Maya+Cultures+Across+Time+2012+ 

Sample work from Yale Peabody Museum-Pier-CLAIS 2012 Summer Insitute for High School Teachers, Yale University, New Haven, CT, July 9-13, 2012

(complete set of 4 curricular units)L essons on Pre-Hispanic, Colonial and Contemporary Mexican Cuisine. (note that any link to mesolore will be changed from .net or .com to .org) Some handouts are available in English and Spanish) **Introduction** **  **
 * Cultural Heritage:Traditional Mexican Cuisine Across Time**

**Lesson 1 Cultural Heritage** Activity 1 Defining Cultural Identity and Cultural Heritage Activity 2 Identifying Traditional Cultural Heritage:Focus on Food REVISE UNESCO site http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/en/lists?RL=00400

https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/traditional-mexican-cuisine-ancestral-ongoing-community-culture-the-michoacan-paradigm-00400

Activity 1 Small group Analysis of Maya Vase Activitiy 2 Field Trip to Yale University Art Gallery Ancient Americas Collection Activity 3 Web Based Search for Images
 * Lesson 2 Using Ancient Maya Artifacts to Learn About Indigenous Contributions to Mexican Cuisine**

Activity 1 On-line Collections of Colonial Documents  Activity 2 Presenting Colonial Documents Using 21st Century Technology Tools
 * Lesson 3 Tracing Mexican Cuisine During the Colonial Period **

 Activity 1Genetically Modified Foods and NAFTA Add Jon Stewart on the Monsanto Proctection Act http://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/jon-stewart-exposes-the-monsanto-protection-act/83224924/
 * Lesson 4 Threats to Traditional Mexican Cuisine **

 Activity 2 Street Art and Contemporary Expression  Activity 3 Food Sovereignty Tour to Chiapas



White background, ruler speaking to kneeling attendant three legged offering bowl with tamales. The bowl on the throne may contain chocolate (cacao)
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Iconographic Elements: Bundle, tribute, cache, Inscription - other text, Ruler, king, cacique, governor, potentate, Primary Standard Sequence, Offering to humans or gods, Throne, Vases, pots, ollas, plates, vessels