Ethnic Studies Week, October 1-7


On Line Videos/Audio 

Border Views Experts from The University of Texas at Austin are offering their views immigration reform, border enforcement and Arizona’s recent legislation, on these issues through a series of online videos.http://www.utexas.edu/know/2010/07/19/border_views/
ARIZONA ....ANTI-ETHNIC STUDIES LAW:Definitions & Implications..Drs. Kenneth Nunn,  Sam Stafford, &  James Davidson

Trilogy of Terror... hip hop rendition of Manifest Destiny to Manifest Insanity: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiG8p1MUXxA

Films:
Beyond the Border  The story of one young man who moves from Michoacán, Mexico to Kentucky in search of work. Story begins in 1998, and examines the community he enters and the one he leaves behind.      www.dosvatos.com

February One... the world can change in a day The story of the Greensboro lunch-counter sits-ins that started a national movement. Told from the perspective of the four eighteen year old students who started it. http://www.februaryonedocumentary.com/
 
 Harvest of Loneliness A documentary of the Bracero Program, the U.S. government temporary labor program 1942-1964 involving workers from Mexico . Told from the perspective of the workers , their families and communities. 
http://www.harvestofloneliness.com/

The Letter: A Small Town and the "Somali Invasion"   In 2002  Mayor of Lewiston, Maine sends an open letter to 1,100 newly arrived Somali refugees advising them not to move to the city. Interpreted as a rallying cry by white supremacist groups across the United States, THE LETTER documents the  a "hate" rally convened by the World Church of the Creator and a counter "peace" rally involving 4,000 Lewiston residents supporting ethnic and cultural diversity.

http://www.hamzehmystiquefilms.com/theletter/

Precious Knowledge  FORTHCOMING  PBS Documentary: The story of the Mexican American Studies Program of the Tucson Unified School District, one of the targets of HB 2281 the 2010 Arizona law banning ethnic studies.  Told from the perspective of the students and teachers in the program.    You can help speed up the making of  this film by pre-ordering and donating. Go to the website.   
www.dosvatos.com

Viva La Causa   teachingtolerance.org
  • Grades 6 to 8
  • Grades 9 to 12
    Viva La Causa focuses on one of the seminal events in the march for human rights - the grape strike and boycott led by César Chávez and Dolores Huerta in the 1960s. Viva la Causa will show how thousands of people from across the nation joined in a struggle for justice for the most exploited people in our country - the workers who put food on our tables.

    The kit includes: 39-minute film on DVD & Teacher's guide with standards-based lesson plans
Teachers can order this kit for free.

Viva La Causa meets content standards for social studies and language arts, grades 7-12.

Related activities: African-American Studies: A Guide to Internet Resources
  • The University of Delaware subject page for African American Web resources.
Asian Americans Chicano/a or Latino/a Americans
http://www.njstatelib.org/NJ_Information/Digital_Collections/AAHCG/


Articles
"Evaluating Classroom Materials for Bias Against American Indians" Online edition of Tribal College Journal, Vol. 21 issue 2 Winter  2009Contains papers, books, web sites, and video recommendations for how to examine curriculum, setting the historical record straight, and also powerful resources on American Indian issues. Free to all online.
http://www.tribalcollegejournal.org/themag/backissues/winter2009/winter2009rg.htm

Books
K-3
 Cesar Chavez written by Jerry Tello.  Scholastic  Books.
For beginning readers. The life and accomplishments of Cesar Chavez, the co-founder of the United farm Workers. The story guides students through the journey of how Cesar Chavez advocated for the rights of farm workers throughout the southwest. High school Junior-College College
Chicana Studies: An Introduction, Vol. 1 Rosalia Solorzano and Francisca James Hernandez, eds.
Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall&Hunt Publishers, 2010.This textbook is prepared for the novice student in Chicana (or Chicano) Studies with supplemental material to assist classroom teaching. PUBLISHED JULY 30 2010.  
http://www.kendallhunt.com/solorzano

Unequal Sisters: an Inclusive Reader in U.S. Women's History,  Vicki Ruiz, Editor.   

