Artifacts from Mexico are described and illustrated (1) to assist the Mexican American child in retaining pride in his social, historical, and cultural past and (2) to promote understanding by teachers and students of the cultural background of the Mexican American. The descriptions relate both the purposes for which the objects were created and…

Discusses the results of a test asministered to preschool children to measure the impact of Plaza Sesamo on their gains in learning skills. (MH)

Several Latinisms appear in Latin American Spanish, which would logically be farther from its Latin roots than Spanish in Spain. The existence of these elements and their importance as linguistic facts is analyzed here. Four words are treated: "Cliente,""cuadrar,""cuarto" and "rabula." (Text is in Spanish.) (CHK)

Hollywood has portrayed the Latino as a greasy Mexican, a generally repulsive and/or irredeemably evil bandit, a cowardly sidekick, a stupid peasant, and a member of urban gangs. Perhaps the rising consciousness of the Latino may reverse this so that a real and positive portrayal of the Latino will develop. (NQ)

This article discusses the nature of so-called Americanisms in present-day Latin American Spanish. (Text is in Spanish.) (CLK)

This paper examines the kinds of visuals that Spanish language textbooks use to legitimize Latino/a culture, noting how different groups are presented and represented by the narratives; how ethnicity, class, gender, age, and sexual inclinations interplay with power relations, and what ideologies weave the textual fabric of foreign language books.…

Reviews an article about Latin American culture in a Unesco bulletin. (DS)

Latin American history is an untapped resource for studying the synthesis of culture, the underdeveloped world, and social change. (VW)

The problem and potential of geographic factors, social institutions, power structure, population pressures, agricultural production, manufacturing, material productivity, Alliance for Progress, are discussed. (VW)

Elementary teachers will learn less from geographers' published research than from research procedures: defining problems, selecting and analyzing data, drawing inferences. (NH)