Mesoamerican Cultures and their Histories: Oaxaca, Mexico
FAIN: ES-50531-13
University of Oregon (Eugene, OR 97403-5219)
Stephanie G. Wood (Project Director: March 2013 to August 2015)
A four-week institute for thirty school teachers on Mesoamerican history and culture, to be held in Oaxaca, Mexico.
This four-week summer institute for K-12 school teachers of history/social studies, art, language arts, science, ESL, and Spanish will be held in Oaxaca, Mexico and is designed to facilitate the expanded integration of Mesoamerican cultural heritage materials, including new discoveries and the latest research, into curricular units that will appeal to a variety of learners and bring greater multicultural depth and understanding into U.S. classrooms. The aim is to explore how the histories of Mesoamerican peoples might provide useful comparisons for exploring humanities questions in the broader American and the global context. We will address questions such as how peoples move from non-sedentary to more settled societies; what leads to city formation; the emergence of writing and literacy; the development of complex societies, cultural florescence (and decline); how empires are built and what the human consequences are; and, what are the outcomes of cultural encounters and exchange.
Associated Products
"Mesoamerican Cultures and their Histories" (free online curricula) (Web Resource)Title: "Mesoamerican Cultures and their Histories" (free online curricula)
Author: Stephanie Wood
Abstract: This website hosts an array of K-12 curricular materials that were created from several NEH summer institutes (2010, 2011, 2014, and 2015). These materials include lessons and units for Spanish, Social Studies, English, Art, Science, and Drama classes. The curricula are sorted by discipline, by grade level, and by the year of their creation.
Year: 2014
Primary URL:
http://blogs.uoregon.edu/mesoinstitute/Primary URL Description: This is the website that hosts not only the free curricula, but also many of the institute's instructional materials.
NEH Oaxaca: Mesoamerican Cultures and their Histories (Web Resource)Title: NEH Oaxaca: Mesoamerican Cultures and their Histories
Author: Stephanie Wood
Abstract: This is an academic web page with approximately 675 followers, including teachers who have participated in five different NEH summer institutes on the topic, their friends and colleagues, and university scholars. The page offers announcements about conferences, new research findings, courses in indigenous languages, and more. The site was first created in 2014, expanded in 2015, and continues growing in the present.
Year: 2014
Primary URL:
https://www.facebook.com/NEHOaxaca2014Meso/Primary URL Description: An academic web page in Facebook for sharing information about Mesoamerican cultures and their histories.