How I Spent My Summer: Students’ Stories from Three Continents
Choose one of these quick links for access to resources for the following countries:
Peru
Ghana
Uganda
India
Peru
Music
http://www.amazon.com/Huayno-Music-Peru-Vol-1/dp/B0000001G9
Find a large selection of Huayno music from Peru for preview or purchase.
http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com/view/page.basic/country/content.country/peru_16
National Geographic has musical selections categorized by artist, genre, and region.
General Information
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107883.html
Infoplease provides a basic fact sheet on countries’ statistics, government and geography.
http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/peru/
For research resources, including Peruvian magazines, use this extensive site. Many of the references are written in Spanish.
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0107883.html
Fact Monster is a kid-friendly site that has many of the basics about Peru.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/petoc.html
The Library of Congress has an extensive page on many Peruvian details.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/pe.html
The CIA provides basic facts about every country.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/icemummies/textindex.html
In 1996, Nova accompanied an anthropologist on a search for evidence of child sacrifice in Peru. A teacher’s guide is included for this fascinating series.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/lo/countries/pe/pe_overview.html
This is a basic timeline of Peruvian history from 1910-2003.
http://www.pbs.org/edens/manu/
Readers’ Digest World sponsored by PBS presents “Manu, Peru’s Hidden Rainforest.” This site is loaded with beautiful photos and information about plants, animals, and the indigenous tribes that live in this secluded section of Peru.
http://www.questconnect.org/Peru.htm
This site is loaded with basic facts about Peru.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/96/mummy/
Take an interactive expedition to see the “Ice Treasures of the Inca” at this National Geographic site.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/country_profiles/1224656.stm
The BBC provides a basic overview of Peru, along with links to Peruvian newspapers, television stations, and radio stations.
Lesson Plans
http://www.questconnect.org/Peru_Geography.htm
Making a travel brochure, writing a newspaper, or planning travel routes are just few lesson suggestions at this great site. It also has good links to sites on Peru.
http://www.worldtrek.org/odyssey/teachers/perulessons.html
Lesson plans cover development, traditional art and architecture, and Incan life.
http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/educators/lessonplans/lesson.cfm?lpid=1685
Written by a Peace Corps volunteer, this lesson plan on technology in rural Peru can be used in grades 3-8.
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=415
Using map reading and critical thinking, students try to discover how the Inca communicated across mountains using couriers. The site, Edsitement, is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
http://www.pbs.org/opb/conquistadors/home.htm
PBS has created an interactive “Conquistador” lesson that includes the Incas in Peru.
http://www.mythicjourneys.org/bigmyth/myths/english/2_inca_full.htm
Watch a great interactive version of a myth about Pachacamac. This site also includes information about Inca culture and lesson plan ideas.
Kellogg Institute Resources
Traveling Trunks Program: The Andean Trunk includes musical instruments, dolls, weavings, music CD’s, books, lesson plans, and much more. Educators in the South Bend area are able to check out the trunk free of charge. Go to our website for more information: http://kellogg.nd.edu/outreach/trunks.shtml
Lending Library: Two videos, Peru: Land of Incas (VHS) and South America: The Andean Region (VHS), are available free of charge. Go to the Lending Library website for more information. http://kellogg.nd.edu/outreach/video.shtml
Kellogg Institute Faculty Fellows
Karen B. Graubart (Ph.D., University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 2000)
Associate Professor, History (on leave 2009-2010)
Director, Latin American Studies Program (LASP)
219 O'Shaughnessy Hall
574-631-0377
email: kgraubar@nd.edu
http://history.nd.edu/people/all/graubart-karen/index.shtml
Geographic focus: Latin America
Thematic interests: Colonial Latin American history, gender and race in Latin America, the history of the Andean region, perspectives on the “other” from Iberia to the New World.
