Latin American Cultures

Middle School Classes develop an understanding of world cultures in connection with language. Culture matters.

Culture isn't just a list of holidays or shared recipes, religious traditions, or language; it is a lived experience unique to each individual.

Culturally Relevant Curriculum

Curriculum, in its most simple, essential, commonly understood form, is the "what" of education. It is crucial to academic performance and essential to culturally responsive teaching that includes a myriad of voices and multiple ways of knowing, experiencing, and understanding life that can help students to find and value their own voices, histories, and cultures.

Topics of Study

Aztec Civilization, Mayan Contributions, Geography, Día de Los Muertos, Las Posadas, La Familia, El Cuerpo, Los Animales, El Tiempo, El Calendario, El Reloj