Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1992
This site from the Nobel eMuseum allows you to read about the winner of the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature, Derek Walcott. This website is organized into the following sections: "Press Release," "Presentation Speech," "Biography," "Nobel...
BBC
Bbc: News: Country Profile: Jamaica
The BBC offers a brief sketch of Jamaica with importance given to government and the news media. Be sure to click on the timeline link for information on key events in history.
BBC
Bbc: News: Country Profile: Haiti
Discover details about Haitian history, economy, government, and news media from the BBC. Links to an audio of the national anthem and a timeline of events.
BBC
Bbc: News: Country Profile: St Vincent and the Grenadines
The BBC provides an overview, facts, and information on its leaders and the news media. Links to a timeline of key historical events and an audio of the national anthem.
Other
Tobago Division of Tourism and Transportation: Visit Tobago
This is the official website of the Tobago House of Assembly's Department of Tourism featuring places of interest, culture, history, geography, government, news and events.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Fidel Castro 2nd Declaration
This site contains the text of a speech delivered by Castro on February 4, 1962 titled "The Second Declaration of Havana." In this speech you can see Castro's Marxist-Leninist ideology.
Black Past
Black Past: New York Slave Conspiracy (1741)
This is a brief encyclopedia entry about the possible slave conspiracy to burn New York City.
Nations Online Project
Nations Online: Bahamas Island Profile
A great country profile that takes you on a virtual trip to the Bahamas. An overview is given on its art, culture, people, environment, geography, history, economy, and government. There are numerous links available that will provide you...
Climate Zone
Climate Zone: Climate of Haiti
A valuable guide to climate information of Haiti as reported from the airports. Information includes average monthly temperature and rainfall. Some general facts and a map are also featured.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Most Successful Pirate of All Time
Dian Murray details the life of the fearsome Madame Zheng.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Wide Sargasso Sea" by Jean Rhys
Selected (10) reading passages (grades 8-12) to pair with "Wide Sargasso Sea" by Jean Rhys. Written as a prequel to Jane Eyre, "Wide Sargasso Sea" follows the life of Antoinette Cosway from her tumultuous childhood in Jamaica following...
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Costa Rica Culture
Learn about the culture of Costa Rica; the people, the food, the music, and its national symbols.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Lam, the Jungle
Wifredo Lam remains the most renowned painter from Cuba and "The Jungle" remains his best known work and an important painting in the history of Latin American art and the history of twentieth-century modernism more broadly. View...
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Britain's Involvement With New World Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
With a focus on the 17th and 18th centuries, this article traces the history of Britain's large-scale involvement in the enslavement of Africans and the transatlantic slave trade.
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: Global Edge: Turks and Caicos Islands: Introduction
Discover statistics, history, economy, culture, politics, and demographics for the British Overseas Territory of the Turks and Caicos Islands in the North Atlantic Ocean.
Curated OER
Edmonton, Alberta's Afro Caribbean Dance Ensemble
This site looks at the role African-Canadians have played in the arts in Canada.
BBC
Bbc Radio 3: World on Your Street
World on Your Street, although not actively maintained since 2005, is one answer to uncovering different sounds in world music. Find interviews with musicians who brought their music to the UK from many different parts of the globe....
NOAA
Noaa: Photo Library: Welcome to "The Coral Kingdom"
This appealing site contains many wonderful photos of vertebrates, invertebrates, and corals found in the Caribbean Sea, Florida Reef, Pacific Reefs, and Red Sea Reefs.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Hispaniola
Good overview of the history, geography, and ecology of the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean. It is made up of Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Other
Barbados by Map
Discover the beautiful Caribbean Island of Barbados through these interactive maps listed by subject. Click "read more" for further information.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of African Art: Music of Madagascar
Listen to a contemporary style of music from Madagascar, called "salegy," which blends the musical traditions of Africa, South Asia, the Caribbean, and Indonesia.
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Americas Book Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature
Requirements of the ward, nomination forms, and lists of past winners are all available here. This award recognizes works that portray Latin American, the Caribbean, or immigrants from those areas.
A&E Television
History.com: Amerigo Vespucci
Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian-born merchant and explorer who took part in early voyages to the New World on behalf of Spain around the late 15th century. By that time, the Vikings had established settlements in present-day North...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Pallas's Mastiff Bat
This free-tailed bat prefers warm climates and is most commonly found in northern South America, Central America, and the Caribbean Islands. It is believed that several colonies that have been found roosting in buildings in the Florida...
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