Resources for Teachers

Center of Latin American Studies

• Outreach to Educators (The Center's lending library serves a richly varied community of educators and students. New videos, music, books, maps, and slides are regularly acquired. The center's popular travelling suitcases are updated frequently and new suitcases are currently under construction. Online information is updated at the beginning of each semester.)
  • Books and Maps
    • Curriculum Guides
  • Music and CDs
  • Slides
  • Suitcases
  • Video Collection

CHICO - Cultural Heritage Initiative for Community Outreach

Classroom Connect - professional development programs and online instructional materials

Education World

Establishing Borders: The Expansion of the United States 1846-48 (Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies) Contains resource guides, lesson plans, and more.

Expressions of Central America (Stanford Center for Latin American Studies and the School of Education's Learning, Design, and Technology Program) An innovative, online educational tool to help teachers and students uncover the rich artistic, cultural, and historical heritage of traditionally underrepresented Central American peoples. Site under construction. Information currently available for Honduras and Nicaragua.

FLTEACH - Foreign Language Teaching Forum from the State University of New York College at Cortland

Friday and Friends: A Prospectus of the Mexican Family through Children's Literature by Geraldine Martin (Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute)

International Documents Finding Guide (Jana Krentz, KU Libraries)

LASER - Latin American School and Educational Resources from Michigan State Univeristy

Scholastic.com for Teachers

Smithsonian Latino Center - Educator's Guides/Bilingual Materials

The Struggle for Democracy in Latin America (Dave Forrest)

• Research Topics on the Struggle for Democracy in Latin America During the Twentieth Century

UT-LANIC: Lesson Plans

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