Contemporary Issues in U.S.-Mexico Relations, 2000 (SPICE)

Lessons include:

1. Setting the Context for U.S.-Mexico Relations
2. Studying Contemporary Immigration Through Small Group Work
3. What is NAFTA?: A Look at International Trade and Economics
4. NAFTA and the Environment: The Debate Continues

Episodes in the History of U.S.-Mexico Relations, 2000 (SPICE)

Lessons include:

1. Setting the Context for U.S.-Mexico Relations
2. The Fight for Texas and the Mexican-American War
3. The Bracero Program

Global Encounters: Sounds of Brazil, 2003-2004 (Carnegie Hall)

Includes Music of Brazil CD:

• Introduction: Sounds of Brazil
  The introduction provides a general overview pf the music of Brazil, including musical styles and movements that are used throughout the three themes.
• Theme 1: Identity
  The first theme explores music creates and shapes identities, as well as communicates information about people and culture.
• Theme 2: Nationalism
  The second theme examines the multiple ways that music fosters national pride and consciousness in a country.
• Theme 3: Conflict and Change
  The third theme focuses on music as a means to critique and oppose different points of view.
• Resources:
  This final section of the Teacher's Guide provides the following support materials: lists of state and National Standards for history, geography, and music; references; and suggestions for further information.

Mapping Latin America, 1992 (SPICE)

Lessons include:

1. Getting Oriented on Globes and Maps
2. Countries of Latin America
3. Learning the Physiographic Features of Latin America
4. Latin America's Top Fifteen Countries
5. Latin American Climate
6. Map Projections
7. Geographical Pursuit

The Many Faces of Mexico, 1998
(Resource Center of the Americas)

Includes 5 Units with 21 Lessons:

• Unit 1 - Mexico: It's Place in the Americas
• Unit 2 - Pre-contact to the Spanish Invasion of 1521
• Unit 3 - Colonialism to Independence: 1521-1810
• Unit 4 - Mexican/American War to the Revolution: 1810-1920
• Unit 5 - Revolutionary Mexico through the Present Day

Visions of History: the Aztecs and the Spanish, 1996 (SPICE)

Includes:

• Two Sides to Every Story
• The Spanish Empire
• The Letters of Hernando Cortes
• The "True" History of the Conquest
• The Aztec Empire
• The Florentine Codex
• Songs of Sorrow
• Retelling of Historical Events
• Danza de la Conquista
• The Aztecs and the Spanish in Diego Rivera's Murals
• Moments in History

U.S.-Mexico Economic Interdependence, Perspectives from Both Sides of the Border, 2000 (SPICE)

Lessons include:

1. Setting the Context for U.S.-Mexico Relations
2. Categories of Trade: The U.S.-Mexico Case
3. Interdependence and Devaluation: A Case Study
4. Twin Cities Working Together: A Case Study