1. Andalusia: Virtual Classroom

Art guide and lesson plans for K-12 teachers.

2. Banquet at the Alhambra

Place-out-of-time synthesis: students research and recreate a medieval debate over questions that remain relevant today.

3. Beyond the Ancient Cities

By Jose Maria Merino, translated by Helen Lane (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1994)

4. Bridge to the Future: Enlarging the European Union

As the EU grows, it faces an array of challenges that could reshape the world we live in.

5. Columbus and the Arab World

Exploration of Arab contributions to navigation and geography, including discussion of Columbus's voyage to the New World.

6. Don Quijote de la Mancha: A Cultural Framework

Provides the cultural framework and social context of 16th-century Spain within which Cervantes wrote his classic work.

7. 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

8. Exploring Africa, 15: Africa and the World

Explores the diaspora of peoples of African descent throughout the world.

9. Exploring Africa, 7B: The Era of Global Encroachment

Examines the impact of Europe on Africa through the slave trade and colonial occupation.

10. How the American Revolutionary War Was a European Battle

A thorough outline for the study of the American Revolutionary War, focusing on European involvement in the war

11. Introduction to the European Union

Evolution of the EU, its institutions and currency, and prospects for further expansion.

12. La Familia

Learning about the Spanish family

13. Message Bearers: Coins and Islamic History

Uses coins to teach Islamic History.

14. Platero y Yo / Platero and I

By Juan Ramon Jimenez; selected, translated and adapted from the Spanish by Myra Cohn Livingston and Joseph F. Dominguez, illustrated by Antonio Frasconi (Clarion Books, 1994)

15. Tapestry of Travel

Contributions of Arab/Muslim civilization to geography and world exploration

16. The Clash of Cultures: Moctezuma Hosts Cortés

Lessons for 8th grade about the meeting of Moctezuma and Cortés

17. The Conquest of Aztec Civilization

Lessons covering the history of Spain's conquest of Mexico

18. The Crusades: Voices and Perspectives

Understanding the Crusades through multiple perspectives.

19. The Euro: Money Changes Everything

Seven activities and alternative scenarios for to talk about the euro.

20. The Sad Night: The Story of an Aztec Victory and a Spanish Loss

Written and illustrated by Sally Schofer Mathews (Clarion Books, 1994)

21. Three Latin American Folktales

Exploring culture and geography through Latin American folktales

22. Transmission of Texts from Greek and Roman through Arabic

The transmission of the Greek and Roman classics of philosophical and scientific thought is in large part due to the Arabs who translated and salvaged these works from approximately 500 to 1300 CE.

23. Using Film to Incorporate Culture: "La flor de mi secreto"

Formulating cultural comparisons using the film "La flor de mi secrecto" by Pedro Almodóvar (1995)and Spanish vocabulary

24. Welcome to the House of Wisdom: Bait al-Hikmah

Transmission of scientific knowledge from Islam to the West.