Mexico Facts Written By Sam & Alex Estados Unidos Mexicanos, or The United States of Mexico, is home to 126 million people as of 2021, making it the 11 th largest country by population in the World. Mexico Has 31 States, and has a capital city called Mexico City, but it wasn’t actually the capital until 2016, the actual capital was a city called Ciudad de Mexico, but its replacement, Mexico City, is now the 8 th wealthiest city in the World. Mexico is located in the Ring Of Fire, a vast area in and around central and South America, consisting of 452 volcanoes, including the world’s smallest, at 43 feet high! It’s still quite a risky place to live, though. Mexico’s border with the USA is the second largest border on Earth, being 2,000 miles long. Mexico’s national animal is the Golden Eagle, which you’ll find on its flag, eating a snake on top of a cactus, which dates back to its Aztec origins, originating from its Mythology. The cactus could have possibly been the Cardon...
The Land War This week we have been learning about Ireland in the late C19 including Michael Davitt, the infamous evictions and boycotting during post-famine life. As part of a drama lesson, different groups created freeze frames based around these harsh times. A landlord being ostracised The arrest of Michael Davitt A tenant farmer family about to be evicted Here we have students examining the freeze frames and trying to identify what exactly was happening in the scenes they were presented with.
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