Carribean/African Latin America

Learn how to make fantastic sculptures from the country of Haiti. Fantastic sculptures are originally made from used oil drums but in this activity students will use disposable aluminum baking pans sold in super markets to practice this sculpture technique. This is a good way to immerse students in the culture and art of Haiti.

This lesson plan contains 10 activities you can use with students while reading the book "My name is Celia, The life of Celia Cruz" by Monica Brown. Additional resources are at the end of the lesson plan.

This unit includes a comparative study between Puerto Rico and Cuba and it's relation to the rest of the Caribbean. This unit analyzes political, historic, economic, social and cultural events.

In this lesson, students will explore different facts of the historic relationship between Cuba and the United States. Students will compare Cuban's typical lifestyle with the lifestyle of student's hometown.

This guide includes multiple different lessons that help give an overview of Haitian values such as learning a Haitian greeting, understanding Haiti's location, facts about Haiti and more.

In this lesson plan, students will learn about the music of the New Song movement by engaging with melodies, rhythms and lyrics of four selections from the Cancion Protesta: Protest Songs of Latin America album. This lesson highlights the role music can play in social protest, as well as the specific historical, political and cultural contexts of the songs.

In this lesson, students will be able to identify the characteristics that both El Cadejo Blanco and El Cadejo Negro possess. Students will explain how they reflect man’s basic human nature.

In this lesson, students explore the concept of perspective by examining three distinct perspectives on the Columbus Quin-centenary. Students will recognize that a person's experience and world view influence their interpretation of historical events such as Columbus's arrival in the Americas.

This purpose of this lesson plan is to familiarize the student with the rich and varied African cultural heritage of Latin America.