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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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I. Background

  1. Country and State Fact Sheet
    Blank Fact Sheet
    Completed Fact Sheet
  2. Big Maps
  3. The Mexican Flag
    Flag Terminology Handout
  4. Mexico's National Anthem
  5. History of Mexico and Veracruz

II. Music

  1. Los Utrera, Son Jarocho, El Fandango & Versada
  2. Instrument Making for
    Students and Adults
  3. World Music Links
  4. World Culture Links

III. Mexican Culture

  1. What is Culture?
    What is Culture? handout
  2. Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)
  3. Folklore
    Folklore Values Survey
  4. Culinary Culture
  5. Religions of Mexico—Architecture
    Religions of Mexico—Origin Myths

IV. Here and Now

  1. Migration and Immigration
  2. Borders
  3. Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples
  4. Stereotypes

V. Community Connections

  1. Before and After Questions
  2. Intercultural Connections
  3. The Heritage and Oral History Projects
  4. Student Curator Project
  5. Class Newspaper or Web site
  6. Culture on Parade
  7. Student Participation in Events

This curriculum was written by Jeanne Paliatka and Olaf Nelson for Arts Midwest.

Mexico

II: MUSIC

Part 3: World Music links

Overview:
We hope that teachers and students will be able to use these links to find more information about music from around the world. This is only a small sampling of what is available. Each of these pages will probably lead to more sites.

Resources:
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The University of Washington's Ethnomusicology Department provides an amazing page of links.

Other university ethnomusicology sites:
Wesleyan University
University of Alberta

World Traditions is an extensive list of links of traditional world music sites.

Information on Native American traditional music from all over America can be found through the many links at Oyate ta Olowan (Songs of the People), the companion site to a great series of radio documentaries featuring Native American musicians and singers who are keeping alive the traditional music of many different regions and tribes.

The African Music Encyclopedia is an excellent source for lots of information, and it has a phenomenal links page.

World Music Institute (New York City) provides many links to world music sites.

The Rough Guide to World Music is a great resource, and parts of it are online.

Rootsworld Magazine

Folk Roots Magazine

Musical Traditions has tons of information on world music.

Rhythm Magazine focuses on world music of all sorts.

Afropop Worldwide is a weekly radio show with African and African-influenced music from around the world. It is broadcast on many public radio stations.

The African Music webring has great links.

Shanachie is a record label that focuses on world music.

Tabla.com has information and links about tabla playing and Indian music.

Harmony Central - Other Percussion Sites is a bibliography of books and other sources about percussion and world music.

The American Gamelan Institute provides information on Indonesian gamelan music, a directory of gamelan groups in the U.S., and related links.

Putumayo is a music label that releases compliations of music from around the world for children and adults.

CHICO's Musical Heritage Network - Virtual Tours has virtual audio tours of three types of world music: Central American Salsa, Javanese and Balinese Gamelan, and the music of Native American Pow-wows.