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=** Welcome to the Wikispace for Modern Latin America, LAH3200 ** = [|University of Central Florida] Department of History [|Instructor: Yovanna Pineda]


 * = [[image:4_BocaImage4.jpg width="320" height="201" caption="Boca, Buenos Aires"]] ||= [[image:llamasinPen.jpg width="333" height="230" align="center" caption="Quilmes, Tucuman, Argentina"]] || [[image:legendstones.jpg width="338" height="231" caption="Tikal, Guatemala"]] ||
 * = [[image:IMG00032-20090615-1502.jpg width="320" height="265" caption="Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro"]] ||= [[image:100_2294.JPG width="320" height="155" caption="Monument to the Disappeared, Buenos Aires"]] || [[image:51120009.JPG width="320" height="212" caption="San Juan, Puerto Rico"]] ||

Basic Information: You must first become a member of the wikispace before you can edit and post material onto your page. Do this first, request to be a member.

Once I accept your membership, you will be able to edit and post onto your wikipage (located on the left-hand side under "All pages"). Please post your group assignment under your assigned page. When you post your work, please remember to digitally sign it. This is important, otherwise I won't be able to grade you.

Basic Four Steps for Submissions of Assignments

 * **First** || Read and follow instructions about the assignment in learning module. ||
 * **Second** || Write your assignment in your assigned group page. You can upload or write directly onto the wikipage. ||
 * **Third** || Digitally sign your work by writing your name at the end of it. ||
 * **Lastly** || For the work to be graded and added to "My Grades," please click on assignment tab in your learning module. In the submission box insert the link to your wikipage. This will alert me when you're finished. ||

**Frequently Asked Questions:** >>
 * How many group assignments are there during the semester and when are the due dates?
 * To accommodate semester events and other course deadlines, the due dates vary from semester to semester. Please see the syllabus, schedule, and/or learning module for specific due dates.
 * How will I be graded for my group assignment?
 * See the Wikispaces Grading Rubric. Once the assignment has been graded, you will see your points in "My Grades."
 * Why am I assigned to a page with other people in a wikipage?
 * Because Modern Latin America (MLA) is a relatively large course, students are divided into country pages and share a space (wikipage) with other students. You can choose to ignore each other or work together. Grades for wikispace assignments are always given to the individual.
 * If I'm assigned into a country page such as "Argentina," will I do the assignments by focusing only on Argentina?
 * No. Each wikipage is recognized by a country name, but that does not mean that you solely focus on that country. The country/wiki pages are meant to help us organize student answers not to restrict you to a one-country focus.
 * How do I cite my sources in a wikispace?
 * Place parentheses after the work you cite from, and indicate the source in the parentheses. It can be an online or paper source.
 * What if one or all group members ignore me and don't work with me?
 * It doesn't matter. Do the assignment because you are graded individually.
 * If I report news from Spanish or Portuguese-language newspapers or sources, will that help my contribution grade?
 *  You don't have to report from Spanish or Portuguese sources, but if you choose to accurately report in the language source, it could only positively affect your grade.
 *  Are we graded by each assignment or are we collecting points?
 *  You are collecting points over the course of the semester.
 * How many points is each group assignment worth?
 * View the grading rubric for total points per assignment. For example, if the total possible points per assignment is up to 6 points and we have 3 group assignments, simply multiply 3*6 = 18pts for total possible points.
 * What if I want a copy of my work on wikispace page?
 * **Follow directions given by wikispaces:**
 * Whether students are compiling their online portfolios or just want a record of their work, it’s easy to export single pages from any wiki. You can capture all the PDFs they want:
 * Go to the wiki page you want to export. It doesn’t matter whether you’re logged in. As long as you can see the page, you can export a PDF.
 * Roll over the down arrow on the **Page** tab.
 * Select **Download PDF** from the dropdown list.

Internet Resources for Latin America Internet News Sources for Latin America
 * [|David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University]
 * [|Yale Library’s Economic Growth Center Collection]
 * [|Latin American Network Information Center], maintained by the University of Texas
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|The Latin American Library at Tulane University]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The [|Getty Institute and Museum] has an impressive photo collection of the Mexican Revolution and other Latin American countries.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For statistics on Latinos in the United States, see [|Pew Hispanic Center].
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You can also find an online bibliography on [|Latin American Environmental History]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Online References for Brazil’s Rural Poor: [|Terra: Struggle of the Landless and Dispossessed]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|The National Security Archive, maintained by George Washington University] contains US government documents declassified under the Freedom of Information Act), scroll down for “search engine”
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|The Digital National Security Archive] is associated with NSA but is a limited database of key U.S. policy documents (This is a paid site and you might be able to access some documents through the UCF Library.)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|United States Institute of Peace] archive contains information on the Truth Commissions and on the disappeared in various Latin American countries, including Guatemala, El Salvador, Chile, Argentina (keyword search: “Latin America + truth commission” or “Latin America + disappeared”)
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|BBC Latin America]
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|NYTimes World, Americas pages]
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Current and world headlines about Latin America]
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">For Spanish-language newspapers and news for each Latin American country see the [|University of Texas’s newspaper site].

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This site is monitored by Professor Pineda, Department of History, UCF Last updated, May 2011