This resource manual provides ideas, lesson plans, course outlines, arts and crafts projects, games, and other materials for teaching K-12 students about Latin America. A major objective is to help students understand and appreciate the diverse Latin American culture. There are six chapters in this volume. Chapter one discusses key ideas that can be used for developing and presenting the Latin American materials. Chapter two includes articles about the school curriculum and economics in Latin America, and slavery and race in Brazil. Chapter three contains lesson plans and course outlines. Lesson and course content focuses on modern Mexican painting, comparing Texas and Latin America, and the contrast and diversity within Latin America. Seventeen games and student activities are described in chapter four. Some example activities are: Mexico map exercises, acrostic poems, and a crossword puzzle on Latin American countries and capitals. Chapter five presents 20 arts and crafts projects such as Argentine leatherwork, corn husk dolls, and crayon etching. Chapter six provides an annotated bibliography. A list of publishers and contributers is included. (NE)