Jamaica is known mainly as a tourist playground and the home of Reggae music. This Jamaican teaching unit dispels stereotypes and shows Jamaica for what it really is--an economically-troubled, developing nation. The unit illustrates the challenges this island nation is facing in its struggle toward economic development. Contents are: Teacher Overview, Fact Sheet, Maps, Geography and Climate, History, Economy, Rural Life, Family Life, Food, City Life, Housing, Health, Education, Religion--Rastafarians, Culture--Reggae, Government, Bibliography, Student Worksheets, and Slide-Tape Script. (BZ)