Is your organization interested in collaborating with LACIS? Are you an educator in need of resources related to Latin America, the Caribbean or Iberian Peninsula? Please click here to contact LACIS' Outreach Coordinator, Sarah Ripp, who can assist with these and many other outreach related topics.
Opportunities for Teachers
Links to resources for k-12 Teachers
Opportunities for Teachers
Chile y la Literatura Infantil y Juvenil
June 28-July 30, 2008
Announcement flier (pdf 40k)
Application
Fulbright-Hays Group Project Abroad Santiago, Chile
Summer Study Abroad Program (PENDING FUNDING) in Chile in which Wisconsin K-12 teachers (Spanish and bilingual education) and school librarians, taught by Professor Cecilia Beuchat, will examine the importance of children's literature in examining cultural issues and its pedagogical benefits in language teaching. The dates above are tentative.
Links to Resources for K-12 teachers
Don Quixote in Wisconsin
Fully Funded Trip to Costa Rica
Hispanic Reading Room
Ideas provides Wisconsin educators with teacher viewd standards-aligned lessons, interactive tools, video and other resources. Kids.gov
Latin American themed educational videos may be purchased online through UW Milwaukee
LANIC (U. Texas-Austin)
Library of Congress
Language Link
Myths and Mythic Figures of Latin America: Myths and Mythic Figures of Latin America: A teaching resource providing information about "foundational, development, immigration, nation building, and identity myths" related to Latin America.
Outreach World: This website provides a centralized database of curriculum resources and forum for teaching about international issues in then K-12 classroom
Reach: places international speakers in schools, campus, and community organizations
RETANET (Resources for Teaching about the Americas)
Smithsonian Institute
Spanish learning interactive
The Choices Program: Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University
Title IV Centers: This page provides links to Title IV Centers for all world areas, across the nation. Each center engages in educational outreach. Teachers are encouraged to explore the resoureces offered by different centers.
The Wisconsin Idea in Action
USA.gov
UWM Latin American Media Collection The UW Milwaukee Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies maintinas a lending library of videos, DVDs, slides, music, and curriculum materials. You may request materials online and recieve them via mail.
WIOC (Wisconsin International Outreach Consortium)
