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Cultural Trunks

One of the most exciting resources for educators are The Center's revamped cultural trunks. LAS offers 10 trunks on a variety of different countries and regions in Latin America. Each trunk includes a collection of musical instruments, videos, books, maps, and country-specific information and artifacts for a given country, region, or topic. Trunks can be used as learning tools or for displays during international fairs. Trunks are available for check-out and are mailed directly to your school with free shipping and handling.



Trunks may be reserved in advance by contacting the Center and can be checked-out for a period of two weeks, which includes the time required for shipping. The Center of Latin American Studies will cover all shipping costs. Trunks are sent via FedEx.

To request a trunk, please review the instructions and fill out:
1) A material request form
2) A user agreement form (only for new users)

All forms and requests should be emailed or faxed to the
Center of Latin American Studies

The following trunks are currenlty available to educators:

Click on trunk to view it. Also see the accompanying lesson plans for the trunks.

1. Andean Region
2. Argentina
3. Brazil
4. Central America
5. Day of the Dead
6. Costa Rica
7. Cuba and the Caribbean
8. Guatemala
9. Mexico
10. Southern Cone

 


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