{"id":4515,"date":"2020-05-04T13:01:32","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T17:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/?page_id=4515"},"modified":"2020-05-14T15:43:51","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T19:43:51","slug":"mexico-learning-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/mexico-learning-home","title":{"rendered":"Mexico: Learning at Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Get creative<\/strong><br \/>\nOrganize your art supplies and get to crafting. Consider painting Chich\u00e9n Itz\u00e1, one of Mexico\u2019s most visited monuments!<\/p>\n<p><em>Need more inspiration? Check out these <a href=\"https:\/\/my.matterport.com\/show\/?m=HmmpPo3Byfx\">v<\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/my.matterport.com\/show\/?m=HmmpPo3Byfx\"><em>irtual tours of famous Mexican museums<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0and more.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick a film<\/strong><br \/>\nWatch a movie that relates to your destination. Some ideas for Mexico include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Buen D\u00eda Ramon (2013)<\/li>\n<li>A Better Life (2011)<\/li>\n<li>Spanglish (2004)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Study some history<\/strong><br \/>\nDive deep into the history of specific sites you\u2019ll visit on tour. Study how Mayans built several cities in the Yucat\u00e1n region, two of the most spectacular being Chich\u00e9n Itz\u00e1 and Uxmal. During the 12th century, the Mayan city-state of Mayap\u00e1n waged war against and defeated the citizens of Chich\u00e9n Itz\u00e1 \u2013 here\u2019s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=W7KTl4r00sI\">virtual reality video<\/a> to explore the site from your home.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Choose a book<\/strong><br \/>\nRead and discuss a book that takes place in your destination or describes the local culture. Pick from titles like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Under the Volcano<\/em> by Malcom Lowry<\/li>\n<li><em>The Underdogs<\/em> by Mariano Azuela<\/li>\n<li><em>The Conquest of Mexico<\/em> by Hugh Thomas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Fill up your plate<\/strong><br \/>\nArrange a potluck and encourage your friends to bring a traditional dish from your destination. Know a chef? Hold a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tastemade.com\/classes\/in-the-kitchen-mexican-cooking\">virtual cooking class<\/a> with your travel group or support a local restaurant that offers delivery\/take-out of your destination\u2019s cuisine. Try chilaquiles, pozole, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mylatinatable.com\/how-to-make-authentic-mexican-tamales\/\">tamales<\/a>, enchiladas, or chile rellenos.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Learn the language<\/strong><br \/>\nCall up a friend or set up a group video chat and practice your language skills. It helps to make flashcards with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duolingo.com\/course\/es\/en\/Learn-Spanish\">common sayings<\/a> to use on the phone or throughout your travels (think about buying souvenirs and chatting with locals). Then, learn how to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6r7_xWb_Bd8\">order some of your favourite Mexican dishes<\/a> in Spanish.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did you know?<\/strong><br \/>\nMexico has 69 official languages! Plus, the state of Jalisco is famously known as the birthplace of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v_lWo0bPHOw\">mariachi<\/a> (traditional Mexican folk music).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get creative Organize your art supplies and get to crafting. Consider painting Chich\u00e9n Itz\u00e1, one of Mexico\u2019s most visited monuments! Need more inspiration? Check out these virtual tours of famous Mexican museums\u00a0and more. Pick a film Watch a movie that relates to your destination. Some ideas for Mexico include: Buen D\u00eda Ramon (2013) A Better <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/mexico-learning-home\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4516,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4515","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4515"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4751,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4515\/revisions\/4751"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}