Ecuador
Ecuador is a country straddling the equator on South America’s west coast. Its diverse landscape encompasses Amazon jungle, Andean highlands and the wildlife-rich Galápagos Islands.
Lesson Plans
Explanation:
The lesson plan divides the students in groups to look at photos of each of the characters in the film Que Tan Lejos and describe them.
After watching clips of three occasions where one could see the stereotyping in Ecuador, divide the students in groups and discuss and compare what they wrote before they saw the clips. Students will be asked to discuss situations where they have seen stereotyping using the few phrases on the PowerPoint and allow them to come up with some of their own. They will have to write a paragraph describing the incident.
Learning Targets:
Students will learn about stereotypes. Students will discuss stereotypes in an open forum.
Author(s): Marta Vasquez-Rivera
Grade Levels: 9–12
Based around the film Que tan Lejos (Ecuador).
Learning targets: Students will identify cultural differences between the roles of children in Latin America and in the US. Students will analyze the role of children in Latin America as portrayed in the poem “The Little Girl with Chocolates” by Hugo García González and the film Que Tan Lejos. Students will synthesize ideas from discussion, the poem, and film clips to develop a short writing piece simulating themselves as breadwinners of their families.
Author(s): Kristen Tinch & Libby Isenhower
Grade Levels: 9–12
A set of three lesson plans on various aspects of the art of renowned Ecuadoran artist Oswaldo Guayasamín.
Rigoberta Menchu - A Voice for the Voiceless
Grades: Middle and High School Subject: Social Studies
Objectives: Students will understand the ramifications of the civil wars in Guatemala through learning about Rigoberta Menchú’s work for social justice and human rights. Students will identify connections between social issues encountered by Rigoberta Menchú in Guatemala and social issues in Ecuador depicted in Oswaldo Guayasamín’s art.
The Mexican Roots of Oswaldo Guayasamin - Pan-American Political Art
Grades: Middle and High School Subject: Social Studies
Objectives: Students will understand the role of political art in Latin America through learning about the art of the Mexican muralists and Oswaldo Guayasamín. Students will identify themes in Latin American art and politics and in events in the life of Oswaldo Guayasamín that influenced his art.
An Artful Protest
Grades: Middle and High School
Objectives: Students will learn how art can be used as a means of protest; Students will learn how to critically examine works of art and find themes throughout the paintings based on historical data.
Author(s): Sarah Birdwell, Charlton Yingling, Eddie Fernandez-Calienes, James Matthew Lesley
Grade Levels: 5–8, 9–12
Students will write and present short postcard messages using Spanish phrases and simple sentences related to the film Qué Tan Lejos.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
Write and present short messages and notes on familiar topics related to everday life; write short notes using phrases and simple sentences; write a postcard message (greeting, goodbye, present tense, past tense, transition words).
Author(s): Rebekah Sledge
Grade Levels: 9–12
Workshop Presentations
Created by Dr. Sonia Lenk for the 2014 CLAS Summer Film Institute. This discussion sheet was designed to get educators brainstorming about the film. Excellent resource for classroom use.
Author(s): Dr. Sonia Lenk
Grade Levels: 9–12, College