Curricula for Educators and Study Groups
About Our Curricula
As a community-based organization, we believe that it is important to make connections to issues and concerns in the United States and Latin America in order to make the education and empowerment of people in this country more effective and enduring.
Placing an Order
For Individuals
Outside Minnesota: Calculate the total of your order including curricula and shipping/handling and send order instructions and a check to Resource Center of the Americas 3019 Minnehaha Ave, Suite 20 Minneapolis, MN 55406. There is no sales tax on out of state orders. You may also call the office to pay by credit card 612-276-0788 x3.
Within Minnesota: Call the office at 612-276-0788 x3 to obtain a total. We require check or credit card information prior to mailing your materials.
For Organizations
Fax your Purchase Order and proof of tax exempt status (if applicable) to (612) 605-3252. We will respond with an invoice and can accept payment over the phone by credit card or will ship materials upon receipt of a check.
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Central American Children Speak: Our Lives and Our Dreams (DVD/VHS)
Winner of the National Educational Media Networks’ Bronze Apple Award, this video opens in a Minneapolis classroom where fourth-graders ask questions about their peers in Central America. It then shows the daily lives of children in Guatemala and Nicaragua, beautifully illustrating that all kids have similar dreams, fears, and hopes.
The video is split into five eight-minute sections that can be viewed separately. 1994. 40-minute video and 28-page educator’s guide.
Available in English
Designed for Grades 4-12 and Adults
Priced at $18 for Individual Purchase and $48 for Schools/Institutional Purchase (includes shipping/handling of 1 copy)
Available in DVD or limited quantities of VHS
Minimum order quantity 1
Copyright & Use Restrictions: May not be reproduced.
Many Faces of Mexico, 2nd Edition
To help us learn what we need to know to be better neighbors, an interdisciplinary guide to teaching about contemporary Mexico and the rich diversity of the Mexican people. The curriculum contains background, primary source materials, clearly designed lesson plans, maps, 250 pages of reproducible handouts, and dozens of activities with engaging and challenging content.
Original stories help students identify and interpret multiple perspectives. Through its unique pedagogy, the curriculum expands students’ understanding and develops their capacity to make decisions and take action.
By Octavio Ruiz, Amy Sanders, Meredith Sommers. 1998. 348 pages.
Available in English
Designed for Grades 6-12 and adults
Priced at $39.95 , with an 87-page Spanish Supplement available for $12 (includes shipping/handling of 1 copy)
Minimum order quantity 1
Copyright & Use Restrictions: May be reproduced in small quantity for small group use.
Child Labor is not Cheap
This innovative curriculum focuses on the more than 250 million children who spend most of their days on the job, including hundred of thousands in maquiladoras across the Americas where they sew clothing and other goods for the U.S market. The three units include 28 pages of reproducible handouts, posters, maps, website suggestions, and other sources.
By Amy Sanders and Meredith Sommers. 1997. 41 pages.
Designed for Grades 8-12 and adults.
Available in English.
Priced at $29.95 (includes shipping/handling of 1 copy)
Minimum order quantity: 1
Copyright & Use Restrictions: May be reproduced in small quantity for small group use.
The Cost of your $hirt
This simulation exercise is based on the real-life drama of a Guatemala City maquiladora. Exploring the global issues behind a union dispute, students play roles of plant managers, workers, government representatives and concerned U.S citizens.
Available in English
Designed for Grades 10-12 and adults
Minimum order quantity 1
Pricing: $18 (includes shipping/handling of 1 copy)
Copyright & Use Restrictions: This product ships as a single information packet for instructors. This copy may be reproduced within a single organization.
Latino Voices: Stories of Latin American Immigrants and their Impact in a Community
This exciting 60-page collection of stories amplifies the voices of immigrants to the Twin Cities from Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Colombia, Bolivia, Puerto Rico, Ecuador, and Chile. In gripping detail, 18 immigrants share why they left their countries, how they journeyed north to Minnesota, the challenges they have faced here, and their hopes for the future. The book also includes background information about each country.
In addition to the Latino Voices, the publication includes interviews with five long-time residents who have been deeply affected by their contact with the Latino community. Their stories demonstrate ways in which people are becoming acquainted and building bridges.
Edited by Meredith Sommers and Anne Holzman. 2000. 60 pages.
Available in English
Designed for Grades 8-12 and adults
Priced at $7.95 (includes shipping/handling of 1 copy)
Minimum order quantity: 1
Copyright & Use Restrictions: No more than 5 pages may be reproduced.
Buen Viaje: Mutually Beneficial Tourism
This innovative, bilingual curriculum about traveling with care in Mexico creates curiosity for travel while examining the impact of tourism on visitors, the host community, and the environment. It educates and encourages students and travelers to make critical decisions that are mutually beneficial for people and our planet. Included are four lessons, clear instructions, a bibliography, and 48 pages of reproducible handouts in English and Spanish.
By Alexandra Mattson, Octavio Ruiz, and Meredith Sommers. Translation by Manual Fernandez. 1999. 54 pages.
Grades 8-12 and adults.
Minimum order quantity: 1
Pricing: $18 (includes shipping/handling of 1 copy)
Copyright & Use Restrictions: This product ships as a single information packet for instructors. This copy may be reproduced within a single organization.
Rigoberta Menchu: The Prize that Broke the Silence
This education packet profiles the Guatemalan indigenous human-rights leader who won the 1992 Nobel peace Prize. It incorporates photographs, journal exercises, maps, and a simulation about family life, and group decision making to help participants examine relationships between indigenous and non-indigenous peoples.
Available in English. 1992. 26 pages.
Grades 7-12 and adults.
Minimum order quantity: 1
Pricing: $18 (includes shipping/handling of 1 copy)
Copyright & Use Restrictions: This product ships as a single information packet for instructors. This copy may be reproduced within a single organization.
