Latin America Marketing Project

from SCORE H/SS!

http://rims.k12.ca.us/activity/latinmarketing/

Description: You are part of a team of marketing experts that has been hired by a major American fast food company to study the feasibility of selling their product in Latin America. Each marketing team will to investigate a different product and Latin American country. Your group will then make an oral presentation to the C.E.O. and recommend whether your company should enter the Latin American market. Standards 10.10 all, 10.11, and Economics 12.6.1

Author: Madeline Antilla and J. DeMonet, Arcadia High School

Lesson ID: 636

Diego Rivera: Art as Universal Language

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/education/lesson7_procedures.html

Description: Explore Diego Rivera's murals and the social messages that they conveyed. Discuss how the images in Rivera's murals relate to what was happening in Mexico and the United States during this time period and the relations between the two countries. Standards 10.4 all, 10.9.3, 10.10 all, Government 12.9.6

Author:

Lesson ID: 315

Diplomatic Field of Dreams: Investigating U.S.- Cuba Relations and Policy Changes

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/19990106wednesday.html?searchpv=learning_lessons

Description: Explore past U.S.-Cuban relations, by researching various key events and people in the past century and creating a class timeline, in order to evaluate recently-eased restrictions in policy on Cuba and the potential exhibition baseball games between the Baltimore Orioles and the Cuban national team. Standards 10.9.3, 11.9.3, Economics 12.6.3

Author: Alison Zimbalist, The New York Times Learning Network, Lorin Driggs, The Bank Street College of Education in New York City

Lesson ID: 317

Having the Last Word Analyzing the Role of Language in National Identity

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20010516wednesday.html?searchpv=learning_lessons

Description: Explore the relationships among language, national identity and culture by reading and discussing the New York Times article "Rio Journal: Too Much English Is Spoken in Brazil, Some Say." Compare and analyze language preservation issues affecting various countries and discuss the ways that language relates to national identity. Standards 10.10.1 and 10.11

Author: Annissa Hambouz, The New York Times Learning Network, Javaid Khan, The Bank Street College of Education in New York City

Lesson ID: 491

Mock Organization of American States Conference

http://retanet.unm.edu/article.pl?sid=03/05/18/1910311

Description: As diplomats from Latin American countries you come to the conference of the Organization of American States with a resolution to present to your fellow ambassadors that addresses a current critical issue/interest of your country. Standards 10.10 all, 10.11, 11.9.3, 11.9.7 and Economics 12.6.2

Author: Barbara Trujillo, Sandia Prep School

Lesson ID: 724

Using Cartograms to Learn About Latin American Demographics

http://retanet.unm.edu/article.pl?sid=03/05/18/1912011

Description: Make two cartograms of Latin America, one for Gross Domestic Product and one for population. Why and in what way are the two cartograms different? How could cartograms be used by policy makers? Keep the embedded websites up-to-date by consulting the most recent CIA World Fact Book listed on the SCORE website database. Standards 10.10 all

Author: Tim Pelkofer, Vermillion High School

Lesson ID: 1176