Language, Culture, and Content Connections:
Mexico and the Zapotec Culture
July 12-22, 2004
In collaboration with two other centers, the Stone
Center for Latin American Studies (Tulane
University, New Orleans) and the Center
for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (University
of Wisconsin, Milwaukee), this institute
provided PK-12 Spanish teachers with experience
developing content-related and culturally-rich
thematic units, and helped them develop
skills in teaching strategies, curriculum design,
technology, and use of information sources on Mexico
and the Zapotec culture.
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Rethinking the PK-12 FL Curriculum:
Intrinsically Interesting,Cognitively Engaging, Culturally
Connected, and Articulated
July 27-August 6, 2004
The focus of this institute was on designing and teaching
curricula that were content-related, cognitively challenging,
culturally rich, and which spiral and articulate across
PK-12 levels of instruction. This institute enhanced
the skills of PK-12 classroom teachers of all languages
and the skills of teacher educators and supervisors
who prepare pre- and in-service teachers.
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