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Keywords:
Latin America, geography, debt crisis, Catholic Church, military, revolutions, African influences, immigration, women, narcotrafficking, environment
Global Regions:
Latin America
Countries:
Brazil
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Cuba
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Dominican Republic
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Ecuador
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Honduras
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Mexico
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Peru
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Venezuela
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Land of Diversity
A Curriculum Guide for Teaching about Latin America
This 19-unit guide has been completely updated with current statistics, new links, new activities and more. In September 2004 the guide will include a PowerPoint slide show for each of the 19 units.
The following units are available in the Land of Diversity series:
- Unit 1: Introductions and Stereotypes
- Unit 2: Latin American Geography
- Unit 3: The Americas before the Europeans
- Unit 4: Contact and Conquest
- Unit 5: Daily Life in Colonial Latin America
- Unit 6: Latin American Independence
- Unit 7: Latin America in the Nineteenth Century
- Unit 8: Debt Crisis in Latin America
- Unit 9: Land and Society in Latin America
- Unit 10: The Catholic Church in Latin America
- Unit 11: The Role of the Military in Latin America
- Unit 12: US-Latin America Relations
- Unit 13: Political Diversity in Latin America
- Unit 14: Twentieth-Century Latin American Revolutions
- Unit 15: African Influences in Latin America
- Unit 16: Latin American Immigration to the United States
- Unit 17: Women in Latin America
- Unit 18: Narcotrafficking: The Story of Drug-Dependent Nations
- Unit 19: Latin America's Natural Environment
The guide is available for free at Tulane University's Latin American Resource Center. Available now for download are slideshows, maps, activities and links to reputable sites related to each unit. Register for an online account in order to access the curriculum. You will receive login information within 24 hours of completing the registration.
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