Web Resources:

• http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107779.html This site contain basic facts and figures.
• http://www.geographyiq.com/countries/mx/Mexico_economy.htm This site contains more facts and figures for México.
• http://www.mexperience.com/discover/discov_ff.htm This site contains maps of México, events and calendar information, Mexico's cuisine and attractions/activities, climate and weather information.
• http://www.worldfactsandfigures.com/ This site allows teachers and students to research facts and statistics on any country information includes flags, maps, world time zones, reference maps, measurement conversion calculator, currency converter and continents.
• http://www.differentworld.com/mexico/common/pages/food.htm You can see the different kinds of foods and dishes that are common in Mexico.
• http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/recipes/foodindex.html This site contains mainly recipes.
• http://www.mexonline.com/mexfood.htm This site is mainly a Mexican kitchen vocabulary list and it also contains great recipes.
• http://www.josephglenn.com/mexico-food/mexico-food.html This site contains general information about Mexico's food but it also includes nutritional information, including other web sites and Food Pyramid.
• http://www.azcentral.com/ent/dead/ A comprehensive site about el Día de los Muertos.
• http://www.public.iastate.edu/~rjsalvad/scmfaq/muertos.html An enlightening article about the origins and signification of the Día de los Muertos celebrations.
• http://www.mexgrocer.com/ An online shopping site for Mexican foods, and candy in particular.
• http://www.terraexperience.com/b__books_childrens.htm A site where one can find many books about Mexico.
• http://homepages.wmich.edu/~schilzc/WebsiteFinal/ceramics.html This site is individually maintained and presents clay activities for elementary and middle school children.
• http://www.towson.edu/csme/mctp/StudentProjects/Storytellers/HowWeDidIt.html and
• http://www.jhpottery.com/tutorial/pinch.htm These two sites present illustrated instructions to make a pinch pot.

Books:

• Cultures of the World Mexico , by Mary Jo Reilly. (ISBN 1 85435 385 3) This book is an excellent source for elementary teachers and students. It contains general information as well as crafts, sports, history, arts, food, economy, government, geography, religion, festivals, and language. This same author has other series, which includes: Argentina, Brazil, Burma, Chile, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and Venezuela.
• Uncle Snake, by Golub, Matthew. William Morrow & Co., 1996 Illus. by Leovigildo Martinez. New York: Tambourine, 1996, 32p. Americas Award, 1996. A boy ventures into a forbidden cave. Only a magic worker can change him back into what he was. From the folk culture of Leovigildo Martinez's Oaxaca, Mexico.
• Corn is Maize: The Gift of the Indians, by Aliki; Harper Trophy, New York, NY; 34 pp (1976). An easy-to-read story about the science and role of corn, or more correctly maize, in the life of South and North American Indians and the Europeans who received the Indian's life-sustaining gift. Aliki's easy reading style and fun pictures hide a wealth of scientific and cultural information. The next time you take a bite from a golden ear of corn - you'll have a whole new appreciation of where it came from. While not mentioned in the book --- Mayas traditional tales say that the Gods made the people from corn and thus they call themselves "Men of Maize". Ages: 5 ñ 9
• Cinco de Mayo, Dias de Fiesta (Fiesta!), by Behrens, June. Photos by Scott Taylor. Chicago: Childrens Press, 1986. Picture Book. The Mexican holiday of Cinco de Mayo. Spanish language material.
• Mayeros; A Yucatan Maya Family, by Ancona, George. William Morrow, 1997. Picture Book. Grades 1 up. Readers visit a Mayan family in the Yucatan. Include photos and drawings of ancient Mayan architecture.
• My Mexico = Mexico Mio, by Johnson, Tony. Illus. by F. John Sierra. New York: G. P. Putnam, 1996. 36p. Americas Award, 1996. A love of Mexico is expressed through gentle poetry.
• The Tree Is Older Than You Are; A Bilingual Gathering of Poems & Stories from Mexico with Paintings by Mexican Artists, by Nye, Naomi Shihab. Selected by Naomi Shihab Nye. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, c1995. A Best Book for YAs 1996. Ages 8 and up on book cover.