Hispanic Heritage Month Sept. 15-Oct 15

Some quick videos explaining Hispanic Heritage Month https://youtu.be/ZqwAN60b8GY
(This one is from Disney and famous children actors) https://youtu.be/F-PgK0J3eNY
(This one is from Studies Weekly and explains the history of Hispanic Heritage Month)

Notable Hispanic Americans

Pick a person to “spotlight”. Below are some notable Hispanic Americans https://www.biography.com/news/notable-hispanic-americans

https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/hispanic-americans-changing-the-world/

CUSD Supplemental Literature List 8th Grade Baseball in April and Other Stories- Gary Soto Lupita Manana- Patricia Beatty

Study Sync- 8th

Unit 3 - “Abuela Invents the Zero”,“A Celebration of Grandfathers”,”Born Worker”, “Ode to Thanks”

CUSD Supplemental Literature List 7th Grade None

Study Sync- 7th Unit 1- “Barrio Boy”,
Unit 3- “About Cesar”, “Elegy on the Death of Cesar Chavez”, Unit 4- “Amigo Brothers”, “Oranges”

From Debbie Parra’s Friday Update

Spanish teachers or those wanting virtual Multicultural Holiday Activities

Lotería is a favorite Mexican card game often played at the holidays when extended family get together. Here is a virtual version to play with your classes, as well as during your own extended family celebrations this year. (Contributed by Leeanne Branham)

Virtual Lotería

September 15 – through October 15 is designated as Hispanic Heritage Month. I found a quote, I think, you will appreciate from one of my favorite comedians, George Lopez.

“No particular race is the enemy. Ignorance is the enemy.”

Multi-Cultural Education

There are so many things we do, as educators to teach our students about the people and cultures that make up today’s society. We often find ourselves looking for resources beyond what is available in our core curriculum. With this in mind, CIA has added a new resource to our distance learning website. It is labeled multi-cultural education and begins with Hispanic Heritage. You will find lessons from our core curriculum, as well as additional resources that can be used in all subject areas and for all grade levels. It also includes posters from Teaching Tolerance that are downloadable. Hispanic Heritage Month

Gary and Saul provided the following information:

In 1968 Hispanic Heritage Week was started under President Lyndon Johnson to celebrate the cultures, histories, and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Mexico, Spain, the Caribbean and Central and South America. In 1988 it was expanded by President Ronald Reagan to cover a 30 day period from September 15th to October 15th. September 15th was selected because it is the anniversary of independence for Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. Other important dates that fall within that 30 day timeline are the anniversary of independence for Mexico (September 16) , Chile (September 18) and Columbus Day or Dia de la Raza (October 12).