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A whimsical bookmark with a Latin motif.
Welcome!
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Students should check this "home" page at least twice a week for special announcements! |
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| This history course offers students a chance to explore one of the most misunderstood and most stereotyped lands on earth. Too many in the United States think of South America as the lands of siesta, revolutions, and jungles. | |||
| In fact it is more a land of great diversity, energy and resources. Jungles it has, but the lands south of the USA also have more than 20 mountain peaks above 13,000 feet in elevation. | |||
| Spanish languages dominate, but 173 million Brazilians speak Portuguese or their native tongues. | |||
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We Norte Americanos
also see South America as poor, illiterate, and troubled. Sadly, some of this is true, but
it is far from the whole story. Cuba maintains a literacy rate almost as great as the USA
(96%); yet Guatemala and Haiti suffer with less than one-half of their population
literate. This course is designed to introduce you to a fascinating culture--we hope you enjoy! |
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Students
may download audio lectures & other files to their portable players in MP3
format.
The "Castro" mini-lecture below introduces students to chapter 17 in Keen.
Right click and save as; or just click to play online.
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