SUBSECRETARÍA DE EDUCACIÓN BÁSICA

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CICLO ESCOLAR 2023-2024

Lesson Plan
Mexican Revolution Day

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Grade and unit: Product(s): Social practice:

All grades Mexican Revolution Puppets N/A
Environment: Specific competence(s):
Literary and Ludic Learn about the origin and anniversary of MexicanRevolution
Day
Doing with the language (Activities): Knowing about the
15 minutes language(Background):
Ask students if they know which important national holiday is celebrated in November. Explain that Mexican Revolution Day is one of them. Write the ‐ Mexican Revolution
following questions on the board, answer them as a whole group activity and summarize or read the text below. - holiday
- conflict
1. What do we celebrate in November? Mexican Revolution
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2. How do we celebrate it? Eating delicious Mexican dished like pozole, enchiladas, flautas and the like.
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Mexican Revolution ‐ industrial
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The Mexican Revolution was a two-decade conflict. Around 900,000 people lost their lives. It began with a call to arms on November 20, ‐ peasants
1910, to overthrow dictator José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori. He was an ambitious president, anxious to develop Mexico into an industrial ‐ wealthy
and modernized country. ‐ helpless
‐ support
While focusing on building factories, dams, and roads, rural workers and peasants suffered greatly. Porfirio Díaz intimidated citizens into
‐ citizens
supporting him. Freedom of press suffered under his rule. The greatest injustice came in the form of new land laws. To strengthen ties
‐ solidarity
with the United States and other influential foreign interests, Díaz allocated land once belonging to the people of Mexico to wealthy non-
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nationals. No Mexican was able to own land unless they had a formal legal title. Helpless small peasants had no other option but to start
‐ overthrow
a revolution.
The official end of the Mexican Revolution is believed to be the creation of the Constitution of Mexico in 1917, however the fighting
continued long into the following decade.
Question words:
15 minutes ‐ What
Material: Worksheet 1 ‐ Why
Review contents by writing and answering the following question words. ‐ When
Who? People from Mexico / José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori ‐ Who
What? The Mexican Revolution
When? November 20, 1910
Why? To develop Mexico into an industrial and modernized country / To overthrow dictator José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori
Write students´ answers on the board, then provide a copy of Worksheet 1 to copy answers or illustrate them. In lower grades,
students may just write key words.
20 minutes
Material: Template 1, colors, scissors, tape
According to grade, select from the following activities.
 1st – 3rd Provide a copy of Template 1. Share selected information about each character (use the information below). Have students color,
cut and tape the puppets to their pencils.
 4th – 6th Make teams of 7, provide a copy of template 1 to each team and share information about the characters (use the information
below). Each student will choose a character to cut and tape the puppets to their pencils. As a team, they will pass to the front to say
something about their character.

Porfirio Diaz: He was in power since 1876 and ruled for 35 years. His corrupt rule led to the revolution. He built military and police power. He had the
Constitution amended so he could stay in power longer.
Francisco I. Madero: He was an early leader in the Mexican Revolution. In 1911, he became president of Mexico and wanted land ownership and free
honest elections. Two years later, he was murdered and this led to a power struggle. His followers were known as Maderistas.
Emiliano Zapata: Leader of agrarian reform from Morelos. He aroused masses of landless peasants and began to seize and redistribute the estatesof
wealthy landholders. He fought against the control of Diaz. He was the author of the Plan de Ayala.
Victoriano Huerta: He was President of Mexico, after Madero, who was also leader of the violent revolution that took place in 1913. He attempted to
reestablish centralized dictatorship in Mexico, following the removal of Madero in 1913 and was forced from power in 1914 by Villa and Zapata.
Francisco “Pancho” Villa: A popular leader during the Mexican Revolution of 1910. He was an outlaw in his youth. When the revolution started, he
formed a cavalry army in the north of Mexico, centered in Chihuahua, and fought for the rights of the landless in collaboration with EmilianoZapata.
Venustiano Carranza: He led a revolutionary movement against Huerta with support from the U.S. and became president after the overthrow of
Huerta. He was a Constitutionalist, and his greatest achievement was the ratification of the Constitution of 1917.
Alvaro Obregon: He took over the Mexican presidency after Carranza. His presidency marked the end of the Mexican Civil War and was the beginning
of democratic reforms in Mexico. He was a successful relative to his predecessors, bringing land reform, education, and labor laws. He ran for presidency
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and won twice.
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Extra time filler engagement
Material: Worksheet 2 - dress
Provide a copy of worksheet 2 to each pair of students and introduce vocabulary. Have students find the words in the puzzle. - temple
- cactus
Assessment: References:
Register findings of this class in a journal: https://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/feat
 10 for great participation and completion of all steps ure/mexican-revolution/
 9 for great participation and completion of most steps
 8 for little participation and completion of some steps
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Who Mexican Revolution

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Why
Worksheet 1
Template 1
Worksheet 2