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Americas Book Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Requirements of the ward, nomination forms, and lists of past winners are all available here. This award recognizes works that portray Latin American, the Caribbean, or immigrants from those areas.
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Digital History

Digital History: The Cold War in Developing Countries

For Students 9th - 10th
In Europe, there was less violence in the half century following World War II then in almost any previous period of modern European history. Yet outside of Europe and North America, violent conflict became commonplace. In the decades...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Woodrow Wilson and Foreign Policy

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough review of Woodrow Wilson's foreign policies in these four lessons offered by EDSITEment. Learn the origins of "Wilsonianism," Wilson's views on relations with countries in Latin America, Wilson's decision to enter World War I,...
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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Empire Building

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lengthy essay about American focus on foreign affairs after the Civil War, expanding particularly in the late 19th century. Read about U.S. exploits in the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Pacific...
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California State University

Hux 576 Key Periods and Movements, Art: Ancient Maya

For Students 9th - 10th
Mayan art is mixed in with general information in this two-page article.
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Black Past

Black Past: Roberto (Walker) Clemente

For Students 9th - 10th
This brief encyclopedia entry gives an overview of Roberto Clemente's outstanding career in baseball as well as his humanitarian efforts in Latin America.
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Eduweb

Eduweb: Amazon Interactive

For Students 9th - 10th
Games and activities help students explore the Ecuadorian Amazon. Learn about the rainforest and the Quichua people who call it home, and experiment with running a community-based ecotourism project along the Rio Napo.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: 1930s Isolationism

For Students 5th - 8th
Read about the ways the American government and people looked inward during the 1930s, isolating themselves from actions taking place in Europe and Asia.
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Princeton University

Princeton University: The Art Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
The Art Museum at Princeton University has a permanent collection ranging over time from ancient to contemporary and from the Mediterranean to Western Europe, China, Latin America and the U.S. Greek and Roman antiquities and Roman...
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Nature Conservancy

The Nature Conservancy: Nicaragua Program

For Students 9th - 10th
Nicaragua's natural resources are being threatened by its advancing agricultural frontier. Read what's being done about it at this site.