Websites
A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constitution
http://americanhistory.si.edu/perfectunion/experience/index.html
Smithsonian National Museum of American History 1990-2001
This site explores a period of U.S. history when racial prejudice and fear upset the delicate balance between the rights of a citizen versus the power of the state. Focusing on the experiences of Japanese Americans who were placed in detention camps during World War II, this online exhibit is a case study in decision-making and citizen action under the U.S. Constitution. 

African American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/aohome.html
Library of Congress 2002
This Special Presentation of the Library of Congress exhibition showcases the Library's African-American collections. The presentation was not only a highlight of what is on view in this major black history exhibition, but also a glimpse into the Library's vast African-American collections. Both include a wide array of important and rare books, government documents, manuscripts, maps, musical scores, plays, films, and recordings.

The National Association for Ethnic Studies
resource page http://www.ethnicstudies.org/websites.htm


NCSS Online Teachers Library Ethnic Studies Elementary Classroom Resources ncurihttp://www.socialstudies.org/teacherslibrarytest?filter1[]=62


  • Allies for Justice: A Lesson from Viva La Causa
  • Committing to Nonviolence: A Lesson from Viva La Causa
  • Economic Injustice Affects Us All: A Lesson from Viva La Causa
  • Exploring the Film: A Lesson from Viva La Causa
  • Farmworkers and the Union: A Lesson from Viva La Causa
  • The Immigration Debate: A Lesson from Viva La Causa
  • Worker Exploitation Today: A Lesson from Viva La Causa
    Speakers:
    Louis Mendoza is available to speak on contemporary and historical Latino immigration issues, particularly the history and policies of Mexican migration to the US. He has just finished working on a video and is in the process of completing two books related to his 2007 Journey Across Our America research project on U.S. Latina/o communities that he conducted while bicycling around the perimeter of the country.In support of Ethnic Studies week he is available to speak or show his video (schedule allowing) within 100 miles of Minneapolis. He may be contacted at lmendoza@umn.edu or via phone at 612-624-8031.
    http://chicano.umn.edu/about/profile.php?UID=lmendoza

    Roberto Rodriguez is an assistant professor at the Mexican American & Raza Studies Department at the University of Arizona. He is a longtime-award-winning journalist/columnist.  Many of his awards have come about in the area of defense of the First Amendment and human rights.  His current field of study is the examination of maize culture, migration, and the role of stories and oral traditions among Mexican and Central American peoples. He has a forthcoming book: Centeotzintli: Sacred Maiz - a 7,000-year Ceremonial Discourse. He currently writes for New America Media.  At Mexican American & Raza Studies, he teaches classes on the history of maiz, Chicano Culture and the Chicano Movement and the history of red-brown journalism. As a faculty member, he has been at the heart of the racial profiling and ethnic studies battles in Arizona. He is one of 15 defendants in their upcoming Oct 21 trial in defense of Ethnic Studies.  Rodriguez can be reached at: XColumn@gmail.com

    Michael W. Simpson  teaches courses in American Indian Film at the University of Arizona. His  award winning research focuses on the representation of Native Americans in U.S. high school textbooks. He has been a leading activist in the fight to save ethnic studies in Arizona and can speak about these current issues, as well as contextualizing them historically and globally. He is the author of , Invisibility and Visibility of American Indian Peoples in Current U.S. History Textbooks: Use of the ‘Other’ in Constructing National White Identity (May 17, 2010). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1609907    and Tom Horne, Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Verse Tucson Unified School District's Ethnic Studies: A Critical Discourse Study (April 2, 2009). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1372387


    Standup for Peace: The Two Comedian Solution to Middle East Peace    with
    Jewish-American comedian Scott Blakeman and Palestinian-American comedian
    Dean Obeidallah is the disarmingly funny comedy show that breaks new ground
    by finding common ground. Scott and Dean have received critical acclaim and
    drawn large audiences at colleges, theaters, Temples, JCC's, and mosques
    across the country. You can find out more at http://www.standupforpeace.com/


