Charro Days Lesson Plan

Charro Days Lesson Plan

Children

Mexican American Culture

The purpose of this lesson is to help students understand the experiences of Charro Days
since its creation in the Rio Grande Valley. The first Charro Days celebration took place in the
border of Brownsville, Texas and Matamoros, Tamaulipas in the year of 1938. As of 2018, it has
reached its 82nd celebration. By students understanding the history of the Charro Days
celebration, they will gain a better perspective on the ties between Mexican American culture.
We will be creating a five day lesson plan that includes social studies, mathematics, English
language arts and art. Throughout this five day lesson plan the main theme will be the charro
days celebration.

Grecia Villarreal

Maria Paredes

Taylor Nichols

UTRGV College of Education

EDCI335-30

Fall 2018

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Special Collections and University Archives

1938

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

UTRGV College of Education

Stephanie Anckle

Nichols, Taylor, Paredes, Maria, & Villarreal, Grecia. (2018). Lesson Plan for Charro Days. Retrieved from. https://rgvprimarysourceguides.omeka.net/items/show/46

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English

Rio Grande Valley

(b) Knowledge and Skills. (19) Culture. The Student understands the contributions of people of various racial, ethnic, and religious groups to Texas. The student is expected to: (B) identify customs, celebrations, and traditions of various cultural, regional, and local groups in Texas such as Cinco de Mayo, Oktoberfest, the Strawberry Festival, and Fiesta San Antonio; (b) Knowledge and skills. (20) Oral and Written Conventions/ Conventions. Students understand the function of and use the conventions of academic language when speaking and writing. Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity. Students are expected to: (A) use and understand the function of the following parts of speech in the context of reading, writing, and speaking: (iii) adjectives (e.g.,
(b) Knowledge and skills (8) Geometry and measurement. The student applies mathematical process standards to select appropriate customary and metric units, strategies, and tools to solve problems involving measurement. The student is expected to: (C) solve problems that deal with measurements of length, intervals of time, liquid volumes, mass, and money using addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division as appropriate..
(b) Knowledge and skills. (1) Foundations: observation and perception. The student develops and expands visual literacy skills using critical thinking, imagination, and the senses to observe and explore the world by learning about, understanding , and applying the elements of art, principles of design, and expressive qualities. The student uses what the student sees, knows, and has experienced as sources for examining, understanding , and creating
(b) Knowledge and skills. (16) Citizenship. The student understands important customs, symbols, and celebrations of Texas. The student is expected to: (D) describe the origins and significance of state celebrations such as Texas Independence Day and Juneteenth.
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descriptive, including purpose: sleeping bag, frying pan) and their comparative and superlative forms (e.g., fast, faster, fastest);
artworks. The student is expected to: (A) explore and communicate ideas drawn from life experiences about self, peers, family, school, or community and from the imagination as sources for original works of art

Students who suffer from a short attention span will be placed near the teacher.  Students who struggle reading will be assisted by the teacher in a small group setting.  The teacher will supply ELL students with information in their native Language and English. If needed the teacher will supply a dictionary and a thesaurus.

Screen projector

YouTube Video: The History of Charro Days

IPADS

Venn Diagram

Charro Days images

Photographs

Drawing paper

Screen projector

Color pencils

Charro Days artifacts

Ruler with inches and centimeters

Interactive sheet

Construction paper

Scissors

Colors

Glue

Pamphlets

Mexican traditional costumes

Screen projector

Summative assessment

YouTube Video

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THEME:
Charro
Days
Lesson 1: Lesson 2: Lesson 3: Lesson 4: Lesson 5:







