Web Resources
Books
Looking for a book on a Latin American Topic? Check out the Barahona Center. The Barahona Center is housed at California State San Marcos. The site guides you through a search and gives you grade and age-specific titles!

Latin America
http://www.americas.org/
Great for last minute news from Latin American countries. You can also search the archives for specific topics. "The Resource Center informs, educates and organizes to promote human rights, democratic participation, economic justice and cross-cultural understanding in the context of globalization in the Americas."

http://ladb.unm.edu/retanet/
Resources for teaching about the Americas. Search for lesson plans, photos, and others. Subject areas include social science, art, literature, and science and math. RetaNet is an outreach project of the Latin America Data Base (LADB), a part of the Latin American Institute at the University of New Mexico

http://lanic.utexas.edu/info/sitemap/
Provides links to information by country or subject. Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC) is affiliated with the Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.

Zapatistas
Powerpoint presention by Sarah Poole, Latin American Studies MA student. Prepared for Latin American Film Series for Educators. Click here.

Films on the Zapatistas. Discription of some of the films on the Zapatista uprising of Chiapas, Mexico.

http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/Zapatistas/
This site contains the full text of the book ¡Zapatistas! Documents of the New Mexican Revolution. Detailed and printable.

http://www.eco.utexas.edu/Faculty/Cleaver/zapsincyber.html
This site is an excellent guide to the many sites on the Zapatista rebellion of Chiapas, Mexico.

http://www.ezln.org
This site is in Spanish. Frequently asked questions, photos, and more. Great for Spanish teachers.

General
http://www.teachers.net/
Chat with other teachers on the chatboards, find a games, and search for age/grade appropriate lesson plans.

Geography
http://worldatlas.com/aatlas/world.htm
Maps by country and continent. Also includes outline maps for tests!

Math
http://www.oanda.com/converter/classic
This site allows you to currency conversions for all countries of the world. You convert to/from any currency and you can compare different dates for the same country.

Lesson Plans
Elementary School
Latin America Activity Booklet

Middle School

High School