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Munoz, Gabriel Trujillo, Ed. – 1990
This anthology/textbook is part of a Mexican series of instructional materials designed for Spanish speaking adults who are in the process of becoming literate or have recently become literate in their native language. This document presents a collection of works from important writers directed to the population of Baja California, especially to…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Foreign Countries, Functional Literacy
Callis, Janette M. – 1996
This simulation allows students to experience a race from El Paso, Texas to the tip of South America. The students travel through each of the Latin American countries learning as much as they can about each country and completing one report per group. Next, the teams present their report and projects, draw general information/history question…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Latin American Culture
Brown Univ., Providence, RI. Thomas J. Watson, Jr. Inst. for International Studies. – 1996
This student's resource book contains sources that bring Mexico's evolving national identity into sharper focus for U.S. high school students through utilization of a Mexican perspective. Students see the world through Mexican eyes and contemplate current Mexican choices in the areas of economic development, political reform, and foreign…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Current Events, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Roth, Peter – 1993
This simulation allows students to explore the lives of the great rulers of the Mayan culture. Students learn the mysterious history of the Maya by decoding glyphs, investigating the unusual religion of the Maya, unraveling the complex Mayan calendar, and discovering the Mayan number system's secret meanings. Specific cooperation skills are taught…
Descriptors: American Indian History, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Orozco, Cecilio – 1983
Intended for both teachers and students, this publication, written in Spanish, briefly traces Mexico's history from its Conquest in 1519 to the overthrow of Porfirio Diaz in 1910. The following are briefly discussed: Mexico's Conquest in 1519; events immediately after the fall of Tenochtitlan; the War for Independence; Texas' separation from…
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Foreign Countries, Hispanic American Culture, International Relations
Soni, P. Sarita, Ed. – Research and Creative Activity, 1993
This serial issue features 6 members of the Indiana University System faculty who have focused their research on Latin America, past and present. The first article, "A Literature of Their Own," highlights Darlene Sadlier's research on Brazilian women's fiction and poetry that has led to an interest in the interplay of Brazilian and…
Descriptors: American Indian Literature, American Indians, Anthropology, Archaeology
Lewin, Stephen, Ed.; And Others – 1993
This textbook examines Spanish exploration, conquest, settlement, and colonization of present-day Mexico, United States, and the Caribbean, and the conflicts and exchanges resulting from culture contact between Spaniards and Native Americans. Chapters cover: (1) first contacts in the Caribbean, enslavement of Native Americans, arrival of African…
Descriptors: American Indian History, Colonial History (United States), Culture Contact, Hispanic American Culture
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Fantozzi, Carla; And Others – Art Education, 1994
Presents four lesson plans designed to teach about Frank Lloyd Wright's "Hollyhock House" to primary, intermediate, and secondary art students. Provides an overview describing the history and design of the house, including its relationship to Mayan architecture. Includes nine photographs and original drawings of the building. (CFR)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Architecture, Art Appreciation, Art Education
Instituto Nacional para la Educacion de los Adultos, Mexico City (Mexico). – 1987
These workbooks are part of a Mexican series of instructional materials designed for Spanish speaking adults who are in the process becoming literate or have recently become literate in their native language. They provide readings and exercises for developing literacy skills. Pictures and fill-in-the blank exercises appear frequently. Volume 1…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Communication (Thought Transfer), Foreign Countries
de Varona, Frank; And Others – 1989
Each of these two textbooks on Hispanic-American history contains 4 units divided into 20 chapters. Each chapter includes an overarching question; text; reading comprehension questions; study tips; an activity involving geography skills, links between past and present, or daily life; an activity involving arts and technology or using primary…
Descriptors: American Indian History, Answer Keys, Hispanic American Culture, Hispanic Americans
Callis, Jan – 1992
This simulation allows students to learn of the shared Hispanic background of the Southwestern states and help students realize that the states developed in a parallel fashion, not in isolation. The packet is divided into eight sections: (1) "Introduction"; (2) "Land"; (3) "Native Americans"; (4)…
Descriptors: American Indian History, Area Studies, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education