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- 6th - Higher Ed
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Students learn historical and current social, political, and cultural trends of Latin American countries. They research a specific country. They write songs that reflect the music styles as well as the history of the region. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students explore the history of bark paintings in South America as well as the purpose, processes, and symbolism found in typical bark paintings. They, using the Internet, explore and research the creation of Bark paintings in Latin America. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explain the policies of Latin American governments throughout the 20th century and their effect on daily life. They identify the geopolitical, cultural, historical, and economic challenges in Central America. Full Review »
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- 6th - Higher Ed
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Students research a Latin American country and create a travel brochure that includes information on products, population, resources and geography. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students write a movie review on the challenges of making a film in Latin America. They focus on the countries of Brazil and Venezuela and work in pairs to interview a Latin America filmmaker. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine the class systems of New Spain. In small groups, they create a five-day diary about the family life, food, occupation, and government involvement of an assigned personality from the time of Colonial Latin America. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students as pairs choose a Latin American country to become friends with and knowledgeable about. Then they research their country in a variety of methods (Internet and Web connections and key pals, encyclopedias, books, interviews, CD's) and then share for a maximum of 7 minutes every other week during "Charla," a time set aside to talk about their country. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students study the geography, culture, government and economy of Latin American countries. They work in groups to fill out a profile describing their Latin American country. They listen to a reading of Latin American folktales and relate it to their country. They prepare a ten-minute presentation about their country. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students read and interpret maps and read and comprehend clues in a quest to find an endangered monkey that is being chased by a hunter. They "travel" in small group to three countries by following written clues, locating each country on a map based on geographic location, landforms, and cultural descriptions. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students write two sentences comparing a Latin American tradition and cultural facet, to one of their own culture or heritage. They write their own definition of the term culture, and students draw a picture to illustrate it. Students view a PowerPoint on Culture of Latin America. Full Review »
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