1. Before We Were Free

By Julia Alvarez (Knopf, 2002)

2. Carribean Cooking

A lesson plan for elementary Spanish classes produced at a summer institute for educators at Yale in 2003.

3. Cocoa Ice

By Diana Appelbaum, illustrated by Holly Meade (Orchard, 1997)

4. Exchanging Money in the Dominican Republic

This lesson explores ways in which students can figure out international exchange rates.

5. Good News!

By Sarita Chávez Silverman, illustrated by Melinda Levine (Hampton-Brown, 1996)

6. In the Time of Butterflies: Character Analysis

The goal of this unit is to explore life in the Dominican Republic during the Trujillo regime.

7. Introduction to the Caribbean

Introduces students to the history and culture of Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.

8. Land of Diversity

A Curriculum Guide for Teaching about Latin America

9. LASP Video Lending Library

The video lending library of Cornell University's Latin American Studies Program.

10. Latin America in Cyberspace

A metasite of filtered website materials.

11. Latin America Overview

An annotated set of mostly weblinks to key Latin American reference materials.

12. My Two Worlds

By Ginger Gordon, photographs by Martha Cooper (Clarion Books, 1993)

13. Narration about the Mirabal Sisters

A lesson plan for high school students produced at a summer institute for educators at Yale in 2003.

14. Over Here It's Different: Carolina's Story

By Mildred Leinweber Dawson, photographs by George Ancona (Macmillan Publishing, 1993)

15. Political Database of the Americas

Provides contemporary political and institutional information about the 35 countries of the Western Hemisphere.

16. Taino Influence on Spanish Vocabulary

This unit explores indigenous influences on Spanish linguistic development in the Caribbean.

17. The Color of My Words

By Lynn Joseph (Joanna Cotler/HarperCollins, 2000)