Last year for Black History Month we focused on Arturo Schomburg—this year we offer more resoures about him and Afro-Latinx communities in the US. CBS has a short video as an overview to Schomburg’s life and speaking with his grandson; the National Museum … Continue Reading »
Pelé and Latin American Sports
Sports hero Pelé passed away last month at age 82. Today we offer resources on telling Pelé’s story as well as sports in Latin America. TeachingBooks has 82 resources including 4 videos, 4 book readings, and 27 lesson plans to support six books on Pelé … Continue Reading »
Tropical Is Political: Caribbean Art Under the Visitor Economy Regime
The Americas Society is hosting an exhibition about the complexity of Caribbean economies being largely based on tourist dollars. While the exhibition is in-person, a pocket book available in Spanish and English can guide your students through some of the pieces that are included … Continue Reading »
Conserva Aves
A new partnership among Audubon, BirdLife International, American Bird Conservancy, and the Network of Latin American and Caribbean Environmental Funds (RedLAC) called Conserva Aves is looking to fill in conservation gaps in Latin America and the Caribbean. The article on Audubon’s site … Continue Reading »
LGBT History Month
LGBT History Month is October in the US, and to celebrate we are honoring LGBTQ+ communities of Latin America and the Caribbean. Cuba has a new family code that legalizes same-sex marriage Meet La La Liu, a queer Dominican-Chinese Marvel superhero Last … Continue Reading »
Latinx Heritage Month
Teaching for Change’s Teach Central America Week is coming up on October 3-9 for Latinx Heritage Month (Sept 15-Oct 15). They have “lessons, booklists, biographies of noted historical figures, and readings for free use by classroom teachers.” For more information, visit their site here. Hispanic … Continue Reading »
Pablo Neruda y la política
The Memoria Chilena project through the Biblioteca Nacional de Chile has a piece in Spanish about the politics of author Pablo Neruda, and how impossible it is to separate his work and his political beliefs. This piece includes a presentation, related documents, images, and … Continue Reading »
Archeology and Anthropology in a LAC Context
The Arch and Anth Podcast, hosted by Dr Michael B. C. Rivera, “aims to provides entertaining and educational content about archaeology and anthropology.” The 150 episodes include a variety of topics and covers many areas, including artifact restitution to Colombia, Mexico, and Peru, archaeology … Continue Reading »
imagineRio
Rice University has made available a digital redesign of the imagineRio project, a “digital atlas of Rio over space and time” that include artists’ renderings of the city over time, maps, narratives in both English and Portuguese, and other items. Find the … Continue Reading »
Migration Stories, Lynden Sculpture Garden
Lynden Sculpture Garden, just north of Milwaukee, is celebrating World Refugee Day on June 26th with their HOME program. The free event includes vending of food and other items from the HOME community, music from Samba da Vida MKE, and an art exhibition featuring wearable … Continue Reading »