Providing specialized services to schools and colleges across the nation, LARC is one of the largest and most comprehensive educational resource centers on Latin America in the nation. The following services are available to educators in Louisiana and the United States. Lending Library LARC maintains a comprehensive lending collection of educational items about various Latin American topics for teacher and classroom use. The collection includes over 3,000 documentary videos, slides, culture kits, curriculum units, games, and miscellaneous print materials, all of which are available for free short-term loan to any instructor in the United States. There are many Latin American Studies faculty members and students at Tulane who are available for speaking engagements in the metro-New Orleans area.
Topics vary each semester depending on availability of speakers.
LARC offers professional development workshops on the Tulane campus for educators from Louisiana and Mississippi. We also offer specialized summer programs, open to educators nationwide, both in the U.S. and abroad. Staff members of the Stone Center are also available to speak at professional organization meetings and in-service workshops. 862-3143 Consulting on Latin American Resources Stone Center staff can help individual educators design personalized units of study incorporating both Tulane and LARC resources. Our continuing series of publications focus on topics not regularly covered by commercial textbooks.