Other resources:
Curriculum on Latin America: Curricular resources on Latin America that span grade levels and content areas.
Items available include:
Syllabi: For K-12 teachers interested in developing entire courses dedicated to Latin American studies.
Professional Development: A list of in-person professional development opportunities for K-12 educators offered by CLASP member institutions.
Many CLASP member institutions have tangible resources that are available to educators nationwide. These may take the form of lending libraries of books and films, or traveling trunks (also known as traveling suitcases or culture boxes). Relevant items and curricula are available through the CLASP website.
Culture Boxes: Created to support cultural awareness among K-12 students, each culture box consists of materials and curriculum from a country in Latin America to create a stimulating, hands-on experience for students. Countries represented in the culture boxes include: Peru, Honduras, Mexico, Guatemala, Ecuador, Colombia, Cuba, and Brazil.
Curriculum Resources: The Center for Latin American Studies offers books, lesson plans, multimedia materials and other resources to help teachers incorporate Latin American content into their classrooms.
Lending Library: Center for Latin American Studies maintains a comprehensive collection of books, lesson plans, multimedia materials and other resources to help teachers incorporate Latin American content into their classrooms.
Traveling Suitcase: The Center for Latin American Studies offers traveling suitcases, packed with cultural artifacts from Latin America for teachers to use in their classroom.
Thematic topics and areas include:
Latin American Web Resources: The Center is working with K–12 teachers to create a series of resources on a variety of Latin American topics to be used by individual teachers or in conjunction with professional development events.
Curricular Resources: The Latin American Resource Center has produced a variety of curricula, media packets, and curriculum guides to help you bring Latin America into the classroom.
Professional Development: The professional development opportunities offered through the Latin American Resource Center for teachers to learn innovative strategies for introducing Latin America into the K-12 curriculum.
Lending Library: Over 4,000 items about Latin America is available for free short-term loan to all K-16 educators around the country.
Items available for check-out include: