Directory of Central America Classroom Resources K 12

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Swenson, Mary A.

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Resource Center of the Americas

Many Faces of Mexico is a resource book for learning and teaching about Mexico. Designed for middle- and high-school students, and adult learners, this popular curriculum incorporates extensive background readings, up-to-date statistics, 250-pages of reproducible handouts, maps and dozens of innovative activities, designed for middle and high school, university and adults, Original stories help students identify and interpret multiple perspectives. Through its unique pedagogy, the curriculum develops students' capacity to think about complex issues, make decisions and take action. Twenty four lessons focus on four themes: 
* Where is Mexico? locates Mexico in time and space, and considers questions about perspective, definitions and terminology. 
* What is Mexico? presents political, historical, economic and cultural information. 
* Who are the Mexican people? explores the cultural and ethnic diversity of the Mexican people, including those who live in the United States, using stories, simulations and images. 
* How are people connected? examines the relationship between the people of Mexico, the United States and Canada. 
More than 900 copies of the first edition, published in 1996, have been sold and used extensively in schools and universities throughout the United States and Canada. Up-dated statistics and two new lessons have been added to this second edition.

Many Faces of Mexico

Octavio Ruiz

Amy Sanders

Meredith Sommers

Child Labor is NOT Cheap is a three-lesson unit is inspired by 250 million children who spend most of their days on the job, including hundreds of thousands of child workers in our hemisphere who produce goods for the U.S. market in assembly plants, called maquiladoras. In developing the curriculum, we are responding to requests from educators and students for substantive materials to address this crucial situation.  Child Labor is NOT Cheap was created by the same group who produced Many Faces of Mexico and the video, Central American Children Speak. The new 40-page publication contains 27 pages of reproducible handouts, a bibliography with print, video and worldwide web listings, and clear instructions for using the innovative lessons. It is designed for grades 8-12 and adult study groups.  The first lesson is based on the stunning National Labor Committee video Zoned for Slavery and original articles, arranged to be duplicated for handouts. Lesson two examines the conflict between social responsibility and "the bottom line" through a role-play exercise based on a case study of a U.S. athletic-wear firm with a plant in the Dominican Republic. The third lesson explores actions that have been taken to forge new policies and practices, and then encourages students to develop an action plan.

Child Labor Is Not Cheap: A Unit for Grades 8-12 and Adults

Business & Money

Sanders, Amy

Sommers, Meredith

Human Resources

Many Faces of Mexico is a resource book for learning and teaching about Mexico. Designed for middle- and high-school students, and adult learners, this popular curriculum incorporates extensive background readings, up-to-date statistics, 250-pages of reproducible handouts, maps and dozens of innovative activities, designed for middle and high school, university and adults, Original stories help students identify and interpret multiple perspectives. Through its unique pedagogy, the curriculum develops students' capacity to think about complex issues, make decisions and take action.  Twenty four lessons focus on four themes:  * Where is Mexico? locates Mexico in time and space, and considers questions about perspective, definitions and terminology.  * What is Mexico? presents political, historical, economic and cultural information.  * Who are the Mexican people? explores the cultural and ethnic diversity of the Mexican people, including those who live in the United States, using stories, simulations and images.  * How are people connected? examines the relationship between the people of Mexico, the United States and Canada.  More than 900 copies of the first edition, published in 1996, have been sold and used extensively in schools and universities throughout the United States and Canada. Up-dated statistics and two new lessons have been added to this second edition.

Ruiz, Octavio M.

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