For TeachersResources related to My Name Is Celia/Me llamo Celia
Tools for Teachers on My Name Is Celia
Created by Northland Publishing
New Curriculum on Celia
Designed by Américas Award judge and multicultural educator, Linda Kreft
The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History
The museum is currently hosting a phenomenal exhibit on Celia Cruz--it's brilliant! Includes lesson plans for K-12, too!
Celia Cruz, the Official Website
(includes information on her autobiography published posthumously)
Profile of Cuba from National Geographic MapMachine
Cubans--Their History and Life
(includes information about immigration, Cuban Americans, Cuban Spanish, etc)
General Background on Salsa Music
Resources related to My Name Is Gabriela/Me llamo Gabriela
Tools for Teachers on My Name is Gabriela
Created by Luna Rising
Nobel Prize for Literature (1945)
Mapping South America (National Geographic Site)
Select Locator Booth (Mapping South America). Includes lessons for K-12.
Profile of Chile from National Geographic MapMachine
PoetryTeachers.com
Teaching Poetry Writing & How to Teach Poetry
Lesson Plans on Poetry from the Academy of American Poets:
Resources related to My Name Is Gabito/Me llamo Gabito
NPR audio
Gabriel García Márquez returns to Aracataca on his 80th and children sing for him
Gabriel García Márquez's 1982 Nobel Prize lecture (in English and Spanish)
Macondo
A comprehensive site on all things related to Gabriel García Márquez
A Primer on Magical Realism
Wikipedia
Article on the United Fruit Company and Banana Politics in Latin America
The Children's Theater of Minneapolis' Family Guide to the Play
A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings (adapted from Gabriel García Márquez's story)
Resources related to Butterflies on Carmen Street
Science Museum of Minnesota
Monarch Watch
Journey North
(an Annenberg project that tracks wildlife migration)
A Visit to the Monarch sanctuaries in Mexico
How to Create a Butterfly Garden
Creating a butterfly garden
Scholastic
Site on Immigration, Past and Present
Resources related to Pelé, King of Soccer
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