Regional Culture: Unique Musical Styles of Latin America & the Caribbean

Salsa
  - Celia Cruz
  - Hector Lavoe
  - Oscar DeLeon
  - Ruben Blades


Reggae
  - Bob Marley


Calypso
  - Lord Kitchener
  - Mighty Sparrow


Soca
  - Michael Montano
  - David Rudder


Steel Pan

Meregue

Cumbia

Norteno
  - Los Tigres del Norte


Ranchera
  - Vicente Fernandez

Regional Culture: Unique Religious Practices in Latin America & the Caribbean

This topic has an in-class PowerPoint presentation devoted to it that presents the various religions, both common and unique, in Latin America & the Caribbean.

In addition, we will view this Prezi on Rastafari.

Documentary: The Spirit of Haiti: Voodoo

7 minute overview of santeria

Regional Culture: Culinary Identities of Latin America & the Caribbean

Common dishes

Ropa vieja (served with rice and black beans) - Cuba

Jerk Chicken (served with cabbage and peas & rice) - Jamaica

Tacos (common street tacos w/ various meats) - Mexico

Mofongo - Puerto Rico

Doubles (various types of curry served with bara) - Trinidad

Paella - Venezuela

Empenadas - Colombia

Other traditional foods

Shark n Bake - Trinidad

Stew Chicken - Anglophone Caribbean

Fried Plantain - Regional

Mangoes - Regional

Rum - Caribbean

Cafe Cubano - Cuba

Cafe con Leche/ Cafe au Lait - French/Spanish Caribbean

Regional Culture: Sport in Latin America & the Caribbean

Soccer/ Futbol

Soccer in Argentina

Brazil's 1970 World Cup win

Interviews with Jamaica's Reggae Boyz

Baseball

Baseball & US-Latin American Relations

OTL: Castro on Cuban Baseball

Baseball in the Dominican Republic

Cricket

How to play cricket

Track

Jamaican High School Track Championships

Usain Bolt