Sabine G. MacCormack (DPhil, Oxford University, 1975)
Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, CSC, Professor of Arts and Letters
312 Hesburgh Center
Notre Dame, IN 46556-5677
574-631-9303
email: sgm@nd.edu
http://history.nd.edu/people/all/maccormack-sabine/
Geographic focus: Latin America; Europe
Thematic interests: Roman empire and late antiquity. The Andean region in the 16th and 17th centuries. Interaction between Andean and European cultures and religions.
Juan Vitulli
Assistant Professor of Iberian and Latin American Literature
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
343 O'Shaughnessy Hall
574-631-7129
email: jvitulli@nd.edu
http://romancelanguages.nd.edu/people/vitulli-juan/
Geographic focus: Spain, Peru, Mexico (16th and 17th centuries)
Thematic interests: Baroque culture; literatures and ideologies; transatlantic studies; national identities; canon formation; the notion of “Criollo” as a floating signifier in Latin America
Current Interests: Baroque culture in the Hispanic world (Spain and Latin America) and its social/political/ideological implications
Ghana
Shannon Coyne’s web page: http://scoyne.weebly.com/
Music
http://www.artsedge.kennedy-center.org/cuesheet/pdf/KDYAO.pdf
This is an excellent download from the Kennedy Center about music and dance in Ghana; designed for grades 5-8.
http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com/view/page.basic/country/content.country/ghana_19
National Geographic has musical selections categorized by artist, genre, and region.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss?url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=ghana&x=0&y=0
Amazon has selections for listening and for sale.
General Information
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107584.html
Infoplease provides a basic fact sheet on countries’ statistics, government and geography.
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0107584.html
Fact Monster is a kid-friendly site that has many of the basics about Ghana.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/ghtoc.html
The Library of Congress has an extensive page about Ghana.
http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Country_Specific/Ghana.html
The University of Pennsylvania has an African Studies Center that offers a page full of Ghanaian links.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gh.html
The CIA provides basic facts about every country.
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/ghana804/
PBS’s presents Ghana: Digital Dumping Ground, an online video, in addition to articles and a slide show about the contamination of the Ghana and other third world countries by outdated electronics.
http://www.pbs.org/pov/tracesofthetrade/video_ghana.php
See this five-minute video excerpt from Traces of the Trade, a journey by the descendants of slave traders to the forts in Africa where captives were held and sold as slaves.
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2007/07/ghana_baseballlinks.html
This is a very good, concise history of Ghana with links to the country’s love of baseball. One of the links has a 12-minute video showing life in Ghana, especially life on the diamond.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/globalcafe/peacecorps/ghana/ghana_textonly.html
This is written by a Ghanaian teen for teens. It talks about school, his perception of American teens, and what he’d like American teens to know about Ghana.
http://www.questconnect.org/wa_ghana_home.htm
The Adventure Learning Foundation provides the World of Wonders Project with lots of basic information and links for countries of the world.
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/CIVAFRCA/GHANA.HTM
This is a history of Ghana and its neighboring region.
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/places/culture-places/beliefs-and-traditions/ghana_ghanawitches.html
Watch a 3-minute video from National Geographic about women accused of black magic in a Ghana village.
http://www.africaguide.com/country/ghana/culture.htm
Read about the tribes, festivals, foods, instruments, and crafts of Ghana.
http://www.recipehound.com/Recipes/ghana.html
This site links to recipes from Ghana.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/06/060630-soccer-magic.html
Juju, or witchcraft, is often used in sub-Saharan Africa to give soccer teams an edge.
Lesson Plans
http://www.pbs.org/pov/tracesofthetrade/lesson_plan.php
This lesson plan can be used with the film, Traces of the Trade: A story from the Deep North. The film can be borrowed for free from POV; the link is on the website.
http://www.questconnect.org/How_Big_is_Africa.htm
The How Big Is Africa curriculum guide provides six lessons plans for varying age groups about Africa as a continent.
http://www.worldtrek.org/odyssey/teachers/orientation.html
The Odyssey is a website that follows teachers on a two-year trek around the world. There is a brief reference to Ghana, including a link to Ghanaian music. The Ghana visit is at http://www.worldtrek.org/odyssey/africa/082199/082199abejaghana.html
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/aoi/history/ghana.html
The Kennedy Center offers an interactive site that profiles Ghana and Pan African music.
