Primary & Secondary Education
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This page is designed to provide resources for parents, educators, and students. You will find resources for language, history, and geography classes, among others, as well as many for native speakers of Spanish and Portuguese. There is a vast range of resources on innumerable subjects that could be of use to students, parents, and teachers at the secondary education level. Where advanced students need more in-depth information, please visit the appropriate country or subject page or pages on LANIC. The Site Map contains alphabetical lists of the country and subject pages, and the Countries page lists countries by region: Caribbean, Central America, South America, and North America.
Regional Resources
- Correo del Maestro Revista para Profesores de Educación Básica
- Ediciones Novedades Educativas
- Eduteca Tecnologías de Información y Comunicaciones para enseñanza Básica y Media
- Programa de Promoción de la Reforma Educativa en América Latina y el Caribe PREAL
- Red Latinoamericana de Información en Educación REDUC
- World Education & Development Fund Reducing Poverty in Latin America through Education
Country Resources
General Country News & Facts
- Country Studies Library of Congress
- Fact Monster from Information Please
- Flags of
the World
- Central and South America Coloring Book of Flags
- North America and the Caribbean Coloring Book of Flags
- Maps of the Americas City, Country & Regional Maps
- Outline Maps
- Rainforest Education Project
- World Factbook CIA
Argentina
- Cuatrogatos Revista de Literatura Infantil
- Educ.ar El portal educativo del Estado argentino
- Horizonte Informatica Educativa
- Ministerio de Educación, Ciencia, y Tecnología
- Quino Mafalda
Brazil
- Ação Educativa
- Alô Escola TV Cultura, Recursos para Estudantes e Professores
- Aprendiz
- Auçuba Comunicação e Educação
- Biblioteca Virtual de Educação
- Biblioteca Virtual do Estudante de Língua Portuguesa
- Bom Aluno
- Editora Moderna
- Escola do Futuro Projetos Educacionais de Novas Tecnologias, Universidade de São Paulo, USP
- Guia do Estudante
- Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira INEP
- Instituto Paulo Freire
- Ministério da Educação MEC
- Vestibular e Educação Globo
Chile
- Cide Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo de la Educación
- Ministerio de Educación
- Educarchile Un Portal Autónomo
Colombia
- EDUTEKA aplicación de las Tecnologías de Información y Comunicaciones (TIC)
- Manual para Ser Niño ensayo por Gabriel García Márquez
Cuba
- Crucible of Empire: The Spanish-American War PBS
- The World of 1898: The Spanish-American War Library of Congress
Ecuador
Mexico
- Ancient Mexico
- Art and Identity in Mexico, from the Olmec to Modern Times Yale National Initiative, Curricular Resources
- Artifacts Bringing the Past Back to Life
- The Border PBS
- Food for the Ancestors PBS
- Friday and Friends A Prospectus of the Mexican Family through Children's Literature
- Historical Text Archive for Mexico
- Kokone
- México para Niños Also in English
- Oaxaca Collection
- Observatorio Ciudadano de la Educación OCE
- Revista Electrónica de Investigación Educativa REDIE
Peru
- Ice Mummies PBS, NOVA
- Tarea Asociación de Publicaciones Educativas
Puerto Rico
- ASPIRA
- Crucible of Empire: The Spanish-American War PBS
- The Taínos of Puerto Rico Rediscovering Borinquen
- The World of 1898: The Spanish-American War Library of Congress
Other Countries
- Cl@se de Venezuela
- Curiosikid Museo de los Niños, Caracas, Venezuela
- Educar.org República Dominicana'
- Geometry from the land of the Incas
- Guanaquin - El Salvador
- Lords of the Earth Maya/Aztec/Inca Center
- Maya Civilization Past & Present
- Maya Stories - Guatemala
- Mundo Maya Universidad Michoacana
International Resources
- Community Learning Network CLN
- Coverdell World Wise Schools
- Ed.gov U.S. Department of Education
- EDSITEment National Endowment for the Humanities
- Education World
- EdWeb K-12
- Family Education Network
- International Education and Research Network iEARN
- International Society for Technology in Education ISTE
- Multicultural Education
- National Council for the Social Studies NCSS
- Online Internet Institute OII
- Outreach World
- Oxfam International on Education
- Project Appleseed The National Campaign For Public School Improvement
- Teacher Resource Center Scholastic
- Teaching for Change Network of Educators on the Americas, NECA
- United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF
- UNESCO
Immigration & Migration
- Friday and Friends A Prospectus of the Mexican Family through Children's Literature
- Hispanic Americans in Congress Library of Congress
- Immigration Teacher Vision
- Improving Education for Immigrant Students Resource Guide for K-12 Educators in the Northwest and Alaska, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
- New Americans PBS
- Other Voices Latino and Chicano Literature and Identity in America
- Understanding Hispanic/Latino Culture and History Through the Use of Children's Literature
- Las Voces del Caribe Recent Immigrants from the Caribbean
Language Instruction
For more language links, please visit LANIC's Languages page. For more advanced students, you may also want to visit our Literature page. The Reference page has links to dictionaries. The Language Programs page has links to study abroad programs and guides.
