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Callis, Janette M. – 1996
This simulation allows students to experience a race from El Paso, Texas to the tip of South America. The students travel through each of the Latin American countries learning as much as they can about each country and completing one report per group. Next, the teams present their report and projects, draw general information/history question…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Latin American Culture
Roth, Peter – 1993
This simulation allows students to explore the lives of the great rulers of the Mayan culture. Students learn the mysterious history of the Maya by decoding glyphs, investigating the unusual religion of the Maya, unraveling the complex Mayan calendar, and discovering the Mayan number system's secret meanings. Specific cooperation skills are taught…
Descriptors: American Indian History, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedFantozzi, Carla; And Others – Art Education, 1994
Presents four lesson plans designed to teach about Frank Lloyd Wright's "Hollyhock House" to primary, intermediate, and secondary art students. Provides an overview describing the history and design of the house, including its relationship to Mayan architecture. Includes nine photographs and original drawings of the building. (CFR)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Architecture, Art Appreciation, Art Education
Peer reviewedCheoros, Peter – Social Education, 1993
Presents a lesson plan on the early settlement of California by Spanish and Mexican colonists. Discusses the physical and cultural changes in the region from Spanish colonial days to modern times. Includes two primary source readings, two maps, and diagrams of a colonial ranch site, now on the National Register of Historic Places. (CFR)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Class Activities, Cultural Influences, Culture Contact
Finer, Neal B. – 1981
Designed to be used as part of a comprehensive social studies program on Mexican culture, this two-volume manual, written in Spanish, offers an instructional package on Mexican culture, stressing an art-architecture perspective, which can be used at the secondary, college and adult levels. The teacher's guide, Volume I, includes a discussion of a…
Descriptors: Architecture, Art, Bilingual Education, Cultural Awareness
Van Duzer, Carol; Burt, Miriam – 1999
This multimedia, integrated educational package offers high beginning through intermediate adult English language learners (ELLs) an opportunity to develop communication skills and acquire cultural content knowledge relevant to their daily lives. The videotape and accompanying textbook and teacher's guide focus on the five members of an immigrant…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Culturally Relevant Education, Educational Opportunities, English (Second Language)
