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Le Bovit, Judith B. – 1973
This teacher's handbook outlines a successful program for the teaching of Latin in the elementary school. The text is divided into four sections: the first describes a typical class session, enumerates linguistic and humanistic goals and methodology, and delineates the first-year curriculum; the second evaluates the program's effectiveness; the…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Curriculum, Documentation, Educational Objectives
Santiago, Jorge; And Others – 1973
This book presents resource materials for teaching the cultural heritage of the Puerto Rican student. It includes biographical sketches of outstanding figures in Puerto Rican history from colonial times to the twentieth century. It also contains descriptions of national festivities and holidays, as well as poetry representative of Puerto Rican…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism
San Francisco Unified School District, CA. – 1972
This is a selected bibliography of some good and some outstanding audio-visual educational materials in the library of the Educational Materials Bureau, Audio-Visual Educational Section, that may be considered of particular interest in the study of Spanish heritage and influence in the Western Hemisphere. The bibliography is arranged…
Descriptors: American Culture, American History, Audiovisual Aids, Audiovisual Centers
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Pittsburgh Univ., PA. University Center for International Studies. – 1970
This is the first issue of the Cuban Studies Newsletter, a biannual publication designed to provide comprehensive and timely communication among those interested in Cuban Studies. The purpose of the newsletter stated in a recommendation by the International Conference on Cuban Bibliography and Acquisitions, April, 1970, is to promote the scholarly…
Descriptors: American History, Area Studies, Bibliographies, Communism
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Lee, Agnes; Stevens, Patrick – 1969
This guide delineates the scope and sequence of Latin instruction in levels 1-3 in terms of behavioral objectives. Following a review of the Bloomington, Minnesota, school philosophy and a discussion of the design of foreign language behavioral objectives on which the guide is based, the manual discusses expected terminal behavior in the level 1…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Classical Languages
Foreign Service (Dept. of State), Washington, DC. Foreign Service Inst. – 1971
This bibliography, one of a series prepared for use in training, has as its main topic Latin America. It is divided into two main sections. The first includes general information about Latin America--history, government, education and intellectual trends, military, religion, the arts, and international relations. The second contains sections on…
Descriptors: American History, Archaeology, Area Studies, Art
Farrell, Robert V., Comp.; Hohenstein, John F., Comp. – 1969
This bibliography, intended for use as a selection tool for social studies programs and libraries in order to supply secondary students and teachers with recent Latin American books, contains 171 annotated bibliographic citations prepared by the center for Inter-American Relations after examination of more than 1200 books for comprehensiveness,…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Area Studies, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries
Bellm, Dan – 1995
While Latinos make up approximately 9 percent of the total population of the United States, they comprise over 25 percent of California's population. Although over half of Latino American women have entered the workforce, a severe family and child poverty rate persists. Since 1990, through a project called "El Comienzo" ("The…
Descriptors: Caregiver Training, Child Caregivers, Child Rearing, Day Care
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Ruiz-Funes, Marcela – 1999
A significant number of Hispanic children's books and juvenile short stories and novels produced in the last two decades reveal the social and cultural elements that affect the lives, traditions, and beliefs of young adults from Spanish-speaking countries. These books contain sociocultural realism, yet with a touch of the innocence and freshness…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Egerton, John – Change, 1980
Programs at Western Kentucky University including undergraduate curricula in Latin-American and Asian studies, technical assistance projects overseas, student and faculty exchange programs, seminars and workshops, and community activities are described. "Friendship teams" (a faculty advisor, four international students, and an American…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Foreign Students, Higher Education, Intercultural Programs
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Fava, Elisabetta – Language Sciences, 1996
Compares indirect "wh"-questions and independent relatives, points to the absence of a clear-cut boundary between these two types of construction, and argues for the indispensability of semantic and pragmatic analysis for syntactic theory. The article emphasizes that it is the answer to a question that supplies the determinate element…
Descriptors: Baltic Languages, Contrastive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Discourse Analysis
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Penyak, Lee M.; Duray-Casares, Pamela – Social Education, 1996
Highlights the value of field trips and oral history as a way of obtaining information and understanding about other cultures. Describes an oral history class project conducted by high school students at a bilingual multinational school in Mexico. Includes guidelines for such activities and excerpts from students' notes. (MJP)
Descriptors: Area Studies, Cultural Exchange, Culture Contact, Experiential Learning
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Holmes, C. Thomas; Keffer, Ronald L. – Journal of Educational Research, 1995
This study investigated the effectiveness of using a computer program over six weeks to teach high school students to use Latin and Greek root words for deciphering English terms in order to increase their scores on the verbal portion of the Scholastic Aptitude Test. Results indicated that knowledge of Latin and Greek root words improved students'…
Descriptors: Classical Languages, College Entrance Examinations, Computer Assisted Instruction, Etymology
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Halpern, Robert – Comparative Education Review, 1986
For many poor children in Latin America, successful adjustment to primary school is impeded by child, family, and school characteristics. Early intervention efforts have been moderately effective, but their initial effects are often overwhelmed by structural features of primary schools. A coherent, carefully supervised educational program with…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education
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Tyler, Forrest B.; And Others – Youth and Society, 1992
Identifies psychological characteristics of 49 male and 8 female Latin American youth who were primarily responsible for their own lives. The subjects' capacities to adapt to their different environments and the conditions in which they live are discussed for their implications for social and substance abuse prevention programs. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Environmental Influences, Hispanic Americans, Homeless People
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