    Music:

    Are We a Nation by Sweet Honey in the Rock.  The music and the video provide a whole lesson about how immigration is the social justice issue of the moment and its connection to other social movements past and present.  You must see this and pass it on!  Great for beginning a class discussion. 
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtIO7y8TTZ8
    NPR: ALT.Latino     In this week's edition of Alt.Latino, we review our favorite songs about immigrants.
    http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128247391

    Radio

    Encuentro     Thursday, 8 to 10:00 pm, Encuentro takes you on a journey across Latin America with its folk and traditional music. Encuentro also explores history and politics through music, literature, poetry, and other forms of artistic expression of the Latin American peoples. Bilingual.  Listen on line anytime.
    http://www.kfai.org/node/3344

    Salim Muwakkil Show Saturday, 7-10pm on Chicago's only black- owned radio station WVON 1690. Muwakkil    is a Senior Editor of In These Times, and an op-ed columnist for the Chicago Tribune. Hel is a frequent contributor to Chicago Tonight and Beyond the Beltway with Bruce Dumont, two Chicago-based public affairs programs, serves as a board member for the Progressive Media Project and the Chicago-based Public Square and a faculty member of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest's Urban Studies Program.   //www.wvon.com/personalities/salim-muwakkil.html



    Curricula:
    Teaching Tolerance: Loaded with classroom material and ideas for teachers.  A Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center  
    http://www.tolerance.org/

    Race the Power of Illusion: A three part vidio by PBS with educators classroom guide including an extensive resource list  http://www.pbs.org/race/000_General/000_00-Home.htm


    University of Delaware General Resources for Ethnic Studies  http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/ethst/internet.htm


 
 

Ethnic Studies Week Resources/ Links 

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  • Allies for Justice: A Lesson from Viva La Causa
  • Committing to Nonviolence: A Lesson from Viva La Causa
  • Economic Injustice Affects Us All: A Lesson from Viva La Causa
  • Exploring the Film: A Lesson from Viva La Causa
  • Farmworkers and the Union: A Lesson from Viva La Causa
  • The Immigration Debate: A Lesson from Viva La Causa
  • Worker Exploitation Today: A Lesson from Viva La Causa
    Speakers:
    Louis Mendoza is available to speak on contemporary and historical Latino immigration issues, particularly the history and policies of Mexican migration to the US. He has just finished working on a video and is in the process of completing two books related to his 2007 Journey Across Our America research project on U.S. Latina/o communities that he conducted while bicycling around the perimeter of the country.In support of Ethnic Studies week he is available to speak or show his video (schedule allowing) within 100 miles of Minneapolis. He may be contacted at lmendoza@umn.edu or via phone at 612-624-8031.
    http://chicano.umn.edu/about/profile.php?UID=lmendoza

    Roberto Rodriguez is an assistant professor at the Mexican American & Raza Studies Department at the University of Arizona. He is a longtime-award-winning journalist/columnist.  Many of his awards have come about in the area of defense of the First Amendment and human rights.  His current field of study is the examination of maize culture, migration, and the role of stories and oral traditions among Mexican and Central American peoples. He has a forthcoming book: Centeotzintli: Sacred Maiz - a 7,000-year Ceremonial Discourse. He currently writes for New America Media.  At Mexican American & Raza Studies, he teaches classes on the history of maiz, Chicano Culture and the Chicano Movement and the history of red-brown journalism. As a faculty member, he has been at the heart of the racial profiling and ethnic studies battles in Arizona. He is one of 15 defendants in their upcoming Oct 21 trial in defense of Ethnic Studies.  Rodriguez can be reached at: XColumn@gmail.com

    Michael W. Simpson  teaches courses in American Indian Film at the University of Arizona. His  award winning research focuses on the representation of Native Americans in U.S. high school textbooks. He has been a leading activist in the fight to save ethnic studies in Arizona and can speak about these current issues, as well as contextualizing them historically and globally. He is the author of , Invisibility and Visibility of American Indian Peoples in Current U.S. History Textbooks: Use of the ‘Other’ in Constructing National White Identity (May 17, 2010). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1609907    and Tom Horne, Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Verse Tucson Unified School District's Ethnic Studies: A Critical Discourse Study (April 2, 2009). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1372387


