Resources

 

About Chile:

Bernhardson, Wayne; Chile and Easter Island, Lonely Planet Publ., Hawthorn, Australia, 1997

 

Brennan, John; How to Survive in the Chilean Jungle Y Aprender Los Modismos en Ingles, An English Lexicon of Chilean Slang and Sayings, Instituto Chileno Norte Americano, Santiago, Chile; 1996

 

Chile; Insight Guides; Apa Publications, Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, MA; 1997

 

Congreso Nacional; Manual del Congreso Nacional 1997, Impreso de El Mercurio de Valparaiso S.A.P., 1997

Kalin, Arroyo, Springer, Verla, Ecology & Biogeography of Mediterranean Ecosystems in Chile, California and Australia, 1995

 

Martinez, Javier; Chile, The Great Transformation, The Brookings Institution, Washington DC, 1996

 

Nurse, Charlie: Chile Handbook, Footprint Handbooks Limited, Bath, England; March, 1997

 

Perez, Floridor, Cuentos de Chile 2. Impreso por Cochrane. Santiago, Chile 1995

 

Periodicals:

El Mercurio, Oldest Newspaper in Chile, 1827, Phone: 258011, Address: Esmeraldo 1002, Valparaiso, Chile

 

Web Sites About Chile:

"Spotlight on Chile" http://www.localaccesss.com/chappell/chile/

 

Cerro Tololo http://ctio 52,ctio,noao.edu.//ctio.html

 

www.footprint-handbooks.co.uk

 

Chile Lesson Plans: http://www.connectchile.com/eqide/intro/html

 

www.lonely planet.com

 

Agencies:

 

CORMA Dept. of Plantations, Agustinas 814 of 407 Santiago, Chile, Phone 56-2-6335728, fax 56-2-6397485

 

CODEFF Comite Nacional Pro Defensa de la Fauna Y Flora, Casilla 3675, Santiago, Chile

 

Schools:

 

Fundacion De Vida Rural- Lira No. 17, 4 piso. Santiago, Chile, Phone: 562-6324955, Fax 562-6326533, An all girl school specializing in agriculture and rural development

 

Instituto Chileno Norte Americano, Moneda 1467, Santiago, Chile, Phone: 696 3215 or 698 5999, Fax 698 5999, E-mail: eol@hood.ichn.cl Http://www.ichn.cl

This school also houses Partners of the Americas.

 

Instituto Nacional, Arturo Prat 33, Santiago, Chile; Phone 69987055 or 698622243 fax 6964288

E-mail: instnac@reuna.cl

This is the largest school in Chile, 4000 boys, grades 7-12.

 

Universidad de Valparaiso-Errazuriz 1108-Segundo Piso. Valparaiso, Phone 251231 fax 251168

 

Books by Chilean Authors:

Mistral, Gabriela; Poesia Infantil, Editorial Andres Bello, 6th Edition, Santiago Chile, 1996, Poems for children, enjoyed by parent, teachers and children, written by Nobel Prize Literature Winner.

 

Mistral, Gabriela; Antologia Poetica de Gabriela Mistral, Editorial Alfonso Calderon, 1974, Santiago, Chile. A collection from 5 of Gabriela's works including Ternura and Desolacion. High School to Adult level.

 

Neruda, Pablo; El Libro de Las Preguntas, editorial Andres Bello, 1996, Santiago, Chile. A poetic book of questions about humanity and nature. All ages.

 

Neruda, Pablo; Maremoto, Pehuen Editors 1991, Santiago Chile. Poems celebrating the beauty of sea life.

 

Neruda, Pablo; Poesia de Pablo Neruda, Editorial Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile 1996. A collection of poems from 8 sources with black and white illustrations. High school to adult level.

 

Pena Munoz, Folklore Infantil en la Education, Editorial Andres Bello, 1994, Santiago, Chile. Rhymes, songs, riddles, tongue twisters.

 

Pereira, Manuel, Sepulveda, Fidel; Cuentos Chilenos Para Ninos, Editorial Andres Bello, 1997, Santiago, Chile. A collection of 13 Chilean stories along with literary comments to help encourage the enjoyment of reading. For bilingual students of intermediate level. As a read-aloud to primary grades.

 

Carvajal, Victor, Mamire, el ultimo nino. Aguilar Chilena de Ediciones, Inc., 1996

 

La coleccion "Mujeres en la cultura Chilena". Sernam

 

Munoz, Manuel Pena, Folklore infantil en la educacion , Editorial Andres Bello

 

Parra, Nicanor, Sinfonia de Cuna, Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes

 

Munoz, Manuel Pena, Habia una vez..en America, Dolmen Estudio

 

Neruda, Pablo, El Libro de las Preguntas, Editorial Andres Bello

 

Lunita Llena dormida en mi huerto, Ediciones Fundacion Andes (Children's Poetry)

 

El nino cocinero latinoamericano, Edited by Patricia Van Rhijn, Editorial CIDCLI

 

Leyendas Chilenas, Editorial Andres Bello

 

 

Music:

Merengue (Dominican Republic, New York)

 

Juan Luis Guerra

Johnny Ventura

Sergio Vargas

Amparo Sandino

 

Salsa (Puerto Rico, Colombia, Cuba)

 

Niche

Alvita Rodriguez

Celia Cruz

Gloria Estevan

Ruben Blades

Willi Colon

Mark Anthony

Carlos Vives

 

 

 

 

Chilean:

 

Inti-Illimani

Quillapayun

Illapu

 

Musica Popular-Latino Rock:

 

Congreso

Los Jaivas

Los Tres

Enanitos Verdes

 

Canto Nuevo:

 

Victor Jarra

Violeta Parra

Patricio Manss

 

Misc:

 

Game: Mi gran pais (like Monopoly, but of places in Chile)

Arpilleras

Map of Chile

Postcards of Chile

Chilean Flag


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