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Godina, Heriberto – 1996
This study investigated the influence of a community-based heritage culture program on Chicano students in a southwestern suburban middle school. Subjects were 61 seventh- and eighth-grade students, all Chicanos, with little or no previous instruction in indigenous Mexican culture. The pre- and post-survey, administerd a week piro to and 3 weeks…
Descriptors: Course Content, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education, Grade 7
Calderon, Vivian – 1996
In 1981, the Puente program was established at California's City College of San Francisco to improve the transfer rates of Chicano/Latino students to senior institutions. The program provides a supportive and stimulating environment to help students build confidence in their writing skills and provides extensive counseling and mentoring services.…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Counseling Services, Developmental Studies Programs
Needler, Toby; Goodman, Bonnie – 1991
The eight units in this volume are designed for use by an art teacher/specialist. Thematic ideas are presented, while skills, techniques, and materials are not dictated. The lessons encourage students to compare and contrast cultures, understand their own cultural experiences, and explore differences and commonalities among cultures. The materials…
Descriptors: African Culture, Architecture, Art, Art Activities
de la Garza, Rudolfo O.; And Others – 1992
This study surveyed political values, attitudes, and behavior of Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and Cubans in the United States. This report describes U.S. Latinos as foreign-born, native (U.S.)-born, non-U.S. citizens, and U.S. citizens. The study used a household, in-person survey, in English or Spanish (interviewee's choice), of 1,546 Mexicans, 589…
Descriptors: Cubans, Economic Status, Ethnicity, Immigrants
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
Henrich, Steve; Henrich, Jean – 1991
Designed to supplement an established language arts and social studies program, this books deals with the Aztecs, Incas, and Mayas of Latin America. All of the "Story Starter" books are intended to give a variety of vocabulary and story ideas to help with the writing process. Each of the books is divided into four main sections: (1) an…
Descriptors: Characterization, Class Activities, Content Area Writing, Creative Writing
Pawl, Jeree, Ed.; And Others – Zero to Three, 1990
This newsletter theme issue addresses the needs of infants and young children at risk due to economic, cultural, and environmental disadvantages. Individual articles have the following titles and authors: "Understanding the Early Experience of Black Children in High Risk Environments: Culturally and Ecologically Relevant Research as a Guide to…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Black Youth, Cultural Differences, Delivery Systems
Spero, Abby – 1985
This report presents analysis, findings, and recommendations from a study of certain members of the "new wave" immigrant population, specifically Southeast Asian women, Haitian women, and Hispanic women. After an executive summary of the study's objectives, background, and findings, the two phases of the project are described: (1) the collection…
Descriptors: Cubans, Educational Needs, Employment Programs, Females
Maier, Carol – 1985
An intensive, one-semester introductory Spanish course developed for nursing and other health-care professionals is intended to make possible spoken communication in Spanish, at least on a rudimentary level. The course encountered initial problems of rapidly growing enrollment, lack of appropriate text, and limited scheduling. However, student…
Descriptors: Health Occupations, Higher Education, Instructional Materials, Intensive Language Courses

Guerena, Salvador, Comp.; Gonzalez, Raquel Quiroz, Comp. – 1987
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…
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Ethnic Studies, Hispanic American Culture, Hispanic American Literature
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. General Government Div. – 1989
This fact sheet discusses the effect of Nicaraguan immigrants entering the country at Brownsville (Texas) on local service providers in Miami (Florida). During individual meetings held on February 1, 1989 with Miami area officials, concerns were expressed over the immigrants' general welfare and the financial strain on local organizations…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Emergency Programs, Expenditures
McKibben, Joyce – 1976
Cities and religious orders in colonial Latin America competed vigorously and often bitterly to acquire a university, but little is understood of the cultural impact of the university on cities, regions, or the colonial system. The university in the Spanish colonies derived its organization and traditions from the University of Salamanca, a…
Descriptors: College Role, Colonialism, Educational History, European History
Chaney, Elsa M. – 1984
The first in a series of five handbooks designed to present and analyze statistical data on women in various regions of the world, this handbook focuses on women in 21 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Beginning with an overview of population characteristics of the regions, the analysis continues with a description of women's literacy…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Census Figures, Employed Women, Females
Burton, Paul C. – 1977
The colonial period in Mexican history, from 1519 to the Revolution of 1910, is the subject of the second in a series of three bilingual (Spanish-English) books designed to aid teachers in presenting the historical and cultural background of the Mexican people. The series, which lends itself to the Inquiry Method of teaching, includes illustrated…
Descriptors: Colonialism, Cultural Background, Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education
Burton, Paul C. – 1977
The last book in a three-volume series designed to aid teachers in the presentation of historical and cultural background of the Mexican people addresses the period from 1910 to the present. Illustrated text, in both English and Spanish and suitable for supplementary reading, traces the revolutionary period through the activities of Francisco…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Cultural Background, Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education