Name_____________________
1. What types of items do you think will be sold in the market?
2. What do you think the market will look like? Use words or pictures to describe your image of a Guatemalan marketplace on your recording sheet.
Read the information provided on the following web links. Before you read, preview the questions listed below. As you read, record your answers to the questions based on information found on the web sites.
San Francisco El Alto Marketplace
1. What items are sold at the various marketplaces?
2. What does the marketplace look like?
3. Why do you think the marketplace is an important part of Guatemalan life?
4. Why do you think the marketplace is held outdoors?
5. How are American markets similar or different than Guatemalan markets? Complete the Venn diagram in order to compare and contrast the two.