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Bean, Frank D., Van Hook, Jennifer, Woodrow-Lafield, Karen – 2001
This report presents estimates of the number of unauthorized immigrants in the United States in mid-2001 for the total unauthorized population, Mexican unauthorized population, and non-Mexican Central American unauthorized population. Researchers subtracted estimates of the numbers of persons residing in the country legally from the numbers of…
Descriptors: Latin Americans, Mexicans, Migrants, Population Trends
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Sadler, J. D. – Classical Journal, 1972
Traces etymological sources of English words to their Latin origins. (RL)
Descriptors: Classical Languages, Etymology, Language Research, Latin
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Kelly, David H. – Classical Outlook, 1973
Argues that Latin and Greek are indispensable tools'' for students majoring in English and related humanistic studies and seeking to acquire an appreciation of the origins and evolution of their subject area. (RL)
Descriptors: Classical Languages, Instructional Program Divisions, Latin, Student Motivation
Nussbaum, G. B. – Didaskalos, 1971
Descriptors: Classical Literature, Language Rhythm, Latin, Poetry
Ivie, Stanley D. – Peabody J Educ, 1970
Descriptors: Cultural Enrichment, Educational Philosophy, Latin American Culture, Philosophy
Sadler, J. D. – Cl J, 1970
Describes "Spoonerisms" occurring in Latin and Greek words and phrases. (DS)
Descriptors: English, Greek, Latin, Nouns
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Lundquist, Joegil – Classical Outlook, 1983
Discusses the benefits of beginning Latin instruction in elementary school. (EKN)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Language Skills, Latin, Second Language Instruction
Zjawin, Dorothy – Instructor, 1980
Presents a number of Columbus Day activities which concern both Columbus and the other early explorers of North and South America. (SJL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Latin American History, Units of Study
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Davis, J. Gary – Hispania, 1977
Presents various arguments on the etymology of the Spanish word "trabajo" from several Latin antecedents. (CHK)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Dictionaries, Etymology, Latin
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Suarez, Virgil – MultiCultural Review, 1997
Represents an autobiographical essay of Virgil Suarez's life, his migration to the United States, and the mentors who have led him to his life's work as a writer. (GR)
Descriptors: Authors, Cubans, Hispanic Americans, Latin American Literature
Oliveira, Cecilia Helena Lorenzini de Salles – Horizontes, 1998
Brings a different reading of 1824's Brazilian Imperial Political Constitution. Discusses some historical and political circumstances of the document's construction. Investigates practices, conceptions, and supports that could have clarified some principles stressed by the document, especially those related to citizenship matters. (PA)
Descriptors: Citizenship, Foreign Countries, Latin American History, Political Issues
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Magendzo, Abraham – Intercultural Education, 2005
Because we started to work with teachers on human rights education in Latin American in the middle of the 1980s, with dictatorial regimes in power, we understood that our pedagogical approach needed to be a critical one. This transformative process of change has not been easy. Many personal, social, political and cultural challenges have been…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Latin Americans, Childrens Rights, Civil Rights
Shoaff, Jennifer Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This research sterns from twelve months of ethnographic research with Haitian migrant women who reside in "Batey Sol", a former sugar-company labor camp located along the "Linea Noroeste" (northwest line) linking the Dominican Rebulic's border town of Dajabon with the urban center of Santiago. The multi-sited study considers…
Descriptors: Females, Ethnography, Global Approach, Foreign Countries
Cuelenaere, Laurence Janine – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Building on 18 months of fieldwork in the Bolivian highlands, this dissertation examines how traversing landscapes, through the mediation of spatial practices and spoken words, are embedded in systems of belief. By focusing on "wak'as" (i.e. sacred objects) and on how the inhabitants of the Altiplano relate to the Andean deities known as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Democracy, American Indian Languages, Power Structure
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Macedo Dekaney, Elisa; Cunningham, Deborah A. – Music Educators Journal, 2009
For the past century and more, music education in the United States has focused primarily on Western European music traditions. Despite considerable efforts to include music from other regions and peoples in the curriculum, traditional music from world cultures is still not greatly represented. The benefits of a curriculum that incorporates…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Public Schools, Music Education, Music
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