English, Bilingualism, and General Resources
- American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese AATSP
- American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages ACTFL
- Becoming a Gringo Immigrants, Language Learning and Acculturation
- Bilingual Books for Kids
- Center for Applied Linguistics CAL
- English Learners Language and Culture in Education, California
- Guerra Publishing Spanish resource materials
- Internet Activities for Foreign Language Classes
- Language Teachers' Resources
- Lesson Plans & Resources for ESL, Bilingual and Foreign Language Teachers Marty Levine
- Ñandutí Early Foreign Language Learning
- National Association for Bilingual Education NABE
- National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education NCBE
- The Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) The U.S. Department of Education
Portuguese
- Little Explorers English-Portuguese Picture Dictionary
- Olha o Olho da Menina Marisa Prado
- Portuguese Tongue Twisters
- Turma da Mônica also in English, Monica's Gang
Spanish
- Barahona Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents California State University, San Marcos
- BBC Spanish
- Cuatrogatos Revista de Literatura Infantil
- EspañOlé
- Friday and Friends A Prospectus of the Mexican Family through Children's Literature
- Learn Spanish
- Little Explorers English-Spanish Picture Dictionary
- Materials for Spanish Teachers Easton Language Education
- MundoHispano Spanish Language Learning
- Music for learning Spanish Songs for Teaching
- Musicapaedia Teach Spanish Songs as Full Lessons
- MyLanguageExchange.com Members from over 114 countries, practicing 75 languages.
- Palabra del Día
- El Sabor del Caribe/A Taste of the Caribbean Analysis of the Symbolism of Food in the Oral and Written Literature of the Caribbean
- Spanish Language & Culture
- Spanish Resources Free resources created by teachers
- Spanish Tongue Twisters
- Web Spanish Lessons
Other Languages
- Aymara Uta Lenguaje, Cultura e Historia
- Cultures of the Andes
- Curso de Quechua Red Científica Peruana, RCP
- Friday and Friends A Prospectus of the Mexican Family through Children's Literature
- Kreyol Words Archive
Lesson Plans
- American Memory Learning Page Library of Congress
- Curriculum Units by Fellows of the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute 1978-2002
- EPals Classroom Exchange
- Explorers
- Pedro's Journal Christopher Columbus
- Foreign Language Lesson Plans and Resources for Teachers
- The Gateway to Educational Materials
- Global SchoolNet Foundation
- GLOBE Program Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment
- NASA Resources and Lesson Plans in Spanish
- National Geographic Xpeditions
- New York Times Learning Network
- Passport to the Rainforest
- Teacher Vision
- Teachers Helping Teachers
- ThinkQuest Library of Entries
- Understanding Slavery
- United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF Voices of Youth
- WebQuest Portal
Portals, Directories & Search Sites
- Anacleta's Spanish & World Language/Culture Links
- Awesome Library K-12 Education Directory
- Education Planet
- ERIC Educational Resources Information Center
- Federal Resource for Educational Excellence FREE
- Gateway to Educational Materials
- The Internet Public Library
- Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
Publications
- Contexto Educativo Revista Digital de Educación y Nuevas Tecnologías
- Education Week K-12 news source
- Revista Electrónica de Investigación Educativa redie, México
- Tarea Asociación de Publicaciones Educativas, Perú
Educational Exhibits
- 1492: An Ongoing Voyage Library of Congress
- Conquistadors PBS
- Crucible of Empire: The Spanish-American War PBS
- Guerrilla Wars PBS
- Food for the Ancestors PBS
- Hispanic Americans in Congress Library of Congress
- Journey Into Amazonia PBS
- The World of 1898: The Spanish-American War Library of Congress
Documentaries
- Ice Mummies PBS, NOVA
- Lost King of the Maya PBS, NOVA
Resources for Children
- Back to School Resources for Kids
- Chicos.net
- Cl@se
- Discovery Channel School
- El Osio de los Santos
- Greatest Places Amazon & Iguazu, among others
- Guanaquin El Salvador
- How Stuff Works
- The Internet Public Library
- Just for Kids
- Kidlink
- Kokone México
- Lugares en Español para Niños American Library Association, ALA
- México para Niños Also in English
- Olha o Olho da Menina Marisa Prado
- PBS Kids
- Peace Corps Kids World
- PequeNet
- El Rinconcito Red Mundo Latino
- Sólo para Niños Biblioteca Virtual Banco de la República, Colombia
- United Nations Cyber School Bus
- World Almanac for Kids Online
- Zona Latina Latin American Children Resource
School Directories
- Colegios Hispanoparlantes en Hispanoamérica Inclui o Brasil
- Worldwide Classroom