Translate proportions onto a scale model such as a chalk drawing or mural on a sidewalk or an earth drawing in the playground. Calculate the time that it would take a person to walk, travel on horseback, drive a carreta , or cart, drive a car, fly in a airplane or fax a document between Mexico City and Santa Fe. Describe the geometrical features of a traditional 19th century Hispanic community and farm layouts.
Science Discuss the environmental relationships between river, land, animal, plant and human life.
Discuss how geographic barriers such as mountains, deserts, rivers and oceans contribute to the course of history serving either as barriers or passageways between peoples and cultures. Language Arts Describe what experiences one might have on a journey from Mexico City to Santa Fe or from St. Louis to Santa Fe during specific periods of U.S. history, or act these out. Write a personal narrative or family history of an overland journey from any of these three points. Role play the first meeting of the Pueblo people with the Spanish in the 1500s. Social Studies Write a history of your town or community.