids that talks about corn, how to grow it, etc.
  http://www.michigan.gov/mikids/0,1607,7-163-15943_20529---,00.html
  
  
• A site that guides the teacher and students on making a corn husk doll.
  http://www.michigan.gov/mikids/0,1607,7-163-15941_20571---,00.html
  
  
• Contains a history of corn, fun facts, talks about the different kinds of corn, etc.
  http://www.cyberspaceag.com/kansascrops/corn/default.htm
  
  
• Designed at the University of Kansas, this site gives great information about corn and its different varieties, as well as the different stages of corn growth.
  http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/kansascrops/corn.htm
  
  
• A site that gives a good description of the corn plant.
  http://www.nefb.org/ag-ed/corn.html