    Standup for Peace: The Two Comedian Solution to Middle East Peace    with
    Jewish-American comedian Scott Blakeman and Palestinian-American comedian
    Dean Obeidallah is the disarmingly funny comedy show that breaks new ground
    by finding common ground. Scott and Dean have received critical acclaim and
    drawn large audiences at colleges, theaters, Temples, JCC's, and mosques
    across the country. You can find out more at http://www.standupforpeace.com/


    Music:

    Are We a Nation by Sweet Honey in the Rock.  The music and the video provide a whole lesson about how immigration is the social justice issue of the moment and its connection to other social movements past and present.  You must see this and pass it on!  Great for beginning a class discussion. 
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtIO7y8TTZ8
    NPR: ALT.Latino     In this week's edition of Alt.Latino, we review our favorite songs about immigrants.
    http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128247391

    Radio

    Encuentro     Thursday, 8 to 10:00 pm, Encuentro takes you on a journey across Latin America with its folk and traditional music. Encuentro also explores history and politics through music, literature, poetry, and other forms of artistic expression of the Latin American peoples. Bilingual.  Listen on line anytime.
    http://www.kfai.org/node/3344

    Salim Muwakkil Show Saturday, 7-10pm on Chicago's only black- owned radio station WVON 1690. Muwakkil    is a Senior Editor of In These Times, and an op-ed columnist for the Chicago Tribune. Hel is a frequent contributor to Chicago Tonight and Beyond the Beltway with Bruce Dumont, two Chicago-based public affairs programs, serves as a board member for the Progressive Media Project and the Chicago-based Public Square and a faculty member of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest's Urban Studies Program.   //www.wvon.com/personalities/salim-muwakkil.html



    Curricula:
    Teaching Tolerance: Loaded with classroom material and ideas for teachers.  A Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center  
    http://www.tolerance.org/

    Race the Power of Illusion: A three part vidio by PBS with educators classroom guide including an extensive resource list  http://www.pbs.org/race/000_General/000_00-Home.htm


    University of Delaware General Resources for Ethnic Studies  http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/ethst/internet.htm
    American Federation of Teachers Hispanic Heritage Month Resources Page 
    • Allies for Justice: A Lesson from Viva La Causa
    • Committing to Nonviolence: A Lesson from Viva La Causa
    • Economic Injustice Affects Us All: A Lesson from Viva La Causa
    • Exploring the Film: A Lesson from Viva La Causa
    • Farmworkers and the Union: A Lesson from Viva La Causa
    • The Immigration Debate: A Lesson from Viva La Causa
    • Worker Exploitation Today: A Lesson from Viva La Causa
      Speakers:
      Louis Mendoza is available to speak on contemporary and historical Latino immigration issues, particularly the history and policies of Mexican migration to the US. He has just finished working on a video and is in the process of completing two books related to his 2007 Journey Across Our America research project on U.S. Latina/o communities that he conducted while bicycling around the perimeter of the country.In support of Ethnic Studies week he is available to speak or show his video (schedule allowing) within 100 miles of Minneapolis. He may be contacted at lmendoza@umn.edu or via phone at 612-624-8031.
      http://chicano.umn.edu/about/profile.php?UID=lmendoza

      Roberto Rodriguez is an assistant professor at the Mexican American & Raza Studies Department at the University of Arizona. He is a longtime-award-winning journalist/columnist.  Many of his awards have come about in the area of defense of the First Amendment and human rights.  His current field of study is the examination of maize culture, migration, and the role of stories and oral traditions among Mexican and Central American peoples. He has a forthcoming book: Centeotzintli: Sacred Maiz - a 7,000-year Ceremonial Discourse. He currently writes for New America Media.  At Mexican American & Raza Studies, he teaches classes on the history of maiz, Chicano Culture and the Chicano Movement and the history of red-brown journalism. As a faculty member, he has been at the heart of the racial profiling and ethnic studies battles in Arizona. He is one of 15 defendants in their upcoming Oct 21 trial in defense of Ethnic Studies.  Rodriguez can be reached at: XColumn@gmail.com

