McMurray Middle School

Mesoamerica Project Resources

Videos

Muralist: Moises

Mexico's Street Art Explosion: Aztec Meets Urban

Wood Carving and Painting of Alebrijes--Oaxaca, Mexico

Amate Paper Process in San Pablito, Mexico

Amate Paper: Ancient Mexican Tradition

Zapotec Weaving: Vida Nueva Cooperative--Oaxaca, Mexico

The Ruins at Mitla (and the connection to Zapotec Weaving--Oaxaca, Mexico 

Additional Resources

Alebrijes: How Fantastic Wooden Animals Keep Indigenous Culture in Oaxaca Alive

Jacobo and Maria Angeles: Remarkable Animal Zapotec Art (Alebrijes)

Amate Bark Painting Examples

Instructions for Amate Paintings

The Story Behind Oaxacan Patterns

Simple Instructions for Folding an Accordian Book (Codex)

Oaxacan Muralists in Los Angeles (recent news article)

Washington State Research Topics  

Great Seattle Fire

The Great Seattle Fire MOHAI

The Great Seattle Fire Seattle Municipal Archives

How The Great Seattle Fire Changed Seattle's Architecture 

Tacoma Narrows Bridge 

Tacoma Narrows Bridge WSDOT

Tacoma Narrows Bridge Building Big

Klondike Gold Rush: The Perilous Journey North

The Evergreen State … in Black and White

Homesteader and Pioneers on the Olympic Peninsula

Salish Bounty

The Truth versus Twilight

Farm Workers in Washington State History Project

Columbia River Cybertour

Ferry Whistles on Puget Sound: A Slideshow 

Play Ball! A Slideshow of the History of Early Baseball in Washington

Lewis and Clark Expedition in Washington, 1805-1806: An Illustrated Cybertour

The Life of a Tree: From Seed to Finished Product

Bridges of Washington State: A Slideshow Primer of Technology through Time

Historic Bridges of Washington

Boeing: Heritage of Innovation 

Boeing and Early Aviation in Seattle, 1909-1919

Washington Climbers Coalition 

Washington State Parks: Rock Climbing

The Mountaineers Historylink.org

Mountains and Mountaineering in the Pacific Northwest