Bibliography
Websites for Students
06 June 2007 http://www.nationalgeographic.com>. A good resource for students to browse for geographical info.
26 July 2007 www.indo.com/distance. A resource to calculate distances between geographic areas.
"Cuba." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. 07 July 2007 www.encyclopediabritannica.com/nations/cuba>. Useful info for study about this island.
"Dominican Republic." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. 07 July 2007 www.encyclopediabritannica.com/nations/dominicanrepublic>. Useful info for study about this island.
"Puerto Rico." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. 07 July 2007 www.encyclopediabritannica.com/nations/puertorico>. Useful info for study about this island.
Books for Students
Alvarez, Julia. A Gift of Gracias. New York: Knopf Books, 2005. A story from The Dominican Republic; Our Lady of Thanks helps a family whose livelihood is threatened by poor crops. Appropriate for the Advanced English language reader.
Alvarez, Julian. Secret Footprints. Cambridgeshire, UK: Dragonfly Books, 2002. The delightful story of the ciguapas, a secret tribe whose feet are on backwards!
Bernier-Grand, Carmen T., and Ernesto Ramos Nieves. Juan Bobo Four Folktales From Puerto Rico. 1st Ed. ed. New York: HarperCollins, 1994. A "beginning to read" bilingual selection of Juan Bobo tales.
Campoy, F. Isabel, and Alma Flor Ada. Tales Our Abuelita Told. New York: Atheneum Books, 2006. A great anthology of Hispanic folktales, with authors' annotations following each story.
De Paola, Tomie. The Lady of Guadalupe. New York: Holiday House, 1980. The story of Our Lady of Guadalupe and her appearance to the Indian Juan Diego.
Gonzales, Lucia. The Bossy Gallito. New York: Scholastic, 1999. A cumulative tale about a bossy rooster on his way to a wedding.
Jaffe, Nina. The Golden Flower. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996.A lovely Puerto Rican creation myth.
Montes, Marisa. Juan Bobo Goes to Work. South China Co, LTD., 2000. Juan Bobo is the silly fool who manages to foul up the simplest tasks.
Parish, Peggy. Good Work, Amelia Bedelia. Bedford Hills, N.Y: Educational Enrichment Materials, 1980. Literally minded Amelia Bedelia misinterprets her boss's directions.
Ramirez, Michael R. The Legend of the Hummingbird. New York: Mondo, 1998. A Puerto Rican myth of unrequited love.
Websites for Teachers
26 July 2007 http://www.webster.edu/~corbetre/ haiti/history/precolumbian/tainover.htm>.
"Finding Your Way: Using Maps and Globes." United Streaming. 1990. Rainbow Educational Media. 06 June 2007 http://www.unitedstreaming.com>. Wonderful resource for information; extensive geographic vocabulary and tools.
"Geography of the Caribbean." United Streaming. 2004. Discovery Channel School. 06 June 2007 http://www.unitedstreaming.com>. Good overview to begin unit study.
"Latin America: the People." United Streaming. 2002. Aims Multimedia. 06 June 2007 http://www.unitedstreaming.com>.
Pew Hispanic Center. 26 July 2007 http://pewhispanic.org/files/other/ middecade/Table-4.pdf>. Useful statistics for Hispanic populations in the U.S at mid-decade.
Books for Teachers
Bierhorst, John, ed. Latin American Folktales. New York: Pantheon Book, 2002.This is a great selection of myths and folktales from all over Latin America.
Delacre, Lulu. Salsa Stories. Scholastic, 2000. A Latin American "Canterbury Tales"!- a New Year's party turns into a story telling event, as guests from all over Latin America relive childhood memories.
Garrison, Webb B. Why You Say It. Nashville, Tenn: Rutledge Hill P, 1992. An amusing assortment of English expressions, and their explanations. A good supplemental resource for the teaching of figurative language.
Gonzalez, Juan. Harvest of Empire. New York: Penguin Books, 2000. A great historical reference about Latin American presence in the United States.
Lamo-Jimenez, Mario, trans. The Emerald Lizard. Little Rock: August House, Inc., 1999. This is a nice assortment of Latin American tales, written in bilingual format.
Mohr, Nicholasa, and Antonio Martorell. The Song of El Coqui and Other Tales of Puerto Rico. New York: Viking, 1995. A wonderful resource, with stories from each of the ethnic groups (Taíno, African, and Spanish) that contributed to modern day Puerto Rican identity.
Peregoy, Suzanne F., and Owen Boyle. Reading, Writing & Learning in ESL a Resource Book for K-12 Teachers. 3rd Ed. ed. New York: Longman, 2001. This book is a valuable resource for beginning ESL teachers. Theory and methodology translate into solid strategies for language acquisition.
Pérez, Elvia. From the Winds of Manquito. Ed. Margaret R. Macdonald. Trans. Paula Martin. Westport: Libraries Unlimited, 2004. An assortment of Cuban folktales, in Spanish and English. It includes rondas, games, songs and recipes from the island.
Polette, Keith. Read & Write It Out Loud! Guided Oral Literacy Strategies. Boston: Pearson/a and B, 2005. A useful assortment of oral literacy activities.
Suarez-Rivas, Maite, ed. An Illustrated Treasury of Latino Read Aloud Stories. Trans. Alma Moore. New York: Black Dog & Leventhal, 2004. This is a beautifully illustrated selection of Latin American folktales, told in a bilingual format.
Tobar, Marvin. Scholastic Book of Idioms. New York: Scholastic, Inc., 1998. This book is chock full of interesting English idioms, and it explains their origins as well.
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