SAMPLE Teacher workshops AND CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES
Latinos in the United States
This multi-media PowerPoint Presentation offers teachers a crash course in the field of Hispanic/Latino studies for application in middle and high school history and social science courses. Focusing on immigration from Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, it provides demographic information, webpage links, lesson plans, primary documents. Interactive activities include critical examinations of photographs, art, literature and music.
The Indigenous Caribbean
This interactive presentation traces the migration and cultural trajectory of the Indigenous people of the Caribbean. It covers early archaic settlers, Tainos, and Caribs (Kalinga) and their respective cultural practices and material cultures.
The Historian's Toolbox in the Classroom
The Historian's Toolbox in the Classroom
This multimedia, interactive PowerPoint presentation opens a historian’s toolbox to unveil a host of pedagogical materials and classroom activities related to Latin American and Cuban history. Materials to be examined are letters, photographs, newspapers, magazines, paintings, currency, and more. Classroom activities include a virtual archaeological dig in the Caribbean and a module on problematizing history and formulating good historical questions.
The Birth of the American Empire
The Historian's Toolbox in the Classroom
Slavery and Resistance in the Atlantic World
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Beyond La Nina, La Pinta and La Santa Maria
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Paths of Arab Culture in Iberia and Latin America
Paths of Arab Culture in Iberia and Latin America
Paths of Arab Culture in Iberia and Latin America
This multi-media PowerPoint presentation traces the paths of Arab culture from its origins in the Arabian Peninsula, through Northern Africa, into the Iberian Peninsula, and ultimately into Latin America. Cultural aspects include linguistics, algebra, food, music, dance, and architecture.
An Archaeological Dig in the Caribbean
Paths of Arab Culture in Iberia and Latin America
Paths of Arab Culture in Iberia and Latin America
This "hands-on" interactive activity allows participants to play the roll of an archaeologist who unearths, identifies and classifies pre-Columbian Caribbean artifacts, ranging from primitive arrowheads to sophisticated ritual artifacts.
Cast in Bronze and Chiseled out of Stone
Paths of Arab Culture in Iberia and Latin America
Cast in Bronze and Chiseled out of Stone
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A History of Cuba in 25 Artifacts
A History of Cuba in 25 Artifacts
Cast in Bronze and Chiseled out of Stone
Dr. Luis Martínez-Fernández narrates Cuba’s complex and convulsed history through twenty-five historical artifacts, including vintage maps, prints, currency, medals, banners, pins, rare books and more. Topics include early colonization, the sugar plantation world, and the Cuban Revolution. The lecture includes a PowerPoint presentation and a display of actual historical artifacts.
A Tribute to Pablo Casals
A History of Cuba in 25 Artifacts
Post-Emancipation Puerto Rico
Historian Luis Martínez-Fernández discusses the life and extraordinary accomplishments of cellist Pablo Casals, widely recognized among the 20th century’s greatest musicians. Casals was also a renowned composer, conductor, teacher, and international humanitarian. He recognized Johan Sebastian Bach as his greatest influence and played his works for over two hours every morning.
Post-Emancipation Puerto Rico
A History of Cuba in 25 Artifacts
Post-Emancipation Puerto Rico
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Integrating Latin American and Caribbean History
This multimedia, interactive presentation recurs to an array of stimulating pedagogical materials used as windows to Latin America’s and the Caribbean’s history; and other sources that mirror the complex interactions among various the roots of the region’s cultures. Materials include common artifacts, works of art, literature, and moving images.
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