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and Texas on a four-week academic adventure funded by the Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program.
and Texas on a four-week academic adventure funded by the Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program.

The trip is part of a new curriculum development project that aims to put the arts and humanities
The trip is part of a new curriculum development project that aims to put the arts and humanities

back into classrooms across the U.S. with a Mexican twist.
back into classrooms across the U.S. with a Mexican twist.

Teachers
Teachers

I teach 6th grade English language arts and social studies. My name is Augustine Lara. I'm from Guadalajara. I teach 5th grade bilingual.
I teach 6th grade English language arts and social studies. My name is Augustine Lara. I'm from Guadalajara. I teach 5th grade bilingual.

Tamara Albury
Tamara Albury

we all want to learn about Mexico and get a deeper understanding for our children.
we all want to learn about Mexico and get a deeper understanding for our children.

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the teachers turned students of Mexican history, culture and performing arts, and their teachers are world-renowned artists and scholars.
the teachers turned students of Mexican history, culture and performing arts, and their teachers are world-renowned artists and scholars.

Beverly Berwick
Beverly Berwick

Dr. Robert DeSimone
Dr. Robert DeSimone

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and lands the group smack-dab in the middle of history in the making.
and lands the group smack-dab in the middle of history in the making.

Mexican teachers strike for better wages and a riot breaks out.
Mexican teachers strike for better wages and a riot breaks out.

[Children chanting: Mexico! Mexico! Mexico!]
[Children chanting: Mexico! Mexico! Mexico!]

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And the political landscape changes right before a controversial presidential election.
And the political landscape changes right before a controversial presidential election.

[Eduardo Matos Moctezuma: Vamos.] Eduardo Matos Moctezuma is Mexico's leading archaeologist. He oversees excavations at Templo Mayor in Mexico City.
[Eduardo Matos Moctezuma: Vamos.] Eduardo Matos Moctezuma is Mexico's leading archaeologist. He oversees excavations at Templo Mayor in Mexico City.

Once the hub of the Aztec empire, this civilization was thriving 150 years before Columbus arrived in America.
Once the hub of the Aztec empire, this civilization was thriving 150 years before Columbus arrived in America.

And not 30 miles away the ancient pyramids of Teotihuacan and what's left of a city built in 200 B.C.
And not 30 miles away the ancient pyramids of Teotihuacan and what's left of a city built in 200 B.C.

that is believed to be the first planned urban society in Mesoamerica.
that is believed to be the first planned urban society in Mesoamerica.

Jorge Bordillo
Jorge Bordillo

but like the play we saw yesterday with Ciertos Habitantes, which is like on-the-edge kind of theater that we never get to see.
but like the play we saw yesterday with Ciertos Habitantes, which is like on-the-edge kind of theater that we never get to see.

Artist with Ciertos Habitantes
Artist with Ciertos Habitantes

It's a place that we can share absolutely without any difference of political terms of anything. I think the art is completely open.
It's a place that we can share absolutely without any difference of political terms of anything. I think the art is completely open.

Carlos Prieto
Carlos Prieto

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if, as Maestro Prieto says, a personality of a country is reflected in great part by its culture, history and arts, then Mexico is rich in personality.
if, as Maestro Prieto says, a personality of a country is reflected in great part by its culture, history and arts, then Mexico is rich in personality.

Dr. Robert DeSimone
Dr. Robert DeSimone

They are teachers turned students turned architects, building bridges of understanding one country and one classroom at a time.
They are teachers turned students turned architects, building bridges of understanding one country and one classroom at a time.

[Music.]
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