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Newsletter
Volume 22, Issue 1
Fall 2007
Welcome back to the beginning of the school year!
Hopefully everyone is ready for the Fall semester and enjoyed the summer break. The Latin American Resource Center has been busy over the summer with the Summer Teacher Institute and preparing for the Fall semester.
The fall is always quite busy with Hispanic Heritage month around the corner and Day of the Dead festivities quickly approaching. There are many activities planned for LARC this semester so please keep checking our website as new events may be added at any time. We are still looking for teachers to participate in the curriculum writing project, please contact me if you are interested <dwolteri@tulane.edu>. Selected teachers will receive an honorarium as well as have the chance to work as an ongoing consultant for local or national conferences.
In this issue of the LARC Outreach Newsletter, please check out upcoming events as well as our new materials at the center.
All the best,
Denise Woltering
LARC Program Manager
In this issue of the LARC Newsletter:
Professional
Development Opportunities for Educators Fall 2007:
Curriculum Writing Project
The winning film from this year's Latin American Environmental Media Festival, "Iaurete/Waterfall of the Jaguars" will now be used in a curriculum writing project. Those selected to participate will earn an honorarium and be supported to create an exemplary curriculum to be used in the K-12 classroom in coordination with the film. The curriculum will be available as one of our online resources accessible to educators nationally. If you are interested in participating on the curriculum writing project, please contact Denise Woltering at crcrts@tulane.edu. You can download the registration form here. To view the film, you can catch a special screening at the 18th Annual New Orleans Film Festival Tuesday, October 16 at 5 pm at the Prytania Theater. For more information on the NO Film Festival click here.
The Art of Gold in the Pre-Columbian World
Old U.S. Mint
400 Esplanade Ave.
October 25, 2007 6:00 PM
Sponsored by the Louisiana State Museum and the Stone Center for Latin American Studies, Professor John Verano, who has participated in the excavation of several of Peru’s richest tombs, will illustrate some of the impressive achievements made by ancient New World metallurgists. This lecture will explore the history of gold and metal work of Peru and highlight the current exhibit on gold at the museum. More information on the exhibit and museum hours can be found here. Other events related to the Gold exhibit are available as well. Pre-register for all events on their website.
Teacher Workshops
Bringing Day of the Dead into the Classroom
Louisiana State Museum's Cabildo at Jackson Square
701 Chartres St.
Saturday, October 27, 2007 1:00 - 5:00 PM
Sponsored by the Stone Center for Latin American Studies and the Louisiana State Museum, this family-oriented event will showcase art, craft, music and teaching resources on Día de Los Muertos. Local artist, Cynthia Ramirez will build and present an altar. Anthropology scholar, Chris Jones will discuss the history and importance of Day of the Dead giving a modern contemporary look at Day of the Dead in New Orleans culture. Classroom-ready materials will be presented and available for all K-12 teachers to prepare for teaching Day of the Dead, November 2nd. All materials are aligned with LA State Content Standards. Check out the postcard. Event free and open to the public, please register for event here.
Visitor Speakers Bureau
Bring the excitement
of first-hand experience in Latin America into your classroom.
Invite a Latin American Studies student or faculty member to share their experiences and
expertise. Check out our list of speaker topics for this Fall 2007, click here.
Spring 2008
Fifth Annual Maya Symposium and Workshop: Sacred Cenotes, Hidden Caverns: Rituals, Beliefs, and Everyday Life Relating to Caves and Cenotes Among the Maya
Teacher Workshop
Tulane University
February 15, 2007
The teacher's workshop is run in conjunction with the Fifth Annual Maya Symposium and is sponsored by the Stone Center for Latin American Studies and the Audubon Zoo. Details on the teacher workshop will be available shortly. For more information, contact Denise Woltering or visit: http://stonecenter.tulane.edu/MayaSymposium/
Outreach
World Features Title VI Resource Materials!
The site contains contact information
for all National and Language Resource Centers. It also list all professional
development activities sponsored by these centers.
Visit www.outreachworld.org
today!
View list
of materials available from the Pebbles Center.
New
Purchases and Acquisitions
Below is a sample of
the new items LARC has purchased for the Lending Library. For a complete
list visist http://stonecenter.tulane.edu/html/LARCNewLLItemsIndex.htm
Documentaries
and Videos:
*All film descriptions come from synopsis on
packaging.
Featured
Web sites:
The Sport of Life and Death:
The Mesoamerican Ballgame
http://www.ballgame.org
This award winning site comes from the Mint Museum of Art as an online
educational companion to their traveling exhibit. The site allows students
to play an actual ballgame, experience the life of the players, and
explore the region where the ballgame was played. This site makes for
an excellent classroom activity.
TeachGlobaled.net
http://www.teachglobaled.net
Finally, a collection of web resources sorted by region and theme, and
updated regularly. This site is uniquely designed for use by K12 educators
and their students. The site is very well organized, including detailed
descriptions of sites so you don't have to waste time surfing the net.
Rainforesteducation.com
http://www.rainforesteducation.com/
Covering most of the larger rainforest throughout the world, Rainforesteducation.com
takes students on a vitural tour through all reaches of the forest.
Most of the information contained within this site is best suited for
middle school students, though there is also a section for young readers.
ZonaLatina.com
http://www.zonalatina.com/Zlchild.htm
A collection of resources on children's books, activities, and other web resources can be found on this site.
The Global Ed Yellow Pages
http://www.globaledyellowpages.org/
This electronic directory of global education resources for K-12 teachers contains nearly 1,000 entries (many of which link to additional sources).
If you would like to make a recommendation
for a website to be added to the LARC featured sites listing, please
a link and a description to crcrts@tulane.edu
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