New Cultural Encounters
Through a simulation game, students will experience what it is like to confront and deal with a culture highly different from their own. Chamizal National Memorial was built to commemorate a peaceful treaty between two nations with different languages, and cultural backgrounds. The two countries found common ground through diplomacy, goodwill, and cooperation.
Road Trip Across Texas and New Mexico
This lesson plan integrates Geography and Social Studies TEKS for grades 6-8 while exploring regional National Park Sites.
Did You Know?
The Mexican flag is flown at Chamizal National Memorial out of respect for the sentiments that made the Chamizal Convention of 1963 a reality. The U.S. flag will always be on the left as you face the Memorial.