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=501
This web-trek follows trade in ancient West Africa and demonstrates how the kingdom of Ghana became wealthy.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/0111/ghana.html
If you’re making a travel brochure, this is a good tourist resource.
http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/educators/lessonplans/lesson.cfm?lpid=1986
Designed for younger students, this Peace Corps site has students compare water access in Ghana and Kenya vs. the US.
http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/educators/lessonplans/lesson.cfm?lpid=2101
The weather in Ghana is highlighted in this lesson plan on the dry season vs. wet season comparisons. Good photos of each are included.
Kellogg Institute Resources
Traveling Trunks Program: The West Africa Trunk includes musical instruments, dolls, music CD’s, books, lesson plans, and much more. Educators in the South Bend area are able to check out the trunk free of charge. Go to our website for more information: http://kellogg.nd.edu/outreach/trunks.shtml
Kellogg Institute Faculty Fellow
Naunihal Singh (Ph.D. Harvard University, 2005)
Assistant Professor, Political Science
411 Decio Faculty Hall
574-631-6795
email: nsingh1@nd.edu
http://politicalscience.nd.edu/faculty/profiles/naunihal-singh/
Geographic focus: Africa
Thematic interest: Conflict; Civil-Military Relations; Civil Wars; Democratization
Uganda
Eleanor Huntington’s PowerPoint presentation
Music
http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com/view/page.basic/country/content.country/uganda_435/en_US
Ugandan music is featured at this site, along with many other types.
http://thinkfinity.org/PartnerSearch.aspx?Search=True&orgn_id=5&subject=all&partner=all&resource_type=all&q=uganda&grade=all&WebSiteArea=educator
This site has links to music, maps, and articles about Uganda and other countries.
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/aoi/music/ugandan_chat_tamusuza.html
Uganda has one of the richest musical traditions in Africa, according to the author of this Kennedy Center page on Ugandan music.
General Information
http://www.infoplease.com/atlas/country/uganda.html
Infoplease provides a basic fact sheet on countries’ statistics, government and geography.
http://www.factmonster.com/atlas/country/uganda.html
Fact Monster is a kid-friendly site that has many of the basics about Uganda.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/ugtoc.html
The Library of Congress has an extensive page on many Peruvian details.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ug.html
The CIA provides basic facts about every country.
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/uganda601/video_index.html
Uganda: A Little Goes a Long Way is a Frontline/World report on microcredit via the Internet in Uganda. There are many links to lenders, reporters, and basic information about Uganda.
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2007/05/uganda_the_retu.html
Uganda: The Return; Asians back in Africa is a Frontline/World report on the coming and going of Asians in Uganda.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/lords-children/video-full-episode/2188/
This video, Lord’s Children is a graphic, disturbing telling of the civil war and the children who were forced to serve as soldiers and sex slaves. It follows the lives of three former LRA soldiers and the attempts to rehabilitate them. This is not for young children.
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/specials/in-the-field-specials/photo-camp-uganda-sp.html
A program to teach young Ugandan refugees photography is shown in this video. There is also a link to their photos.
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/news/animals-news/uganda-gorilla-wcvin.html
A National Geographic video travels to a Ugandan national park, which serves as a sanctuary for mountain gorillas.
http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Country_Specific/Uganda.html
The University of Pennsylvania has an African Studies Center that offers a page full of Ugandan links.
