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Community
and School Programs
The Latin American Resource
Center is an active participant in the educational system of New Orleans,
LA. LARC also regularly offers a number of community based events each
year, partnering with organizations such as the New Orleans Museum of
Art, Ogden Musem, Audubon Zoo and many others. Whether it's in the classroom
or in the community, LARC proudly brings the study of Latin America
to New Orleans and the surrounding area. Below is a list of projects
LARC currently has underway. If you would like more information on any
of our Special Programs, please contact
us.
Latin American Collaborations
Metairie Park Country Day School, New Orleans, LA
Samuel J. Green Middle School, New Orleans, LA
This project is at Country Day and Green Middle School this year allowing
students to gain an expertise on the culture and riches
of Latin America through the offering of a Latin American Studies course
at both the high school and middle school level. This course is team taught with a Stone Center
graduate student and the teacher on-record at both schools. Both classes meet four times a week to explore Latin America through literature and cultural activies. Often, the instruction is supplemented
by guest lectures, specialized performance workshops, school wide presentations,
and more.
 The
Pebbles Center-
Learning about Latin America at the New Orleans Public
Library
Children's
Resource Center
New Orleans Public Library
In April of 2004 Tulane University
and the New Orleans Public Library created the Pebbles Center to enhance
the learning and lives of the children of our city by offering them
resources and opportunities to experience the rich diversity of Latin
America and its people. The Pebbles Center is housed at the Children's
Resource Center at 913 Napoleon Avenue. Since its inauguration, the
Pebbles Center has acquired over three hundred bilingual, English and
Spanish language children’s books, tapes and videos on Latin America
and the Caribbean. Each year a regional theme is chosen to guide acquisitions,
special events and activities. Book and financial donations related
are always welcomed. Please contact
us if you wish to donate, volunteer or would like more information.
Click here to learn more about events at the Pebbles Center in 2008!
Fourth Annual Latin American Children's
Festival - Celebracion Latina
On April 6th, 2008 from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Tulane University ’s Center for Public Service, the Hispanic Apostolate, the New Orleans Public Library and the Children's Resource Center on the corner of Napoleon and Magazine in Laurence Square will host the 4th Annual Latin American Children's Festival.
The festival will provide children and families of New Orleans with a fun
introduction to the many cultures of Latin America through interactive
music and dance performances, arts and crafts, food and local representatives
of Latin American countries. This year's festival will build a stronger understanding and appreciation for our community. Come out, bring your lawn chair and join us for
CELEBRACIÓN LATINA with some great food, music, and cultural activities.
View
poster for this year's event
View
photos from Pebbles Center Inauguration with author Jorge Argueta
List of materials
available at the Pebbles Center
Past Projects
Latin
American Immersion Project
McMain High School and Thurgood Marshall Middle
School
New Orleans, LA
High School Initiative
Now in it's third year, the Latin American Immersion Project allows
students at a Orleans Parish Public School to expertise the richest
of Latin America via the offering of a Latin American Studies course
at the high school level. This course is team taught with a Stone Center
graduate student and the teacher on-record at McMain High School. The
class meets twice weekly to explore Latin America through lens of one
Latin American country. Many times, the instruction is supplemented
by guest lecturers, specialized performance workshops, school wide presentations,
and more. Throughout the year LAIP works to raise money to bring the
students to their country of study. So far our fund raising goals have
been achieved, allowing the students and teachers to travel to Peru
(2003), Brazil (2004) and hopefully the Dominican Republic in the summer
of 2005.
In addition to the course and travel component
at McMain, LAIP also purchases resource materials for the school’s library.
These materials include curriculum guides for the teachers and videos
for the teachers and books and magazines for the students.
View
the LAIP Slide Show for the summer trip to Peru, 2003. (This is
a very large PowerPoint Slide Show file and may take a few minutes to
download).
View
photos from Capoeira and Dance Workshop, February 2004.
Download
the LAIP promote packet
Middle School
Initiative
Thurgood Marshall Middle School was selected as the project
site for LAIP's middle school initiative involving art and culture through
literacy. Working with the teachers of Marshall, the Latin American
Resource Center and the Americas Award, five books were chosen as an
entry point for LAIP at the middle school level. Facilitators of the
project worked with Marshall teachers to develop curriculum materials
to accompany the selected books. LAIP also brought guest speakers, showed
films and had school wide activities at Marshall.
Internship
at the International School of Louisiana and The Latin American Experience
International School of Louisiana
New Orleans, LA
Each semester, five undergraduate Latin American Studies majors, teach
weekly courses on Latin America to classes at this Spanish/French immersion
school. The International School is the only elementary Spanish immersion
school in the city. Our students work with the classroom teacher and
school headmaster to develop content rich materials based on the schools
prescribed curriculum. This internship is offered every semester. Please
note: This project will resume in the Fall. At the moment, LARC has
established an initiative with the Teacher Certification Program at
Tulane to enhance the exposure of pre-service to Latin America. These
students will then begin working as interns at the International School
of Louisiana in the fall.
Visit
the blog for the Latin American Experience.
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