Like Water for Chocolate
Explore & Reflect
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1) Watch the video in Brainpop (user name and password in assignment document below) on The Mexican Revolution of 1910 AND read the documents in the FYI sections.
2) Choose one of the following topics to explore:
a) Women in the Revolution
b) violence during the revolution
c) Magical Realism and Hispanic Literature
d) About Laura Esquivel: connecting her experiences to the Like Water for Chocolate
3) Complete a reflection and turn it into classroom.
Topic A: Women in the Revolution Explore the following pages: |
Women in the Revolution |
Viewpoints on Women in the Revolution |
Individual Women During the Revolution |
Topic B: Violence during the Revolution Explore the following: |
Historic photographs from Mexican Revolution of 1910 (Library of Congress on Flickr) |
Topic C: Magical Realism and Hispanic Literature |
Read the following: |
Topic D: About Laura Esquivel: Her life & connection to Like Water for Chocolate |
AT DINNER WITH LAURA ESQUIVEL; Sensing the Spirit In All Things, Seen and UnseenBy MOLLY O'NEILLPublished: March 31, 1993 |
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