Lesson Plans
http://www.redcross.org/ehl
The American Red Cross has designed an excellent curriculum about humanitarian law. Aligned with the national Council for the Social Studies’ ten thematic strands for secondary education, it offers more than 30 hours of activities to help students explore the rules of war and what happens when they are not followed. The conflicts in Africa, including Uganda, are included.
http://www.redcross.org.uk/standard.asp?id=73549
The British Red Cross has put together a lesson on child soldiers with PDF downloads and a briefing for teachers. It is designed for 11-16 year olds.
http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/educators/lessonplans/lesson.cfm?lpid=2068
Barren Fields is a Peace Corps challenge game that examines choices for farmers in countries prone to drought.
http://www.worldtrek.org/odyssey/africa/081499/081499teamuganda.html
The Odyssey is a website that follows teachers on a two-year trek around the world. This page discusses the tracking of gorillas in Uganda and the problems with poaching. There are several related links.
http://video.pbs.org/video/1182396986/
“Can humanity do better than this?” is the questions asked in the online film, The Reckoning, the story of the International Criminal Court. War crimes in Uganda are discussed, among others. Lesson plans are included on the site. This is only available through the end of 2009.
http://www.uwa.or.ug/
This is a good site to use for making travel brochures or studying the animal life of Uganda. It is put together by the Uganda Wildlife Authority.
http://www.newvision.co.ug/
Claiming to be Uganda’s leading website, this is a Ugandan newspaper. Many classroom activities could be used from this site, including comparisons of the types of news stories, analyzing the types of advertisements, looking at weather reports, reading recipes, and much more.
http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/educators/lessonplans/lesson.cfm?lpid=276
This Peace Corps activity compares table etiquette and food in Sierra Leone, Uganda, and Zambia.
Kellogg Institute Resources
Traveling Trunks Program: The East Africa Trunk includes musical instruments, dolls, music CD’s, books, maps, lesson plans, and much more. Educators in the South Bend area are able to check out the trunk free of charge. Go to our website for more information: http://kellogg.nd.edu/outreach/trunks.shtml
Lending Library: The Last King of Scotland is available free of charge from the Kellogg Lending Library. Go to the website for more information: http://kellogg.nd.edu/outreach/video.shtml
Kellogg Institute Faculty Fellows
Rev. Robert Dowd, csc (PhD, University of California at Los Angeles, 2003)
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Director, Ford Family Program in Human Development Studies and Solidarity
214 Hesburgh Center
574-631-4454
email: rdowd1@nd.edu
http://politicalscience.nd.edu/faculty/profiles/robert-dowd
Geographic focus: Africa
Thematic interests: African politics; religion and politics; ethnic conflict and peace building; political parties and party systems; comparative democratization.
Rahul Oka
Assistant (PhD, University of Illinois Chicago and Field Museum, 2008)
Professor of Anthropology
611 Flanner
574-631-8853
email: roka@nd.edu
Geographic focus: East Africa (coastal and northern Kenya, Sudan, Uganda); West Coast of India
Thematic interests: Economic anthropology; ethnography of traders and trade; disaster commerce; development economies; trade and urbanism; cultural ecology and political economy; social network analysis, agent-based simulation and modeling of economic behavior; complex adaptive systems; African anthropology; African Diaspora in Asia; South Asian Anthropology.
Stephen E. Silliman
Professor, Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences
(574) 631-5332
email: silliman.1@nd.edu
Geographic focus: Africa (Benin and Uganda) and the United States
Thematic interests: Groundwater (flow and chemical quality); water resources in developing countries; international collaboration on water resource characterization and protection
Current interests: Management of salt-water intrusion in coastal regions of Benin; management of groundwater quality in rural regions of Benin; groundwater hydraulics in the vadose zone
India
Sara Jaszkowski’s PowerPoint presentation
Music
http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=a9_sc_1?rh=i%3Apopular%2Ck%3Aindian&page=1&keywords=indian&ie=UTF8&qid=1257343350
Find a large selection of music from India for preview or purchase.
http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com/view/page.basic/album/content.album/sarod__traditional_music_from_india_16654/en_US
National Geographic has musical selections categorized by artist, genre, and region.
http://www.musicindiaonline.com/
They claim to be the “ultimate Indian music resource”. The site includes an all-inclusive range of genre, what’s new in the industry, and interviews with artists.
