What can be lent...

The Carolina and Duke Consortium Outreach Office maintains a lending library with resources available to teachers, scholars, and members of the community. Materials include videos, childrens books, audio tapes, and resource guides.

To borrow these materials, send an email with your
request to  LA_Films@unc.edu . If you are unable to e-mail,
please fax or write with your request to:
Outreach Office
Institute for the Study of the Americas
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
3200 FedEx Global Education Center, CB 3205
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3205
Fax: 919-962-0398


Videos

More than 400 feature flims and documentaries that can be borrow by instructors within the United States and the general public. Online catalogue, and lending terms and conditions are outlined in the Film and Video Collection webpage.

Children's Book Library

Over 30 colorful children's books in Spanish and English are available for lending. These books are perfect for introducing children to the Latin American world. Click here for more information.



Audio Tape Library

• "Canciones de Vida y Esperanza"
• "Esta Navidad"
• "Exitos, Vol II" - Milanes, Pablo
• "Expresiones, Vol I"
• "Expresiones, Vol II"
• "Final De Este Viaje, Al" - Rodriguez, Silvio"
• "Flanes Grupo Musical"
• "Habla Del Yucateco, El" - Espejo, Fernando
• "Junp'iit Maaya; A Little Bit of Maya"
• "Mariachi Mexico de Pepe Villa"
• "Mexicano", Dirige, Luis Cobos"
• "A Mi Me Gusta", Los Del Rio"
• "Mosaique" - Gypsy Kings
• "Mujeres" - Rodriguez, Silvio
• "Pasos Dobles"
• "Tania Libertad"
• "Timbiriche, Los 15 Exitos De"
• "Unicornio" - Rodriguez, Silvio
• "Voz de la Siena, La"

Other Available Materials

Maya Culture Boxes: Box that contains items commonly used in everyday Mayan life along with brief descriptions about the use or meaning of each of them.

Latin America, Land of Diversity : A Curriculum Guide for Grades 9-12

Latin America and the Caribbean from a Global Perspective : A Resource Guide for Teachers Published by Florida International University

Four Different Slide-Lecture Presentations : Colonial Mexican Society, Day of the Dead, Life in Contemporary Cuba, and Murals and Muralists in Contemporary Mexico

The Second Voyage of Mimi . A video series on the living Maya. Grades 5-8

Dedos de Luna . Elementary curriculum guide, book with accompanying video Grades K-5.

Traveling Exhibits

Crossing Borders - North Carolina Meets Mexico

Dando Vida a la Muerte: Mexican Day of the Dead, an altar in the Mexican tradition

What can be purchased...

Resource Guides
(prices include shipping and handling)

The Changing Face of Mexico. A Multimedia Resource Packet for North Carolina Educators. This resource packet is designed so that educators seeking to make use of the material need not be experts on Mexico. It provides learners in North Carolina with a broader understanding of Mexican realities, culture, history, and an appreciation of the rich diversity and heritage of people of Mexican descent. Teachers can use the entire packet or one unit of study. It contains: 20 images on the land, people, city life and general culture of Mexico. Slide presentation Mexico: from Techochtitlan to Taco Bell with accompanying lecture and class exercises; 4 units on Mexican cultural celebrations each containing an article on the history and significance of the celebration, classroom activities, a traditional recipe, a short video selection; and a 30 minutes original video with four local Latin American students in North Carolina. $50.00

A Celebration of the Culture and Civilization of Latin America: A Teacher's Resource Guide * (produced by G. Cowel and S. Mújica). This is a teaching resource manual for secondary school teachers containing numerous articles, bibliographies, maps, graphs, two sets of slides (one on pre-Columbian art, the other on Brazil), and a cassette of Latin American folk music. Subjects covered are: art, history, music, food, dance, literature, geography, politics, film, and a special section on the country of Brazil. $45.00
* slide packets on pre-Columbian art and Brazil, and the 60 minute music tape included in this resource guide are available separately. Slide sets: $20.00 each. Audio tape: $10.00

The Mesoamerican Tapestry, PreColumbian Culture and the Living Legacy (compiled by S. Mújica) A teaching resource book focussing on the Precolumbian culture of Mesoamerica. Contains articles, maps, recipes, games, glyphs, activities, pictures, bibliographies and practical advice on ways to integrate Latin American, and particularly pre-Columbian culture and subjects into the curriculum. $45.00

Becoming Better Partners: Mexico, Canada, and the United States.
(compiled by S. Mújica). $45.00

American Art before Columbus: Mexico to Peru (produced by the Duke-UNC Program in Latin American Studies). A teaching resource book for grades K-12 which highlights the achievements and life of the indigenous cultures of Middle and South America before the Conquest. $35.00

Maya Language Materials

View the Yucatec Maya Language Resources for sale.

Slide Presentations

Precolumbian Art - $20.00
Brazil - $20.00
Mexico - $20.00

Music

Canciones de la Vida y Esperanza. 60 minutes of Latin American music including lyrics.$10.00

To purchase materials:
Contact Consortium Outreach Program Coordinator, Tamera Marko, tmarko@duke.edu, or ISA Public Service Director, Sharon Mujica, at smujica@email.unc.edu.