Mexico City's Murals

That's News to Me

Adv
Teens & Adults
Grades 6–12

In this lesson featuring content from The Associated Press, students read about murals in Mexico City and the context in which they were painted. This lesson includes photos, comprehension and discussion questions, and a speaking task.

Focus

current events
authentic materials
reading
Mexico
art
interpretive
productive

Vocabulary

colonial
baroque
forge
nationalism
deposit
reminiscence
missionaries
extensively
devotion
massacre
profane
barbarism
A spinning paper plane