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1. Gaining Cultural Familiarity: Understanding Differences and Similarities

Students will be able to recognize differences and similarities between their own lives and the lives of other children living in a different country. Students will also be able to value the differences that may seem strange to them by allowing themselves to walk in the shoes of other children, and to think about similarities as well as differences.

2. Tropical Ecology in Panama: Classroom Curriculum for Teachers and Students

Tropical forests are charismatic ecosystems, and are ideal for capturing the imagination of school-age students. The incredibly high levels of diversity, the myriad of interesting life-history strategies, and the charismatic fauna and flora found in tropical forests can act as a hook to catch the interest and imagination of students who otherwise have few opportunities to view the world of science

3. Restoring Women to World Studies

Restoring Women to World Studies introduces the notion of gender as a key social category and patriarchy as an important organizing structure in many societies and cultures. The unit then examines these concepts within case studies from the four regions. Each case study is meant to encourage students to address questions about gender roles in the different societies, either in a particular histori

4. Explorers, Traders & Immigrants: Tracking the Cultural and Social Effects of the Global Commodity Trade

A primary-source document based curriculum unit for grades 9-12

5. Using the Movie 'Apocalypto' as a Teaching Tool

In Spring 2007 the Center for Latin American Studies at Georgetown University hosted a lecture series for social studies teachers in the DC area. The series focused on integrating topics from Latin America into the classroom and provided ideas, resources, and curriculum samples for instructors. In this particular lecture, historian Erick Langer analyzed the controversial Mel Gibson film 'Apoca

6. The Costs and Benefits of Ethanol in U.S. and Brazil

As the cost of gas rises, fears regarding climate change swell, and the search for alternative sources of energy persists, many see ethanol as a potential solution. As such, its popularity is on the rise and the United States has begun to build alliances with other nations to explore the possibilities for ethanol’s exploitation. This lesson seeks to expose upper level high school students

7. Video: Globalization from Below

This lecture is given by Luis Macas, Ecuadoran Indigenous Leader and Human Rights Activist.

8. Latin American Revolutions (Mexico, Bolivia, Cuba, and Nicaragua) - Timelines

Detailed timeline of these four important Latin American revolutions of the 20th Century. Put together by: Professor Erick Langer - Georgetown University

9. Latin American History through the 20th-Century Revolutions

Bibliography of the 20th-century Latin American Revolutions: Mexico, Bolivia, Cuba, and Nicaragua

10. Political Database of the Americas

Provides contemporary political and institutional information about the 35 countries of the Western Hemisphere.

11. Criminal Trafficking and Slavery: The Dark Side of Global and Regional Migration

This resource contains a series of videos, Powerpoint presentations and papers discussing the issue of criminal trafficking and slavery on a global level. All resources were produced from 2006 Joint Area Centers Symposium sponsored by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's <a href="http://www.cgs.uiuc.edu/index.html">Center for Global Studies</a> and <a href=&quo