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Resource Center of the Americas: Books for Spring 2001

Resource Center of the Americas

This resource lists curriculum resources and books to be used in the classroom. Most are for purchases but are categorized based on resources, curricula, grade school books, middle school books, high school books, books about Latinos and Latinas specifically, books about immigration and migration workers and books on the Caribbean. This list is great to look at as it gives the summary of each book.

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Mariachi Guide

Belle San Miguel, San Antonio Independent School District

In this resource, a background of the music form of Mariachi is given along with images of instruments and the typical outfit of someone who plays in a mariachi band. A great tool when teaching about Mariachi and Mexican culture.

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Maps of Caribbean

Latin America Today: An Atlas of Reproducible Pages, World Eagle, Inc.

This resource contains 3 images of the Caribbean region and surrounding land regions. The first map shows major shipping lanes within the Caribbean region and sea, with the second including the basins and the third labeling the specific countries that exist in and near the Caribbean such as smaller countries of St.Lucia and Barbados.

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Map of 10 Countries in Latin America compared to the U.S.

Latin America Today: An Atlas of Reproducible Pages, World Eagle, Inc.

This resource provides an image displaying the size comparison between Mexico and several other Latin American countries to the United States. This is a good tool to use when teaching about geography and demographics.

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La Lengua Maya en El Contexto Sociolinguistico de la Peninsula de Yucatan

Miguel A. Guemez Pineda

This paper is fully in Spanish and aims to display the current state of the Yucatan Maya and the Mayan Language in relation to Spanish and other indigenous languages present in the Yucatan Peninsula. The marginalization of the Yucatan Maya is discussed and how development has furthered that marginalization within the region.

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Introducing Ecuador Booklet


This booklet is a great resource to use when teaching about Ecuador. A map of Ecuador is included, along with background on the history, people, geography, economy and current situation of Ecuador. This booklet focuses on the future of children in Ecuador and how history has shaped how children will grow up in today's Ecuador.

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Institutions that Offer Curriculum, Video and Audiovisual Materials


This guide is designed for teachers in the elementary and secondary levels who are interested in integrating Latin American studies into their curricula. This guide contains a list of institutions that offer curriculum and audiovisual materials, summer programs, workshops for teachers and much more.

Implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity: The Costa Rican Case

Michael J. Miller

This paper examines environmental politics and ideology in the country of Costa Rica. Costa Rica has always been a leader in implementing convention on Biological Diversity. This paper explains how Costa Rica was able to enact a law so thoroughly and why Costa Rica has felt inclined to protect its forests and biological diversity.

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