      Michael W. Simpson  teaches courses in American Indian Film at the University of Arizona. His  award winning research focuses on the representation of Native Americans in U.S. high school textbooks. He has been a leading activist in the fight to save ethnic studies in Arizona and can speak about these current issues, as well as contextualizing them historically and globally. He is the author of , Invisibility and Visibility of American Indian Peoples in Current U.S. History Textbooks: Use of the ‘Other’ in Constructing National White Identity (May 17, 2010). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1609907    and Tom Horne, Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Verse Tucson Unified School District's Ethnic Studies: A Critical Discourse Study (April 2, 2009). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1372387


      Standup for Peace: The Two Comedian Solution to Middle East Peace      with
      Jewish-American comedian Scott Blakeman and Palestinian-American comedian
      Dean Obeidallah is the disarmingly funny comedy show that breaks new ground
      by finding common ground. Scott and Dean have received critical acclaim and
      drawn large audiences at colleges, theaters, Temples, JCC's, and mosques
      across the country. You can find out more at http://www.standupforpeace.com/


      Music:

      Are We a Nation by Sweet Honey in the Rock.  The music and the video provide a whole lesson about how immigration is the social justice issue of the moment and its connection to other social movements past and present.  You must see this and pass it on!  Great for beginning a class discussion. 
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtIO7y8TTZ8
      NPR: ALT.Latino       In this week's edition of Alt.Latino, we review our favorite songs about immigrants.
      http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128247391

      Radio

      Encuentro       Thursday, 8 to 10:00 pm, Encuentro takes you on a journey across Latin America with its folk and traditional music. Encuentro also explores history and politics through music, literature, poetry, and other forms of artistic expression of the Latin American peoples. Bilingual.  Listen on line anytime.
      http://www.kfai.org/node/3344

      Salim Muwakkil Show Saturday, 7-10pm on Chicago's only black- owned radio station WVON 1690. Muwakkil    is a Senior Editor of In These Times, and an op-ed columnist for the Chicago Tribune. Hel is a frequent contributor to Chicago Tonight and Beyond the Beltway with Bruce Dumont, two Chicago-based public affairs programs, serves as a board member for the Progressive Media Project and the Chicago-based Public Square and a faculty member of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest's Urban Studies Program.   //www.wvon.com/personalities/salim-muwakkil.html



      Curricula:
      Teaching Tolerance: Loaded with classroom material and ideas for teachers.  A Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center  
      http://www.tolerance.org/

      Race the Power of Illusion: A three part vidio by PBS with educators classroom guide including an extensive resource list  http://www.pbs.org/race/000_General/000_00-Home.htm


      University of Delaware General Resources for Ethnic Studies  http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/ethst/internet.htm

    • Allies for Justice: A Lesson from Viva La Causa
    • Committing to Nonviolence: A Lesson from Viva La Causa
    • Economic Injustice Affects Us All: A Lesson from Viva La Causa
    • Exploring the Film: A Lesson from Viva La Causa
    • Farmworkers and the Union: A Lesson from Viva La Causa
    • The Immigration Debate: A Lesson from Viva La Causa
    • Worker Exploitation Today: A Lesson from Viva La Causa
      Speakers:
      Louis Mendoza is available to speak on contemporary and historical Latino immigration issues, particularly the history and policies of Mexican migration to the US. He has just finished working on a video and is in the process of completing two books related to his 2007 Journey Across Our America research project on U.S. Latina/o communities that he conducted while bicycling around the perimeter of the country.In support of Ethnic Studies week he is available to speak or show his video (schedule allowing) within 100 miles of Minneapolis. He may be contacted at lmendoza@umn.edu or via phone at 612-624-8031.
      http://chicano.umn.edu/about/profile.php?UID=lmendoza

