K-12 Teacher Workshop
Latin America: Issues 2007
Friday, October 5, 2007

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Agricultural Development

• Agricultural innovation in Latin America

Day of the Dead Resources

• Arts and Crafts
• Background Information
• Lesson Plans

Bio-fuel Development

• The Brazilian Ethanol Program Lessons Learned and Perspectives: Renato Bertani
• Bio-fuels hold much promise analysts say
• Brazil leading the US in the bio-fuels race
• President Bush and President Lula of Brazil Discuss Biofuel Technology
• Brazil launches new policy for biotechnology
• Lula tour pushes Brazil biofuels

Eco-tourism

• Latin American Eco-Tourism
• Amazon Basin web sites
• Evidence of Ancient Towns Found in the Amazon Basin
• Peru Conservation
• Ecuador National Parks
• Internet Sites Related to Eco-Tourism from Dr. Amanda Stronza
• Hosts and Hosts: The Anthropology of Community-Based Ecotourism in the Peruvian Amazon - Dr. Amanda Stronza
• Learning Both Ways: Lessons from a Corporate and Community Ecotourism Collaboration - Dr. Amanda Stronza

El Salvador

• The Impact of Migration on El Salvador: Dr. Nadia Flores
• Class Struggle
• Coffee and Bio-Diversity in El Impossible
• El Salvador Migration
• Who Are the Indigenous People
• Migration Trends in Six Latin American Countries Lesson Plan

General information about Latin America

• Flags of Latin America
• Tour of South America
• Websites and lesson plans about Latin America
• Introduction to Latin America
• Mapping South America
• South American Cultures
• World Heritage List

Maps

• Geological map of Latin America
• Map of Latin America
• Map of Central America

Media Literacy

• Media Literacy: Focusing the lens on Latin America: Dr. Srividya Ramasubramanian
• Cash-and-Carry Rule: Venezuela's Hugo Chávez cements his autocracy with petrodollars and another push for 'reform.'
• Critical Media Pedagogy: Lessons from the Thinking Television Project. Kavoori & Matthews.
• Exploring the dimensions of Global Citizenship. Goodreau et al. (lesson plan)
• Immigration-Custom Video
• Internet Resources
• Latin America: Media Conglomerates. Loranzo, 2007.
• MULTIPLE PROXIMITIES BETWEEN TELEVISION GENRES AND AUDIENCES: The Schism between Telenovelas’ Global Distribution and Local Consumption. La Pastina & Straubhaar, 2005
• Soap Operas in Latin America
• The Self-Absorbed Bully: A Brazilian View of the United States at War. La Pastina, 2004
• 'Why Do They Hit the Headlines?' critical media literacy in the foreign language class. Ramos, 2001

Politics

• Is Latin America Democratic?: Dr. Maria Escobar-Lemmon
• Escobar-Lemmon Handout
• Discussion Guide
• Immigration sites Annenberg
• In Rural Argentina the Legacy of Migration
• Improved Logistics Key of Latin America

Seeing Culture

• Seeing Culture Research Study: Dr. Lauren Cifuentes
• Seeing Culture website address