2a Latin America Intro

a)Interdisciplinary Studies
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interdisciplinary
Interdisciplinary is a term of art in several professions concerned with education and training that refers to the qualities of studies that cut across several established disciplines or traditional fields of study. This involves researchers, students, and teachers in the goals of connecting and integrating several academic disciplines, professions, or technologies, along with their specific perspectives, in the pursuit of a common task.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Interdisciplinary
Interdisciplinary
involving two or more academic, scientific, or artistic disciplines

b) Latin America
http://education.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/entry?id=27284
the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. The 20 republics are Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela. The term Latin America is also used to include Puerto Rico, the French West Indies, and other islands of the West Indies where a Romance tongue is spoken. Occasionally the term is used to include Belize, Guyana, French Guiana, and Suriname.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_America
Latin America is the region of the Americas where Romance languages, those derived from Latin, and in particular Spanish and Portuguese, are primarily spoken.

c) Countries that make up Latin America
Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela.

d) Countries that make up the Caribbean
Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos Islands and Virgin Islands.

e) 1. Brazil has more than 55 National Parks and more than 1700 species of birds
2. Guatemalan writer Miguel Angel Asturias was awarded the 1967 Nobel Prize for Literature

f) 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyFZ0peN7sg
I believe that this is a reputable source because it has well known supporters and sponsors involved with it.
2. http://www.eslteachersboard.com/cgi-bin/latin-america/index.pl?noframes;read=640
I do not see anything stating that they are certified to be giving this information so it makes me wonder if they are a reputable source.

g) I notice that generally, most people taking this class are fullfilling their GE requirements.
1. Casandre and I both live very close to the SRJC campus
2. Nanette also wants to learn more about the Latin American culture.