History

In this lesson, students will learn some specific aspects of slavery and will also discover the role slave women played in shaping Caribbean culture and the struggle for abolishing slavery.

In this lesson, students will play a board game in order to become familiar with Caribbean geography by tracing a theoretical buccaneer route and will also become familiar with the products of colonial America.

This unit contains four lesson plans which each span over one class period, making this unit four periods long. Day one focuses on the historical narrative of Candomble, day two focuses on identifying the primary orixas of Candomble, day three focuses on the various rituals and ceremonies practiced in Candomble and day four consists of the role of ancestors in the religion.

In this lesson, students will gain general background information on the production of coffee. Students will learn what a coffee fazenda looks like and how it works. Students will also understand the importance the coffee in Brazil's economy has when it comes to trading with the United States.

In this unit, students will engage in a study of primary and secondary sources about the cultural and historical significance of Capoeira. Students will understand that Capoeira is a means for preserving cultural identity and for expressing Brazilian culture and history. Email our Outreach Coordinator cconlin@email.arizona.edu for the lesson plan and materials.

This unit provides background and a conceptual framework for studying the diversity of urban life and Brazilian society. The unit contains 7 lessons, where the first five lessons introduce key notions about geography, population density, history, demographics and distribution of national wealth which prepare students for the final two lessons which focus on urban contrasts and culture in Brazil, which are more complex lessons. Email cconlin@email.arizona.edu for materials and lesson plan.

This lesson plan gives an analysis of the racial characteristics of modern Brazil with some historical background. Students will be able to describe the ethnic composition of Brazil, with each individual student focusing on characteristics of the Brazilian population, interpreting data and translating data to pie charts. Students will explore the different definitions of race and gain an understanding on the complexity of racial issues.

This is a curriculum unit about Brazilian culture, geography, legends and food with the main goal of introducing students to the importance that Brazil plays in our worldwide globalization.

In this series of three lessons, students will exercise critical listening, singing, dancing and playing instruments to traditional music of Bolivia. They will improvise rhythms, compose a song, and draw connections across a wide variety of disciplines. Note: Samples of music will need to be purchased from the Smithsonian Folkways website to accompany the lesson plans.

In this lesson, students will be able to describe the heroic symbol of the gaucho in Argentina and compare it to the familiar figure of the cowboy in the United States. The gaucho is a major figure in Argentine popular culture and symbolizes the spirit of the nation. By reading a short section of the epic poem Martin Fierro by Jose Hernandez, students will become familiar with this Argentine national figure.