Hispanic Heritage Month

Resources for K-5

Lesson Plans

Tolerance: Comparing Cultural Holidays
Students in grades K-4 compare Halloween and El Día de los Muertos by looking at traditions, music, and visual art.

Latinx Heritage Month begins today.
Students in grades 5-12 work in groups to research and present projects on Hispanic culture through PowerPoint, a webpage, a display, or an interactive tool such as the flip book or stapleless book.

Additional Lesson Plans

Smithsonian Education - Hispanic Heritage Teaching Resources
The Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access compiles classroom resources from different Smithsonian museums that focus on Latino history and culture. K-12.

Hispanic Heritage Month
Lessons, activities, interactives, and resources for grades K-12.

Activities

Bring Hispanic Heritage Month to Life: A Collection of Resources( K-8)
Interactive timelines, scavenger hunts, and other learning fun all about Hispanic Americans.

Fact Monster - Hispanic Heritage Month Activities
Crosswords, population statistics, and more.

Colorín Colorado - Hispanic Heritage Month
Information, puzzles, biographies for English language learners. In English and Spanish.

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage with Recipes full of flavor (K-5)

Printables

Famous Hispanic Americans (K-5)
Coloring pages and hero cards for sports, science, politics, and the arts.

Learn to play Cuban Dominoes with this printable pdf and instructions (3-5)

Background Resources

Day of the Dead - El Dia de los Muertos K-12 curriculum resources.

Library of Congress - Hispanic Heritage Month
Images, exhibits, audio, and video.

Smithsonian Latino Center Includes exhibitions, virtual museum, Virtual Museum Bilingual Teacher Training Took Kit, and more.

National Hispanic Heritage Month Selected resources for teachers.

Hispanic Heritage Booklists

Colorín Colorado’s children’s Hispanic Heritage booklists feature biography, history, cultural traditions, family stories, fun stories, and titles about growing up Latino.

Multimedia

MUSIC

• Mariachi Music Online
  Free downloads and brief artist biographies.
• Cuban Music

VIDEO

• History of Mexico
  Find 31 videos and 18 photo galleries.

Coco (2017) (1:45) Miguel, a 12-year-old frustrated musician, visits the land of the dead to get the blessing of a famous singer, his great-great-grandfather. This movie could be used as an introduction or culminating activity in an exploration of Dia de los Muertos and other aspects of Latino culture.

Resources for 6-8

Lesson Plans

Hispanic Heritage Month Begins Today
Students in grades 5-12 work in groups to research and present projects on Hispanic culture through PowerPoint, a webpage, a display, or an interactive tool such as the flip book or stapleless book.

Mexican Culture and History through Its National Holidays
Students in grades 6-8 investigate Mexico's religious and political history through its major holidays.

Latino Americans Share Their Experiences
Students examine the challenges that three Latino Americans faced and overcame as they achieved success in their careers. This interactive lesson features playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda, actor Judy Reyes, and astronaut José Hernández.

ADDITIONAL LESSON PLANS

Smithsonian Education - Hispanic Heritage Teaching Resources
The Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access compiles classroom resources from different Smithsonian museums that focus on Latino history and culture. K-12.

Latino Americans Lesson Plans from PBS Media
Lesson plans for grades 6-12.

EDSITEment - National Hispanic Heritage Month
Four lessons for grades 6-12, plus recommended websites and background information.

Activities

Fact Monster - Hispanic Heritage Month Activities
Crosswords, population statistics, and more.

Colorín Colorado - Hispanic Heritage Month
Information, puzzles, biographies for English language learners. In English and Spanish.

Learn to play Cuban Dominoes with this printable pdf and instructions (3-8)

Learn about and make your own lotería cards (4-10)

Background Resources

Articles Tagged as Latino American History from Smithsonian magazine.

Library of Congress - Hispanic Heritage Month
Images, exhibits, audio, and video.

Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino Includes exhibitions, virtual museum, Virtual Museum Bilingual Teacher Training Took Kit, and more.

Get to know the new National Museum of the Latino American with an online guide to their exhibit: ¡Presente! A Latino History of the United States.

Multimedia

MUSIC

• Mariachi Music Online Free downloads and brief artist biographies.
• Cuban Music 

VIDEO

• History of Mexico
  Find 31 videos and 18 photo galleries.
• Coco (2017) (1:45) Miguel, a 12-year-old frustrated musician, visits the land of the dead to get the blessing of a famous singer, his great-great-grandfather. This movie could be used as an introduction or culminating activity in an exploration of Dia de los Muertos and other aspects of Latino culture.

Resources for 9-12

Lesson Plans

Hispanic Heritage Month begins today.
Students in grades 5-12 work in groups to research and present projects on Hispanic culture through PowerPoint, a webpage, a display, or an interactive tool such as the flip book or stapleless book.

Five Artists of the Mexican Revolution
Students in grades 9-12 research the events and personalities of the Mexican Revolution, explore how these people and events influenced the artists and art of this time period, and create original art that demonstrates the style of one of the artists studied.

Smithsonian Education - Hispanic Heritage Teaching Resources
Lessons for grades K-12.

Latino Americans Lesson Plans from PBS Media
28 Lesson plans for grades 6-12.

Latino Americans Share Their Experiences
Students examine the challenges that three Latino Americans faced and overcame as they achieved success in their careers. This interactive lesson features playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda, actor Judy Reyes, and astronaut José Hernández.

EDSITEment - National Hispanic Heritage Month

Four lessons for grades 6-12, plus recommended websites and background information.

Common Visions, Common Voices
Students in grades 9-12 analyze similarities and differences between cultures by investigating themes and motifs found in literature or visual arts. Includes activities on the trickster stories of North and Central American Indigenous Peoples.

Activities

Fact Monster - Hispanic Heritage Month Activities
Crosswords, population statistics, and more.

Colorín Colorado - Hispanic Heritage Month
Information, puzzles, biographies for English language learners. In English and Spanish.

Background Resources

Day of the Dead - El Dia de los Muertos  K-12 curriculum resources.

Library of Congress - Hispanic Heritage Month Images, exhibits, audio, and video.

Smithsonian National Museum of the Latino American  Includes exhibitions, virtual museum, Virtual Museum Bilingual Teacher Training Took Kit, and more.

Get to know the new National Museum of the Latino American with an online guide to their exhibit: ¡Presente! A Latino History of the United States.

Multimedia

MUSIC

Mariachi Music Online
Free downloads and brief artist biographies.

Cuban Music

VIDEO

History of Mexico
Find articles and photos from the History Channel.

Chicano! History of the Mexican-American Civil Rights Movement
This documentary series chronicles the struggle for equality and social justice of the Mexican American community in the United States from 1965 to 1975.

Coco (2017) (1:45) Miguel, a 12-year-old frustrated musician, visits the land of the dead to get the blessing of a famous singer, his great-great-grandfather. This movie could be used as an introduction or culminating activity in an exploration of Dia de los Muertos and other aspects of Latino culture.