Standards:
(b) Knowledge and Skills. (19) Culture. The Student understands the contributions of people of various racial, ethnic, and religious groups to Texas. The student is expected to: (B) identify customs, celebrations, and traditions of various cultural, regional, and local groups in Texas such as Cinco de Mayo, Oktoberfest, the Strawberry Festival, and Fiesta San Antonio; (b) Knowledge and skills. (20) Oral and Written Conventions/ Conventions. Students understand the function of and use the conventions of academic language when speaking and writing. Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity. Students are expected to: (A) use and understand the function of the following parts of speech in the context of reading, writing, and speaking: (iii) adjectives (e.g.,
(b) Knowledge and skills (8) Geometry and measurement. The student applies mathematical process standards to select appropriate customary and metric units, strategies, and tools to solve problems involving measurement. The student is expected to: (C) solve problems that deal with measurements of length, intervals of time, liquid volumes, mass, and money using addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division as appropriate..
(b) Knowledge and skills. (1) Foundations: observation and perception. The student develops and expands visual literacy skills using critical thinking, imagination, and the senses to observe and explore the world by learning about, understanding , and applying the elements of art, principles of design, and expressive qualities. The student uses what the student sees, knows, and has experienced as sources for examining, understanding , and creating
(b) Knowledge and skills. (16) Citizenship. The student understands important customs, symbols, and celebrations of Texas. The student is expected to: (D) describe the origins and significance of state celebrations such as Texas Independence Day and Juneteenth.
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descriptive, including purpose: sleeping bag, frying pan) and their comparative and superlative forms (e.g., fast, faster, fastest);
artworks. The student is expected to: (A) explore and communicate ideas drawn from life experiences about self, peers, family, school, or community and from the imagination as sources for original works of art;


Differentiation Strategies
 Students who suffer from a short attention span will be placed near the teacher.  Students who struggle reading will be assisted by the teacher in a small group setting.  The teacher will supply ELL students with information in their native Language and English. If needed the teacher will supply a dictionary and a thesaurus.




Materials

Screen projector

YouTube Video: The History of Charro Days

IPADS

Venn Diagram Charro Days images

Photographs

Drawing paper Screen projector

Color pencils

Charro Days artifacts

Ruler with inches and centimeters

Interactive sheet


Construction paper

Scissors

Colors

Glue

Pamphlets


Mexican traditional costumes

Screen projector

Summative assessment

YouTube Video

Vocabulary:
o Culture o Commemorates o Celebration o Heritage
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o Fact o Attire






Engagement
The teacher will begin by showing the students an educational video on the history of Charro days.

The teacher will begin describing a Mexican sombrero to the students. The students will be asked to draw exactly what’s being described. Explore: The teacher will project vivid images from Charro Days festivities and will ask the students to write down adjectives describing the images.
The students will be shown a variety of Charro Days artifacts and the teacher will ask the students to give an estimate of how many centimeters long or inches long they think they are.

The teacher will show the students a Charro Days pamphlet from 1975 and another one from 2012. The teacher and the students will discuss the two pamphlets.

The teacher will engage the students with an educational video on traditional dance attires.



Explore
The students will then get their iPad’s and will use Kidzsearch in order to properly search images on Charro Days. In groups of two they will discuss their findings.

The teacher will project vivid images from Charro Days festivities and will ask the students to write down adjectives describing the images.
The teacher will give the students the various artifacts and the students will be measuring the artifacts with the unit of measurement they think is correct. They will be using centimeters and inches.

The students will then analyze the content of the pamphlets and their purpose.
The students will explore various traditional events of this particular celebration and will chose three to recreate.
The teacher will then give the students
The students will share with the
The teacher will now review with
The teacher will then explain what
The teacher will then explain to the
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Explain
photographs of past and present charro days celebrations. The students will then work in pairs and will compare these two and write their results on a Venn diagram
classroom why they chose certain adjectives to describe the images given by the teacher.

the students why certain units of measurements are used for specific objects.
type of pamphlet these two are. She will discuss how they are used to inform the public about the itinerary and the history of charro days
students the significance of each event to the students and how each one works.




Elaborate
The students will then share with the classroom the differences and similarities they found within the images.

The students will then receive an image each and will get in groups of two. The students will describe the imagine to each other and will draw the image on a white sheet of paper while also writing down the adjectives that are being used.

The students will then receive an interactive sheet with a variation of objects and will complete it. Once the students have completed it they will share with the classroom why centimeters are used for certain artifacts and the same with inches.

The students will then be asked to create their own pamphlet representing the Charro Days celebration. The students are allowed to use all types of medium. The requirements for the pamphlets include mentioning the history of charro days, and using relevant drawings to the celebration.
The teacher will lead the students in recreating each three of the most prominent events that occur during charro days. The teacher will provide the materials and Mexican attires to the students.


Evaluate
The teacher will be conducting a formative
Throughout the lesson the teacher will be
The teacher will walk around the classroom and
The teacher will conduct a formative assessment.
The teacher will give the students a written
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assessment throughout the lesson.
conducting a formative assessment.
will be conducting a formative assessment.
assessment with a total of ten questions consisting of open ended and multiply choice questions