WORLD HISTORY

Viva la Revolución: An Educator’s Guide to the Mexican Revolution *
This interdisciplinary and multifaceted educator’s guide offers introductory activities and a range of curricular activities to encourage discussing the Mexican Revolution in middle and high school classrooms.
Latin American & Iberian Institute, University of New Mexico

Explorers, Traders, and Immigrants: Tracking the Cultural and Social Impacts of the Global Commodity Trade
Inspired by the 2003 Hemispheres Summer Institute for teachers, which explored cultural contact by looking at the food we eat, Explorers, Traders, and Immigrants examines eight global commodities from their points of origin and the social, cultural, political, and economic changes they wrought along their way. Each case study covers the initial discovery of and/or access to a commodity, its progress from local good to international trade, the ramifications of large-scale production, and the drama of its boom-and-bust cycles through the years.
LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies & Collections, The University of Texas

Teaching World History: US — Haiti Relations *
A collection of lesson plans tracking US-Haiti relations by encompassing topics ranging from the Haitian Revolution and its wide-ranging effects, US occupation and policies, and migration and culture, to the struggle for Hispañola and immigration.
Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center, Florida International University

Understanding Migration
What are the reasons that large groups of people have found themselves moving from place to place? What effects does this movement have? And most importantly, how can such a fluid and nebulous concept be presented in a classroom in an easy-to-follow manner with clear lesson objectives and outcomes? Regional case studies were chosen to address these, and other, essential questions.
LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies & Collections, The University of Texas

Brazil: Black Women’s Work and Social Progress Case study from Resorting Women to World Studies, which explores the situation of women–historical and contemporary–in Latin America, the Middle East, Russia, East Europe and Eurasia, and South Asia. Use primary source documents to discuss the contributions of notable women of historical and artistic spaces, examine concepts of gender roles and gender spaces, the issues that are driving women’s movements today.
LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies & Collections, The University of Texas

Exploration and Conquest in the Americas
Inspired by Rethinking School’s Rethinking Columbus: The Next 500 Years, this educator’s guide encourages critical teaching related to the exploration and conquest of the Americas.
Latin American & Iberian Institute, University of New Mexico

The Conquests of Spanish America
These extensive, teacher-developed lesson plans link New Mexico history to the conquest of Spanish America. Their resources can also map onto larger discussions of Spanish American history beyond the state.
Latin American & Iberian Institute, University of New Mexico

Working with Primary Sources
This comparative world resource will help breathe realism and immediacy into learning by harnessing primary sources–the raw materials of history–in your classroom.
LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies & Collections, The University of Texas