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Moo!™ Cinco de Mayo Video

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Filmed in Los Angeles, California during the largest Cinco de Mayo festival in the world. Join Maria, a young Mexican-American, and Brett, a young American boy, as she helps him...

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Experience Cinco de Mayo during a festive celebration on Video!

Filmed in Los Angeles, California during the largest Cinco de Mayo festival in the world. Join Maria, a young Mexican-American, and Brett, a young American boy, as she helps him discover how and why Cinco de Mayo is celebrated and what it means to the residents of America. Explore the streets of L.A. to hear from Mexican-Americans about what they know, how they feel and why they celebrate Cinco de Mayo. Discover the real meaning of May 5, 1862.

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©2006. Level 1. Middle school, high school. 25 minutes. English with some Spanish vocabulary. Not rated.

Video Download: MP4.

The Revised Edition video activity packet is a useful companion to the Cinco de Mayo video. It features a variety of updated activities, ACTFL standards alignment, and an answer key. The packet includes higher-level thinking exercises, vocabulary comprehension, internet research, creative projects, interactive activities, research, true or false, recipes, comparisons, and more! Instant Download Delivery.

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Cinco de mayo video

Dec 27, 2016 | By Pam Reed

Good video for historical facts!

Love this video!

Apr 17, 2017 | By Laura

I love this video for so many reasons! My middle school students learn the real reason for celebrating Cinco de Mayo. They get the history of the battle of Puebla, see the city of Los Angeles celebrate and hear from native speakers. It is just the right length, it is engaging and the students love it! Perfect for understanding the significance of the holiday and experiencing Mexican culture. Thank you! Please make more videos like this.

Eh...

May 1, 2017 | By Suzanne

I have to say that I was disappointed with this video. First of all, the sound quality is not great. The sound volume goes up and down unexpectedly. Second, the hosts interview random people walking down the streets of Los Angeles. Most of them have NO clue what Cinco de Mayo is and they end up sounding like idiots. The video does not do a very good job of explaining the history behind Cinco de Mayo. Instead, all my students remember are the moronic people being interviewed throughout the video. Unfortunately, if you don't want to watch a History Channel documentary, this is the only other option. I wish they had done a better job on this video. It just leaves you wanting more content and less stereotypical Hispanic people.

Staff's Response: Hi Suzanne, Thank you for reviewing the Cinco de Mayo Moo video. I am sorry you were disappointed with the video. Your review has been shared with the manager. Please know Teacher's Discovery has an absolute guarantee. If any of our products don't meet your expectations, you get your money back, no questions asked. Thanks again for taking the time to share your review!

Cinco de Mayo

May 26, 2017 | By Lydia C. King Marquez

My students enjoyed the Video very much and the activities were engaging. I am happy to have purchased this product

Versatile materials!

May 29, 2017 | By Heidi Karod

I liked the variety of formats in this packet: puzzle, matching, etc. It held students accountable and the repetition was good for driving home the main points. There were a couple of higher order questions linking to immigration.

Perfect length

May 29, 2017 | By Heidi Karod

This fits perfectly into a 40 minute class. The separate activity packet can be done with video and as homework. Emphasis on L.A. celebrations. I like the Q&A/interview format. These short segments keep kids' attention.

Cinco de mayo Moo Video

May 31, 2017 | By Bonita Green

The Cinco de mayo (Moo video) is a great way to have students observe the customs and traditions of Cinco de mayo. My favorite part is when several people are interviewed about "What is the meaning / purpose of celebrating "Cinco de mayo". So many people think it is Mexican Independence and it isn't! This is a quick, effective way to learn why this day is important to the Mexicanos.

Cinco de Mayo Moo!

Jun 2, 2017 | By Christine Palmer

Cinco de Mayo Moo kept the students' attention the entire time. It was very comprehensive of the holiday as well.

Entertaining and Informative

Jun 4, 2017 | By Karen

Students enjoyed watching this film and they got to know things about Mexico they did not know before. Great addition to a Cinco de Mayo lesson or celebration in your classroom.

Great as usual!

Jun 5, 2017 | By John Strickland Jr.

My students loved this video as they do all of the videos that I have purchased from TD! Integrating culture is always hard for me, and this video provided a nice break from the typical textbook reading or webquest I usually have the students do. The best part is because it's a video, they think they are getting a "free day," but they are actually learning. The free online quizzes that go with the video make great discussion questions after it is over!

Cinco de Mayo

Jun 3, 2018 | By Olga Montano

Great video

Cinco de Mayo

Jun 4, 2018 | By Sandra Riggin

It's good information on Cinco de Mayo presented in a fun way. The packet of activities that accompanies the video is a great additional resource to solidify the information.

Cinco De Mayo Moo

Jun 4, 2018 | By kelly gilliford

I was looking for a video to show my Spanish 1 students for Cinco de Mayo. I was trying to teach them a little more about the history of the holiday. Teacher Discovery was the ONLY video I could find about the subject. After the video I asked my classes what they learned and the two main points they retained was that many people don't know about the holiday (the people interviewed) and that mole was chocolate on chicken. They missed a lot of the main points since they confused it with what the people said in the interview. I wish there was a better video out there for Cinco de Mayo but if you're in a pinch this works I guess.

Staff's Response: Kelly, We're sorry you aren't completely satisfied with the video. We do offer a 100% money back guarantee. If you would like to return the video please contact our customer service department at 800-832-2437 or email them at help@teachersdiscovery.com. Thank you. Andrea B

Disappointment

Apr 29, 2020 | By Emily Thompson

I have purchased a handful of Moo! videos, and enjoy them all. This one, however, is painfully boring. I absolutely love Mexican culture, you could say it's a passion of mine. This video did nothing to capture that. The hosts are boring and their interviews are terrible. I would never make my students watch this, they would be bored to tears. I am so disappointed.

Staff's Response: Hello Emily, We are sorry to hear you were not happy with the video. Please contact customer service at help@teachersdiscovery.com with your order number for a refund.

Great Customer Service

May 28, 2020 | By Mary Bauer

I had some technical difficulties with downloading the Cinco de Mayo video into my Google Classroom. Your customer support person helped me through it even emailing me late in the evening on her own time. She also followed up later to make sure I was able to get things working. The video was good and I was able to create some quick lessons online for my students.

Cinco de mayo video

May 30, 2020 | By AMELIA STINE

Excellent resource. I used it for my Spanish 3 Honors class.

Disappointing

May 30, 2020 | By Tonantzin Martinez Borgfeldt

I had heard so much about the MOO videos that I couldn't help but jump into the opportunity to purchase these for my Spanish class. I was hoping to have materials that are already curated and geared for students, culturally sensitive, etc. I found both videos I bought (Snack Foods and Cinco de Mayo) to be, once more, the typical annoying-funny-gringo-trying-Mexican-stuff, trying to be cute giving away food, showing how ignorant Mexican people are about 5 de Mayo.... Same deals that the internet is inundated with. I really wish educational companies would run their videos by a wide range of native-speakers before publishing. Sigh...

Staff's Response: Hello Tonantzin, We apologize that you were not happy with the video. These videos were made many, many years ago and back then this is what we were asked to make by teachers. I have issued a refund for your purchase of this video.

Moo 5 de mayo

Jun 1, 2020 | By claudia

Year after year my middle school students have enjoyed this informative and fun 5 de mayo video. I own it in DVD format but with online instruction having the option to get it digitally and upload it to YouTube was awesome. Gracias Teachers Discovery!