SP 107 – Sr. Ocaña                                                     FECHA:

WEB SEARCH: EL CINCO DE MAYO

 

GRUPO:     1. NOMBRE:

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Use the following web-sites, and the google images search-engine, to complete the following information about the Cinco de Mayo celebration. Each group has to turn in a copy of the work by the end of the class.

 

http://www.vivacincodemayo.org/history.htm

http://www.nacnet.org/assunta/spa5may.htm

 

 

1. QUESTIONS:

 

  1. What Spanish speaking countries celebrate Cinco de Mayo? Is it celebrated in the US?

 

 

  1. Is Cinco de Mayo Mexican independence day?

 

 

  1. What is Cinco de Mayo symbolic of?

 

 

  1. What really happened in Cinco de Mayo?

 

 

5. What is “la batalla de Puebla”?

 

 

6. What was the role of the French during the Cinco de Mayo?

 

 

  1. What was the role of the American during Cinco de Mayo?

 

 

  1. Who was King Maximilian of Austria?

 

 

  1. Who was Benito Juárez?

 

 

  1. How is Cinco de Mayo celebrated?

 

 

2. MAP:

Find and paste here a map where you can located the three more important locations during the Cinco de Mayo events: Ciudad de México, Puebla, Veracruz.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. THE BATTLE OF PUEBLA:

Find and paste here a picture representing the battle of Puebla.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. HISTORICAL FIGURES:

Find and paste a picture of the three main characters of the Cinco de Mayo events:

  1. Benito Juárez

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. King Maximilian of Austria

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. General Zaragoza