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=Welcome to Ms. Montoya and Ms. Tsai's Social Study class =

** Mexico ****, our neighbor to the South ** ==The richness and diversity of our surrounding community is reflected in the faces of the students who fill the classrooms at Beacon Hill International School. Within this diverse environment, we believe kindergarten is an important time to start to understand cultural awareness and explore different cultures with peers. With this, students need to learn how to get along with each other and build relationships even if they have different cutural backgrounds. We have chosen a Social Study Unit about “ Mexico, our neighbor to the South”. During the next couple of weeks, we will learn where we live, where Mexico is on maps and Google maps. We will also explore Mexican culture and experience Mexican food, lanuage, folk tales, music, and arts. We will be creating art projects to make a hallway mural and performing Mexican songs and dances for our school. ==

We have general themes that we want students to understand:

 * Students will understand that Mexico has a unique culture that includes specific music, art, and language.
 * Students will understand that when Mexican people move to the United States they bring their culture with them and we are able to experience it.
 * Students will understand that it is important to learn about Mexican culture in order to build relationships in our school community.