Download Mexico Study Tour

Mexico Study Tour
July - August 2008
Next year’s GA International Working Group Study Tour to Mexico is likely to be popular so
book your place soon. The tour will be led by Dr. Kevin Cook (St Mary’s University College,
Strawberry Hill), who is the author of the successful KS1/2 CD ROM entitled Tocuaro: A
Mexican Village. He has visited Mexico on several occasions and has been the guest of the
Horta family in Tocuaro.
A view across the village of Tocuaro
The Study Tour will focus on Mexico City and Tocuaro. Participants will experience the
contrasts between the largest city in the world and the small village of Tocuaro nestling in the
volcanic hills of Michoacan. It is anticipated that the tour will last for approximately two weeks
with one week spent in Mexico City and the other in Patzcuaro/Tocuaro, Michoacan.
The programme will include visits to Mexico City’s Zocala, the Aztec floating gardens at
Xochimilco, the pyramids of Teotihuacan, the archaeological museum and local schools. The
Patzcuaro focus will include visits to Tocuaro and the Horta family, the volcano Paracutin, the
settlements around the shrinking Lake Patzcuaro, and possibly the El Rosario Monarch
butterfly sanctuary.
For KS 1/2 teachers the Study Tour will provide a marvellous opportunity to meet the Horta
family in their home surroundings. The Mexico City focus will, perhaps, be more appropriate
for Secondary teachers. An extension to the Tour will be made at additional cost to
Guatemala for those who wish to stay on.
It is hoped to keep the costs between £1500 and £2000 for the visit.
Whilst this will be primarily a geographical field visit, there will be time to relax and take in the
multitude of new experiences in this exciting country.
For more details contact Sarah Maude at: [email protected] t
www.geography.org.uk