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Lesson Plans My Family Traditions: A Class Book and a Potluck Lunch This lesson for grades 3–5 starts with a read-aloud and analysis of “Family Pictures/Cuadros de Familia,” by Carmen Lomas Garza. Students describe the book’s pictures and discuss family traditions. They then explore their own traditions by creating a class book and hosting a potluck lunch. Using Timeline Games and Mexican History to Improve Comprehension In this lesson, elementary students study the basic elements of Mexican history and use online resources to gather the information they need to make an illustrated timeline. Investigating Names to Explore Personal History and Cultural Traditions Latina author Sandra Cisneros’ House on Mango Street serves as a model for middle school students as they research and write about their own names.

Web Links Pura Belpré Medal Winners This is the webpage for current winners of the American Library Association’s Pura Belpré Award. Established in 1996, it is presented to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth. Links to past winners and additional information are available as well. Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Choose among links to information on Hispanic history, famous Latinos, and Latinos in history on this Scholastic website. The site features a Flash interactive, the Piñata Concentration game, which is entirely in Spanish. Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month—National Register of Historic Places, NPS This collection of resources from the National Register of Historic Places includes links to publications, featured properties, and history in the parks, including a series of lesson plans that use places listed in the Register.

• Activities to Honor Heroes
  http://www.teachervision.fen.com/tv/printables/0876288492_287_89.pdf
• Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month - Education World
  http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson023.shtml
  Lesson plans, worksheets, and activity suggestions for teachers.
• Hispanic Heritage Month
  http://www.factmonster.com/spot/hhm1.html
  Includes facts and history of Hispanic Heritage Month.www.factmonster.com/spot/hhm1.html
• Los Numeros -- The Numbers
• Geography Quiz
• Flip Book  Complete a flip book on this page to write down important information.
  
• Map of Mexico PDF
  
• Mexico: On-Line Quiz
  
• Puerto Rican Discovery Day
   
• Passport to Learning
  
• Spanish and Latino Influence on Music and Dance
  
• Touring Mexico
  

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