CULTURES - LATINO

General Information Websites

Latino American History: A Guide to Resources & Research on the Web:
http://web.uccs.edu/~history/index/latino.html
University of Colorado at Colorado Spring's site for Latin American history. Includes information and links to history, popular culture, religion, and more.

Latin World:
http://www.latinworld.com/
Latino serach engine. Even has a page especially designed for kids.

Hispanicvista:
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html/education.html
A Hispanic heritage page with information nationwide about Hispanic Americans. Categories include education, business, culture, health, and sports. There is even a category for local issues affecting Hispanic Americans in San Diego and Los Angeles.

La Prensa San Diego:
http://www.laprensa-sandiego.org/
This is a weekly, bilingual (English/Spanish) newspaper in San Diego which is also published on the web. It has educational, political and local links as well as an archive of past issues.

Resources for Teachers

Primary and Secondary Education in Latin America:
http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/k-12/
A comprehensive page for teachers to gather ideas. This page is only a small part of the Latin American Network Information Center's site which was created by the University of Texas at Austin.

Additional Reading

Espinoza-Herold, M. (2003). Issues in Latino Education: Race, School Culture, and the Politics of Academic Success. Allyn and Bacon.

Gonzalez, M. et al., (Ed.) (1998). Educating Latino Students: A Guide to Successful Practice. Technomic Publishing.

Johnson, K. R. (1999). How did you get to be Mexican?: A white/brown man’s search for identity. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press.

Pardo, M. (1998). Mexican American women activists: identity and resistance in two Los Angeles communities.

Schmidt, Sr., R. (2000). Language policy and identity politics in the United States.

Slavin, R. E., & Calderón, M. (2001). Effective programs for latino students. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates

Trueba, E. T. (1999). Latinos Unidos: From Cultural Diversity to the Politics of Solidarity. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield.

Trueba, E. T. & Bartolome, L. I. (1997). The education of Latino students: Is school reform enough? ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education. Available online at http://www.ericfacility.net/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed410367.html

Valdes, G. (2001). Learning and not learning English: Latino students in American schools