This book list features 19 young adult, memoir, and fiction books featuring …
This book list features 19 young adult, memoir, and fiction books featuring Mexican or Mexican-American/Chicano protagonists. Teachers can use this list to select texts for classroom and/or curricular use.
This PowerPoint presentation provides basic information about the country of Chile in …
This PowerPoint presentation provides basic information about the country of Chile in South America. Topics covered include: geography, literature, leisure, music, Michelle Bachelet, Chilean wine, and native populations.
This PowerPoint presentation provides basic information about the country of Chile in …
This PowerPoint presentation provides basic information about the country of Chile in South America. Topics covered include: geography, literature, leisure, music, Michelle Bachelet, Chilean wine, and native populations.
This PowerPoint presentation provides basic information about the country of Costa Rica …
This PowerPoint presentation provides basic information about the country of Costa Rica in Central America. Topics covered include: geography, history, biodiversity, demographics, technology, leadership, and tourism.
This PowerPoint presentation provides basic information about the country of Costa Rica …
This PowerPoint presentation provides basic information about the country of Costa Rica in Central America. Topics covered include: geography, history, biodiversity, demographics, technology, leadership, and tourism.
This PowerPoint presentation provides basic information about the countries of Cuba and …
This PowerPoint presentation provides basic information about the countries of Cuba and the Dominican Republic and the U.S. territory Puerto Rico in the Caribbean. Topics covered include: geography, history, sports, cuisine, heritage, religion, and music.
This PowerPoint presentation provides basic information about the countries of Cuba and …
This PowerPoint presentation provides basic information about the countries of Cuba and the Dominican Republic and the U.S. territory Puerto Rico in the Caribbean. Topics covered include: geography, history, sports, cuisine, heritage, religion, and music.
This PowerPoint presentation provides basic information about the countries of El Salvador, …
This PowerPoint presentation provides basic information about the countries of El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua in Central America. Topics covered include: geography, history, language, historical figures, music, and cuisine.
This PowerPoint presentation provides basic information about the countries of El Salvador, …
This PowerPoint presentation provides basic information about the countries of El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua in Central America. Topics covered include: geography, history, language, historical figures, music, and cuisine.
This PowerPoint presentation provides basic information about the country of Guatemala in …
This PowerPoint presentation provides basic information about the country of Guatemala in Central America. Topics covered include: geography, history, language, influential figures, and music.
This PowerPoint presentation provides basic information about the country of Guatemala in …
This PowerPoint presentation provides basic information about the country of Guatemala in Central America. Topics covered include: geography, history, language, influential figures, and music.
This PowerPoint presentation provides basic information about the country of Mexico in …
This PowerPoint presentation provides basic information about the country of Mexico in Latin America. Topics covered include: geography, history, Cinco de Mayo, the flag, religion, sports, language, dance, music, and cuisine.
This lesson plan is a resource for teaching third grade students about …
This lesson plan is a resource for teaching third grade students about main idea and theme. Teachers will peak studentsí interest in baseball and dreams with the book, "Growing Up Pedro" by Matt Tavares. Students will use the story to understand its main idea and how to provide supporting details to reach their conclusion. Using the graphic organizers provided, teachers can engage their students in a constructive and light-hearted lesson about baseball, main idea, and following dreams.
In this lesson, second-grade students will develop an understanding of how events …
In this lesson, second-grade students will develop an understanding of how events in the beginning and middle of a story contribute to its ending. The book, Galápagos Girl, by Marsha Diane Arnold, uncovers the story of young Galápagos Girl Valentina, who has a passion for her island's wildlife. During this read aloud lesson, the teacher guides students to understand how a main character's actions in the beginning and middle of a story build on each other and finally cause the ending.
In this lesson, kindergarten students will learn how a bookís illustrations can …
In this lesson, kindergarten students will learn how a bookís illustrations can be used to help a reader understand new or unknown words. The book Green is a Chile Pepper: A Book of Colors by Rosemary Greenfield Thong uses carefully selected Spanish words within short poems to describe nine different colors. During this read aloud lesson, the teacher guides students to use the book's illustrations to understand the Spanish vocabulary that may be unfamiliar to readers.
The Honey Jar by Rigoberta Menchú retells the ancient stories her grandparents …
The Honey Jar by Rigoberta Menchú retells the ancient stories her grandparents told her when she was a little girl. The underworld, the sky, the sun and moon, plants, people, animals, gods, and demigods are all players in these vibrant stories passed down from the Maya people. This reading guide asks students text-based questions as well as text-to-self questions to deepen student understanding and connection to the book.
Director Cecilia Cornejo presents a haunting personal response to the events of …
Director Cecilia Cornejo presents a haunting personal response to the events of September 11, 2001, informed and complicated by her status as a Chilean citizen living in the U.S. at the time. Cornejo weaves together her own fading childhood memories, her parents' vivid recollections of the September 11, 1973 coup in Chile that brought the notorious dictator Augusto Pinochet to power; and post-9/11 conversations with her own young daughter. This film guide asks both text-dependent questions as well as asks students to reflect on the imagery and themes of the film for a more in-depth understanding.
Through this lesson, high school students will gain a greater understanding of …
Through this lesson, high school students will gain a greater understanding of the various challenges that Latin American immigrants face. Students will read excerpts (in Spanish) from an interview from the New Roots/Nuevas Raìces Oral History Digital Archive. Students will listen to the interviewee describe her home country in Mexico, then read about her experiences with discrimination in the United States. By using oral histories in the classroom, distant events will become more real and relevant to students. Oral histories were collected by students in an APPLES service learning course at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and are part of the New Roots/Nuevas RaÌces digital archive: https://newroots.lib.unc.edu/.
Through this lesson, American History students will gain a greater understanding of …
Through this lesson, American History students will gain a greater understanding of the various challenges that Latin Americans face. Students will read excerpts from interviews from the New Roots/Nuevas Raìces Oral History Digital Archive. Students will learn about immigrant experiences in both the native country and in the new host country. By using oral histories in the classroom, distant events will become more real and relevant to students. Oral histories were collected by students in an APPLES service learning course at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and are part of the New Roots/Nuevas RaÌces digital archive: https://newroots.lib.unc.edu/.
In this two-part lesson, teachers will guide third and fourth grade students …
In this two-part lesson, teachers will guide third and fourth grade students to learn about Guatemalan weaving, using a book read along, a short research project, and an optional art activity. Teachers will first facilitate an understanding of cause and effect while reading the short story, Rainbow Weaver by Linda Elovitz Marshall; this book also provides a baseline for learning about Guatemalan weaving. Then, students will build upon their basic knowledge of weaving from the prior day to conduct a short research assignment with their classmates. An optional third day allows students to experience weaving first-hand as they make their own weaving project out of recycled materials. Finally, students will reflect on what they have learned about the subject.
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