Open Educational Resources
A curated collection of teaching materials
Recorriendo el Amazonas peruano
Description: This documentary showcases life in the Peruvian Amazon and highlights the controversy surrounding the government’s proposal to dredge the Marañón, Ucayali and Huallaga rivers to facilitate boat traffic. This proposal has generated opposition,...
La creación del hombre (mito maya quiché)
Description: This animated video presents the K’iche’ (or Quiché) Maya myth of the creation of human beings, drawn from the Popol Vuh, the foundational text of K’iche’ Maya cosmology. In this account, the gods attempt several times to create...
La leyenda maya del colibrí
Description: Mayan myth about the hummingbird. Teaching ideas: Use the myth genre as a lens to explore ideas about the relationship between humans and nature. Students can also write a myth about another species of their...