The Outreach office of the Carolina and Duke Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies is focused on strengthening relationships with NC schools, providing Latin American resources for classroom use and aiding educators abilities to incorporate Latin American content in language, social studies, communications and art instruction. This is accomplished through professional development workshops, a lending library of Latin American materials, school visitation programs, artists-in-schools programs and traveling art exhibits.
Learn NC: The Changing Face of Mexico This resource for educators consists of four units on aspects of Mexican culture, past and present. Each unit includes historical perspectives, classroom activities, and recipes.
It is adapted from The Changing Face of Mexico: A Multimedia Resource Packet for North Carolina Educators, produced by the Outreach Office of the Institute of Latin American Studies and made possible through funding from the Carolina Center for Public Service, The University of North Carolina, and originally published in 1999.
Activities 2006-2007
Teacher Workshop: Citizens Making Change in Brazil And Why It Matters To Students in the U.S.
Activities 2004-2005
On April 29 and 30, the Outreach Office of the Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies at UNC-CH and Duke University offered a comprehensive workshop on the history, culture, and geography of the Southern Cone, the intriguing lower half of the South American continent. During these two days, twenty-seven high school teachers gathered to discuss and learn about the history, geography, gastronomy and music of this fascinating region. They were exposed to the general historical and geographical trends of the region since the sixteenth century, could observe satellite images highlighting the major geographical features of the region, listen to presentations around the Spanish conquest, the Colonial Period and the Independence era, take note of some passages of short stories from recognized authors, and literally set eyes on present day images of the cities and even tastes from the local gastronomies. Attendants were also given Power Point presentations, cookbooks and other resources to be distributed and used in their classrooms.
PowerPoint Presentations
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