Mexico Flipbook

The Mexico Flip book will be due Friday, May 4.  This will be graded as the test for Chapter 8 "Mexico".  We spent Wednesday and Thursday in the Computer Lab doing "research", but we will not have the opportunity to use the lab before the flip book is due.  If your child still needs to do research and does not have access to a computer at home, I will write a pass for GA on Tuesday, May 1 or Wednesday, May 2.  If your child completes the flip book prior to the due date, it is perfectly acceptable, in fact I encouraged, to turn in the project early.

On Tuesday, we will fold paper to create the book!  After that, facts can either be hand-written or typed, cut, and pasted into the booklet.

I have told the kids that this is a TEST, and I expect them to understand every fact they put in their booklet.  It is not an exercise in "Copy-Cut-Paste" from the Internet; even I know how to do that task!!  The goal if for them to expand their knowledge of Mexico by finding facts they find interesting, understand, and could explain to a classmate.

Some kids have asked about facts for the heading of Government/Economy.  Today we went over a few options, which are listed below.  Facts from the book are fine, but I would like the name of the current President of Mexico :-)

Government:
Who is the current leader? What is his "title"? (President, Prime Minister, Supreme Leader?)
Does Mexico have a congress? Parliament?
Do they have elections? How often?
What type of government does Mexico have?

Economy:
What is the per capita GDP? (Current info)
What is the exchange rate of peso/dollar?
What type of work is the main work: primary? secondary? tieratary/quantanary?
What do they import?
What do they export?

If your child still needs to do research if you put this in the Google search bar, you will get good sites!
Mexico facts for kids