General Information
http://www.infoplease.com/atlas/country/india.html
Infoplease provides a basic fact sheet on countries’ statistics, government and geography.
http://www.factmonster.com/atlas/country/india.html
Fact Monster is a kid-friendly site that has many of the basics about India.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/intoc.html
The Library of Congress has an extensive page on India including geography, history, government and economics.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
The CIA provides basic facts about every country.
http://www.photius.com/countries/india/society/index.html
Here are dozens of links to sites that include explanations of religious life, education, health, and Indian society in general.
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/india/symbols.htm
The India Homework Help page from Woodlands Junior School has many links to useful topics.
http://www.pbs.org/thestoryofindia/
Produced for PBS and the BBC, a fantastic Story of India offers many sites and sounds of the vast country and its stories.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/22/india-teens-skirt-traditi_n_219084.html
Cell phones are changing Indian culture as teens text messages to others that are outside the realm of traditional conversation.
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2007/06/india_street_ch.html
Frontline World presents India: A New Life about getting children off the streets of India and into the New Life Children’s Home. This is a 16-minute video with an article and links to more information.
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2006/07/india_a_pound_o.html
India: A Pound of Flesh is a 10-minute Frontline video about kidney brokers and the donor trade in India. This is a great discussion of the right of the poor to sell their organs for profit.
Lesson Plans
http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/astory.htm
This is a printout of an Indian folktale.
http://www.snaithprimary.eril.net/malaya.htm
This site has some basic words in Malayalam, one of many local dialects in India.
http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/aday.htm
Use this free PowerPoint to tour southern India.
http://india.pppst.com/festivals.html
Many of the festivals of India are available in PowerPoint format.
http://www.uni.edu/gai/India/India_Lesson_Plans/India_Lessons.htm
This is a page of India lesson plans from the Geographic Alliance of Iowa.
http://www.pbs.org/thestoryofindia/teachers/lessons/
These lessons are designed for high school world history and AP world history classes, but can be adapted to lower grades.
http://www.teachersnetwork.org/impactii/profiles03_04/haskins.htm
Find the download on this site that guides young students on a trip to India. Students find places on a map, research the weather, and delve into the religions and holidays they will encounter on their journey.
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/educators/history_pakistan.html
Designed for grades 7-12, this lesson plan has students negotiate for peace between India and Pakistan. PBS links are supplied to help students research the origins of the dispute, and the economic, political, and social benefits of peace between the two enemies.
Kellogg Institute Faculty Fellows
Amitava Krishna Dutt (PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1983)
Professor of Economics
245 O'Shaughnessy
574-631-7594
email: adutt@nd.edu
www.nd.edu/~adutt
Geographic focus: Asia and developing countries
Thematic interests: Growth and income distribution; development; trade; political economy; macroeconomics.
Molly Lipscomb (PhD, University of Colorado at Boulder)
Assistant Professor of Economics & Econometrics
442 Flanner
574-631-1369
email: mlipscomb@nd.edu
Geographic focus: International; India, Brazil
Thematic interests: Development economics, environmental economics, international trade
Rahul Oka
Assistant
(PhD, University of Illinois Chicago and Field Museum, 2008)
Professor of Anthropology
611 Flanner
574-631-8853
email: roka@nd.edu
Geographic focus: East Africa (coastal and northern Kenya, Sudan, Uganda); West Coast of India
Thematic interests: Economic anthropology; ethnography of traders and trade; disaster commerce; development economies; trade and urbanism; cultural ecology and political economy; social network analysis, agent-based simulation and modeling of economic behavior; complex adaptive systems; African anthropology; African Diaspora in Asia; South Asian Anthropology.
Vineeta Yadav (PhD, Yale University, 2007)
Assistant Professor of Political Science
460 Decio
574-631-7214
email: Yadav.2@nd.edu
http://politicalscience.nd.edu/faculty/profiles/vineeta-yadave/index.shtml
Geographic focus: India, China, Brazil, International
Thematic interests: Comparative politics, international economics, and the political economy of economic development.
