To encourage the incorporation of materials on Latin America and the Caribbean into the undergraduate and graduate curricula, RECSLAC invites faculty and graduate instructors to publish pedagogical tools on our website.
We welcome the submission of syllabi, shorter teaching modules that highlight new areas of knowledge, or specific primary sources, following the following guidelines.
A traditional syllabus should contain:
- Course title
- Duration of the class
- Course description of a maximum of 50 words.
- A list of topics, weekly readings, or multimedia materials. Each item should include full citations, following the Chicago Manual of Style.
No words or page limit.
A teaching module or unit should include:
- Title
- A short essay about a new scholarly field or subfield that makes important contributions to the history of science, technology, the environment, or medicine in Latin America and the Caribbean. This essay should outline the field’s main questions and findings and explain how it brings Latin America and the Caribbean into the traditionally Eurocentric narratives.
- An annotated bibliography of no more than six readings that are representative of this field and serve as a starting point to develop for teachers. Annotations may focus on how these works fit into classroom activities, the teachable elements professors can use when including these works in their syllabi, innovative perspectives not available elsewhere, and what students expect to learn. Each entry should include the full citations, following the Chicago Manual of Style.
Maximum length: 1,000 words, including the annotated bibliography.
A primary source activity analysis containing:
- Title of the primary source, and publication date.
- A short introduction of the primary source and the context in which it was published.
- A short essay describing how the primary source can be used in teaching, questions for student analysis, or a description of a class activity that uses the source.
Maximum length: 1,000 words, including the annotated bibliography.
Submissions will be reviewed by the RECSLAC editorial team and published on the RECSLAC’s Teaching tab, linked to your RECSLAC’s profile, and showcased in the website’s highlights located on the site’s home page. When filling out the submission form, be ready to provide the following information: full name, email address, type of submission, fields of study, regions covered by your teaching material, five keywords, a 50-description of your text to promote on our website, an image that is representative of the topic covered.
This is an ongoing project that accepts submissions on a rolling basis. The editorial committee meets to review the submissions on the 15th of each month, after which they will inform the authors of any editorial update. For more information email hstem-lac@umd.edu.