      Roberto Rodriguez is an assistant professor at the Mexican American & Raza Studies Department at the University of Arizona. He is a longtime-award-winning journalist/columnist.  Many of his awards have come about in the area of defense of the First Amendment and human rights.  His current field of study is the examination of maize culture, migration, and the role of stories and oral traditions among Mexican and Central American peoples. He has a forthcoming book: Centeotzintli: Sacred Maiz - a 7,000-year Ceremonial Discourse. He currently writes for New America Media.  At Mexican American & Raza Studies, he teaches classes on the history of maiz, Chicano Culture and the Chicano Movement and the history of red-brown journalism. As a faculty member, he has been at the heart of the racial profiling and ethnic studies battles in Arizona. He is one of 15 defendants in their upcoming Oct 21 trial in defense of Ethnic Studies.  Rodriguez can be reached at: XColumn@gmail.com

      Michael W. Simpson  teaches courses in American Indian Film at the University of Arizona. His  award winning research focuses on the representation of Native Americans in U.S. high school textbooks. He has been a leading activist in the fight to save ethnic studies in Arizona and can speak about these current issues, as well as contextualizing them historically and globally. He is the author of , Invisibility and Visibility of American Indian Peoples in Current U.S. History Textbooks: Use of the ‘Other’ in Constructing National White Identity (May 17, 2010). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1609907    and Tom Horne, Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Verse Tucson Unified School District's Ethnic Studies: A Critical Discourse Study (April 2, 2009). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1372387


      Standup for Peace: The Two Comedian Solution to Middle East Peace      with
      Jewish-American comedian Scott Blakeman and Palestinian-American comedian
      Dean Obeidallah is the disarmingly funny comedy show that breaks new ground
      by finding common ground. Scott and Dean have received critical acclaim and
      drawn large audiences at colleges, theaters, Temples, JCC's, and mosques
      across the country. You can find out more at http://www.standupforpeace.com/


      Music:

      Are We a Nation by Sweet Honey in the Rock.  The music and the video provide a whole lesson about how immigration is the social justice issue of the moment and its connection to other social movements past and present.  You must see this and pass it on!  Great for beginning a class discussion. 
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtIO7y8TTZ8
      NPR: ALT.Latino       In this week's edition of Alt.Latino, we review our favorite songs about immigrants.
      http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128247391

      Radio

      Encuentro       Thursday, 8 to 10:00 pm, Encuentro takes you on a journey across Latin America with its folk and traditional music. Encuentro also explores history and politics through music, literature, poetry, and other forms of artistic expression of the Latin American peoples. Bilingual.  Listen on line anytime.
      http://www.kfai.org/node/3344

      Salim Muwakkil Show Saturday, 7-10pm on Chicago's only black- owned radio station WVON 1690. Muwakkil    is a Senior Editor of In These Times, and an op-ed columnist for the Chicago Tribune. Hel is a frequent contributor to Chicago Tonight and Beyond the Beltway with Bruce Dumont, two Chicago-based public affairs programs, serves as a board member for the Progressive Media Project and the Chicago-based Public Square and a faculty member of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest's Urban Studies Program.   //www.wvon.com/personalities/salim-muwakkil.html



      Curricula:
      Teaching Tolerance: Loaded with classroom material and ideas for teachers.  A Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center  
      http://www.tolerance.org/

      Race the Power of Illusion: A three part vidio by PBS with educators classroom guide including an extensive resource list  http://www.pbs.org/race/000_General/000_00-Home.htm


      University of Delaware General Resources for Ethnic Studies  http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/ethst/internet.htm

American Federation of Teachers Hispanic Heritage month Resources page


Classroom Materials

National Hispanic Heritage Month: Sept. 15 – Oct. 15

The first formal recognition of Hispanic Heritage was made by Congress in 1968. Originally designated as the week of Sept. 15, the celebration was centered around the Independence Days of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, which are celebrated on Sept. 15, and Mexico, which is celebrated on Sept. 16.

