Open Educational Resources

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Las qochas

Las qochas

Description: Produced in collaboration with Peru’s Climate Change Adaptation Programme (PACC) and the Social Development Cooperation Fund (FONCODES), this educational video explores the ancient technology of water harvesting and storage using qochas, which are...
Retrato de Tenochtitlan

Retrato de Tenochtitlan

Description: A digital reconstruction of the ancient city of Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City), which was built on the lake of Texcoco, which has now been desiccated. It allows viewers to explore and compare the city’s relationship with water then and now. Teaching...
Place-Names in Mexico-Tenochtitlan

Place-Names in Mexico-Tenochtitlan

Description: The place-names that residents of the Mexica capital of Tenochtitlan (today Mexico City) gave to their city were both descriptive of topography and commemorative of history. Largely effaced from the Spanish historical register, Mexico City’s Nahuatl...