Hispanic Heritage Month Activities and Resources

A well-researched nine page informational text providing an overview of Hispanic Heritage Month for teachers. Includes short biographies, images and history. Possible to use text for Middle and High School-level readers.

In commemoration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, we present this resource to help teachers engage students in thinking broadly and critically about the Hispanic American experience in all of...

This activity will help you share the importance of civic participation with young voters and challenge them to truly understand the power of their vote. It is important that these new voters, a...

September 15-October 15th is Hispanic Heritage Month, students will learn about the accomplishments of several local heroes and will identify characteristics of good citizens who have made a difference in their community. 

Too often young people feel civically disempowered, unable to make a difference. This lesson addresses this challenge while reinforcing the habits and dispositions identified in the C3 civics...

Aligned with NYS Common Core Learning Standards. After this lesson on Lucas Benitez, students will be able to: describe the labor conditions of farm workers in the...

This lesson plan introduces students to the life and work of the labor leader and civil rights activist Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers (...

"Latino Americans" is a landmark six-hour documentary featuring interviews with nearly 100 Latinos and more than 500 years of history. Watch online and find free lesson plans and resources to accompany this important educational series.

In this lesson, students will work in pairs and use expert reading strategies to analyze the Court’s ruling in Hernandez v. Texas. After participating in a carousel discussion, students will write...

This lesson highlights some of the major events that have taken place and are currently taking place in the on-going struggle for civil rights in America. The power point is detailed and tailored...

See what kind of mischief two Latina sisters get into when they decide to make their own tortillas—out of mud! The lesson plan for Mud Tortillas from Lee & Low Books includes ideas for...

There's going to be a classroom fiesta and it's time to make decorations. See how two Latino children turn some plain colored napkins into a colorful cut paper banner. The lesson plan from Lee...

Learn about human rights using literature (Esperanza Rising). Students will analyze characters’ responses to challenges and will analyze how Esperanza changes over time by focusing on the...

A close reading activity based on the story, “Centerfield Ballhawk” and includes instructions for implementation, text dependent questions, vocabulary and additional tasks. Aligned to Common Core...

A close reading activity based on the story, “Ranita, The Frog Princess” and includes instructions for implementation, text dependent questions, vocabulary and additional tasks. Aligned to Common...

A close reading activity based on the story, “Tomás and the Library Lady” and includes instructions for implementation, text dependent questions, vocabulary and additional tasks. Aligned to...

A one page document created with the aim of helping students revising for the cultural topic that we were studying this year: El coronel no tiene quien le escriba de Gabriel García...