Elementary and Secondary Schools
LAII's Center for Latin American Resources
and Outreach (CLARO) has an active K-12 teacher outreach program to
support teachers as they expand students' awareness and understanding of
Latin America. CLARO offers teacher in-service training
workshops, a lending library of curriculam materials about
Latin America, and a speakers bureau for expert presentations. CLARO
focuses primarily on elementary through middle school education outreach.
For LAII's on-line secondary school outreach and materials please go to
Resources for Teaching About the
Americas.
CLARO offerings
Lending library of curriculum guides, videos,
recordings, maps, and books which are available for loan and sale to local
teachers. Search
LAII's Curriculum Materials Data Base
Speakers Bureau scheduling
graduate students and faculty for visits area schools to offer class
presentations on Latin American
themes, ranging from history, culture, literature, recent events, human rights issues,
environment, etc.
Ibero-American Children's Poetry Contest
Center-sponsored field trips for teachers and elementary and middle school
students to the University of New Mexico.
For further information about CLARO's
services, please contact:
María Casellas-Kelly, Ph.D., Education Specialist
Phone: (505)277-6842
Fax: (505)277-5989
Email
web site: http://laii.unm.edu/claro.php
Join the CLARO mailing list
Free Lesson Plans and Free Latin America
News Bulletins for Secondary School Teachers
RetaNet (Resources for Teaching about the
Americas-NET) website.
Online database and news service on Latin
America
The Latin America Data Base (LADB),
publishes three weekly electronic newsletters (SourceMex,
NotiCen, and NotiSur) and offers an online searchable database of over 26,000
articles. Teachers may request
a free
subscription
