Supplemental instructional and reading materials for secondary level Latin instruction are classified, annotated, and evaluated. Most are produced by individual instructors for their own use and published in newsletters, classical journals, or conference reports. Categories of materials include: narrative texts, poetic texts, dialogues and dramas,…

The focus of the bibliography is the status of academic research on higher education in the developing countries of Latin America. Thirty selections were chosen as a representative survey of the types of scholarly approaches that specifically treat postsecondary education in Colombia. The individual annotations are subsumed in three categories…

The bibliographical essay deals with the vital question of the capacity of American Indian communities to grow and prosper before they were introduced to European technology. Traditionally, scholars have assumed that aboriginal Indian populations were very small, and that their smallness proved their inability to cope with the natural environment.…

Presents a selected bibliography of books, theses, articles, and dissertations concerning education in Latin America. Includes separate sections on Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela. All selections are in…

This bibliography is the first part of an update of the "Western European Dissertations on the Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Languages and Literatures: A Retrospective Index (1984)," which lists 6,050 dissertations from the early 19th century through 1980. Twenty universities on the Iberian Peninsula granted approximately half of the total…

The bibliography consists of three parts: (1) an introduction, with a rationale for teaching Hispanic culture in Spanish language courses; (2) a description of one model for organization and implementation of cultural materials; and (3) the bibliography itself. Suggestions are also made on how to use film material in a conscious sequence, and how…

Intended to aid teachers, librarians, and others in the selection of Spanish-language books for children in grades K-12, the annotated guide includes books by Hispanic authors which highlight the lifestyle, folklore, heroes, history, fiction, poetry, theatre, and classical literature of Hispanic cultures. Most books included in the guide have been…

Responding to the special educational needs presented by an increasing number of Puerto Ricans residing in the U.S. mainland, this ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education annotated bibliography covers a span of 442 documents directed to educators concerned with meeting the critical pedagogical needs of children and youth from this ethnic minority.…

Lists good books and insensitive and stereotyped books about Hispanic Americans for young readers. A tentative grade level is indicated, along with a brief description of each book. Those that are recommended are marked. An annotated bibliography of 17 titles is grouped by children and adolescents. (SLD)

Intended for K-8 teachers, librarians, caretakers, and all other adults who are interested in helping children gain a better understanding of culturally different populations, this book serves as a resource guide for locating accurate, multiethnic literature (published since 1980) for and about African Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos, and…

This annotated bibliography on the topic of multicultural education is intended to accompany a special collection of documents on microfiche selected from the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) bibliographic database. Evaluation reports of state and district efforts to implement multicultural curricula, and step by step instruction on…

This bibliography includes both commercially published and locally produced textbooks and workbooks that are currently being used across the United States in foreign language programs for grades 1-6. The materials cited are used by 303 elementary schools that responded to a national survey of elementary school foreign language programs. The texts…

This serial publication covers the period from January to December 1986, citing 308 entries in the field of Chicano Area Studies by the Coleccion Tloque Nahuaque, within the Library of the University of California at Santa Barbara. The materials, published between 1926 and 1986, are listed by categories and presented alphabetically by author. The…

This revised edition of Native Peoples was prepared to provide information for teachers, librarians, and others interested in materials about North American Indians, Inuit, and Metis. It also includes an appendix of resources relevant to Central and South American Indian cultures. Annotated citations of reading materials are provided as well as…

This bibliography of 369 new titles in the Coleccion Tloque Nahuaque contains materials for and about Hispanic Americans, particularly Mexican Americans. The largest subject divisions are literature with 70 titles, history with 61, economics with 44, and education with 27. Other subject areas include animal husbandry, anthropology, art, arts and…