In 1988, the celebration was extended to 31 days, beginning on Sept. 15 and ending on Oct. 15. It now includes Chile’s Independence Day (Sept. 18) and el Dia de la Raza, or the Hispanic celebration of Columbus Day (Oct. 12).

According to the U.S. Census, people of Hispanic descent can trace their ancestry to Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Spain and the Spanish-speaking countries of Central and South America. National Hispanic Heritage Month celebrates people of various different races, from more than 20 different nations around the world who share a related cultural and ethnic heritage.

Hispanic populations

 

This website pulls together a variety of resources to help teachers celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month in their classroom. The people, places and events highlighted here are meant to give readers a glimpse into a few of the many significant contributions Hispanics have made in building and strengthening the institutions where we live and work.

Classroom Resources

Colorín Colorado
This free professional development resource for educators of Latino English language learners provided by the AFT and the Reading Rockets project of PBS Station WETA offers ideas, tools, and downloadables for Hispanic Heritage month, in addition to numerous other instructional resources for all year long.
www.ColorinColorado.org 

National Geographic Map Machine
Use this resource to learn about Hispanic countries throughout the world including each country’s climate, population, maps, flag and brief history.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/map-machine#theme=Street&c=0|0&sf=187648892.534865

Events in Hispanic-American History
This comprehensive site, maintained by the Gale Group, highlights key events in Hispanic-American history beginning with Spanish exploration in 1492 through the present day.
www.galegroup.com/free_resources/chh/timeline/index.htm

 
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Key Facts & Figures

Population

  • 46.9 Million  Estimated Hispanic population as of July 2008
  • 3.2 Percent  Percentage increase in the Hispanic population between July 2007 and July 2008

Language

  • 35 Million  Number of U.S. residents who speak Spanish at home

Education

  • 62 Percent  Hispanics over age 25 with at least a high school education
  • 3.6 Million  Number of Hispanics who hold at least a bachelor’s degree
  • 50,866 / 48,720 / 38,532  Number of Hispanic doctors / postsecondary teachers / lawyers

Business

  • 1.6 million  Number of Hispanic-owned businesses in 2002

Source: U.S. Census Bureau’s Hispanic Heritage Month, Sept. 2009

 

Classroom Materials

National Hispanic Heritage Month: Sept. 15 – Oct. 15

The first formal recognition of Hispanic Heritage was made by Congress in 1968. Originally designated as the week of Sept. 15, the celebration was centered around the Independence Days of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, which are celebrated on Sept. 15, and Mexico, which is celebrated on Sept. 16.

In 1988, the celebration was extended to 31 days, beginning on Sept. 15 and ending on Oct. 15. It now includes Chile’s Independence Day (Sept. 18) and el Dia de la Raza, or the Hispanic celebration of Columbus Day (Oct. 12).

According to the U.S. Census, people of Hispanic descent can trace their ancestry to Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Spain and the Spanish-speaking countries of Central and South America. National Hispanic Heritage Month celebrates people of various different races, from more than 20 different nations around the world who share a related cultural and ethnic heritage.

Hispanic populations

 

This website pulls together a variety of resources to help teachers celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month in their classroom. The people, places and events highlighted here are meant to give readers a glimpse into a few of the many significant contributions Hispanics have made in building and strengthening the institutions where we live and work.

Classroom Resources

Colorín Colorado
This free professional development resource for educators of Latino English language learners provided by the AFT and the Reading Rockets project of PBS Station WETA offers ideas, tools, and downloadables for Hispanic Heritage month, in addition to numerous other instructional resources for all year long.
www.ColorinColorado.org 

National Geographic Map Machine
Use this resource to learn about Hispanic countries throughout the world including each country’s climate, population, maps, flag and brief history.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/map-machine#theme=Street&c=0|0&sf=187648892.534865

Events in Hispanic-American History
This comprehensive site, maintained by the Gale Group, highlights key events in Hispanic-American history beginning with Spanish exploration in 1492 through the present day.
www.galegroup.com/free_resources/chh/timeline/index.htm

 
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