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Serendipity: Explore, Enjoy, Learn

updated December 5, 2016

    Approach, Pedagogy, Learning, Thinking

  1. Active vs Passive Teaching & Learning
  2. Navigating Unstructured (Fuzzy) Problems PDF
  3. Differences between High School and College
  4. The Five I's of Historical Research & Writing PDF/ 1. Inquire 2. Investigate 3. Integrate 4. Incorporate 5. Interpret
  5. The Creative Process
    6. You're a part of it!
  6. Email Etiquette
  7. Getting the most from your word processor

    About history and life

  8. New to history? Examine this chart detailing the process of reading like a historian [PDF].
  9. What is history and why should we care??
  10. Desirable Job Candidate Qualities and Skills
  11. What you can do with a history major
  12. Hierarchy of Historical Sources
  13. Tests of Historical Evidence
  14. Primary and Secondary Sources

    15. Maps & Geographical Contexts

    Dr. Slatta on horseback
  15. Physical Map of Latin America
  16. South American map quiz
  17. South Map Quiz Answers
  18. Central American Outline map
  19. Central American map quiz answers
  20. Caribbean map quiz
  21. Caribbean map quiz answers
  22. Drug Trafficking Routes from Latin America

    Historical and Conceptual Issues

  23. Fast Facts
  24. Columbian Exchange
  25. Types of Human Rights; Generations of Human Rights Philosophies
  26. Concept map of causes of independence
  27. Gender in Latin America PDF
  28. Shorthand guide to Latin American music PDF
  29. Concept map of causes of revolution
  30. Military coups d'état [overthrows of a prior government] and dictatorships [PDF]
  31. Reagan-Bush Iran Contra Scandal
  32. Historical Contingency
  33. Background lectures on Latin American History
  • Resources on Latinos in NC and the US

    A Latin American musical tour

      Mexico

    1. Viva Mexico Mariachi in Guadalajara
    2. Antonio Banderas - Canción del Mariachi (Music Video)
    3. From Conjunto to "Little Joe"-Evolution of Tejano Music
    4. The Rooster Still Has His Feathers (Mexican corrido)
    5. El corrido de Pancho villa
    6. Mexican Corridos at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering

      Caribbean/Afro-Caribbean

    7. Ninety Miles Project Cuban-American jazz fusion
    8. Steel drum music from Trinidad
    9. bomba, an African-influenced musical form from Angola and Congo, transplanted to Venezuela
    10. Tito Puente solo from "El Sabroso Son" [Cuba]
    11. Don Omar: Reggaeton Latino
    12. Color Latino with Eddie Santiago

      Argentina/Gauchos/Tangos

    13. Argentina's Atahualpa Yupanqui - El carrero
    14. Danças Gaúchas [southern Brasil]
    15. Tango [Argentina]

      Andean

    16. Wayanay - China Morena Andean folk music
    17. Imbayakunas [Andean]
    18. Víctor Jara: Vamos por Ancho Camino [Chile]