Developed by 54 secondary teachers from public and private schools in 10 states and on 2 Indian reservations, these lesson plans relate to Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Southwest United States, including US-Mexico border issues and cultural identity. Content spans art, math, language studies, science, social studies, and Spanish.

Please see below for a list of the lesson plans currently available.

Art/Dance/Food

Cocina Mexicana

Do you think Dominican food is tacos?

Border art: A unit of study of artworks responding to the border between the United States and Mexico

Can I feel your pain? A sculpture project

From the Americas to Europe, from the sacred to the sublime: Brief history of chocolate

Mexican cooking

Folk dances / Los viejos

Mexican folk art: Papel amate

Mexican food

Literature/Folklore

Contemporary Latina writers: Julia Alvarez

American literature: An oblique introduction

Electronic journals about Latin American folktales

Leyendas and children's literatura

Gabriel García Márquez/Colombia

Las mujeres y la literatura - Temas comunes

Precolumbian myths and legends

Science/Math

Air quality in the Americas: Math and maps

Anasazi/Mesoamerican/Andean: Time & cultural passages

Using cartagrams to learn about Latin America

Calculating the exchange rates between the United States and Mexico

Environmental

Why is there pollution in Mexico City?

Finding out about herbs throughout Latin America

Finding out herbs in New Mexico

Geographic study of herbs throughout Latin America

Cultural use of herbs throughout Latin America

Os Árvores - Uma coneccâo entre o Portugal e o Brasil de ontem e hoje

An appreciation of the world’s ever-shrinking rain forests

The techno rainforest

Hands-on science for teaching rainforest ecosystems

Tropical rain forest

Social Studies/Geography

Human rights in Latin America: the Death Squads

Latin American pals: An introduction to Latin America

Current issues in Latin America

Plazas, zocalos and squares

Building communities/construyendo comunidades

Latin America: Unit overview

Mock Organization of American States (OAS) conference

The Latin American Mercado: Who made this?

African American and Caribbean Issues

Blossom(ing) awareness: Think globally, mon - Act locally, bro (Development and social issues in the Caribbean)

Africans in Haiti, Jamaica, and Brazil

Slave women of African descent in Brazil, Haiti, and Jamaica

Geography

Introducing the geographic theme location via two lessons:
Cultural identity: What places in our community carry importance?
The Pueblo Indians of Taos: What makes Blue Lake so important?

Urbanization in the Amazon Basin: Can indigenous people survive?

Latin American geography

Urbanization/Urbanización: A theme for teaching geography and Spanish

Immigration, Borders and Identity

Different ethnic groups in Ecuador, Panama and Argentina: Their assimilation and their contributions

Quiénes somos? / Who are we?

Do I have culture?

What brought you here?

Imagen e identidad / Image and identity: Multiple voices, violations, and victories

Sixteen horses / Vaqueros

Borders: A multi-dimensional approach

Migration and immigration

Indigenous Issues

Mi casa, mi pueblo y los Maya

I-40 and the Panama Canal: Ties that bind too tight

Chiapas: Where is it and why should we care? And, what is the EZLN?

The Indian wars continue

A comparison of two cultures

Native American issues in Latin America

Mexico

The Aztec conquest and the birth of a new race (Mestizo)

Mexican people: Are they as they seem?

Learning about Mexico: Making and using salt dough human puppets in the classroom