Hispanic Heritage Month Template

September 15 - October 15, 2021

Let's Get Celebrating!

National Hispanic Heritage Month begins on September 15th. This template offers you a wide variety of resources for a month of celebrating and honoring the history, culture, and contributions of Americans whose families hail from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America.

Comprehensive Resources

National Hispanic American Heritage Month 2020 - For Teachers

This Teacher's Guide brings together resources created during National Endowment for the Humanities' Summer Seminars and Institutes, lesson plans for K-12 classrooms, and think pieces on events and experiences across Hispanic history and heritage. Image credit: Image Credit: Latin Jazz stamp. Image provided courtesy of the U.S. Postal Service.

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Librarians have the best resources.

From websites to periodicals, this academic library site has pulled some cool resources for teaching Hispanic Heritage Month, including a worksheet exercise for students to search the database for info about important Hispanic Americans.

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Classroom Activities

Nothing like a biography project to inspire students! (click for creative bio project ideas)

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Ellen Ochoa

Learn all about this remarkable astronaut here, and about other notable Hispanic American scientists here.

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Lin-Manuel Miranda

Here's a kid-appropriate bio of this musical theater superstar, plus a super touching video of his own 8th grade English teaching sharing a message with him.

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Sonia Sotomayor

A great video intro to this Supreme Court Justice. For more Hispanic women taking charge in 2021, check out this list.

10 Creative Ways to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month in 2021

Hispanic Heritage Month is a celebration of the Hispanic and Latino culture and their contributions to the United States. Saying "Hispanic" allows for the inclusion of a wide array of different countries, histories, and traditions into one single word. However, there's an unifying element that holds together all those different cultures and nations: the Spanish language.

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Literature-based discussion activity.

From Learning for Justice, this activity involves reading a text appropriate for upper MS & HS, and responding to discussion questions.

Maya Math Game

I am Itzamná, Maya Lord of Knowledge and Wisdom. I am here to tell you about my people, who were expert mathematicians. The ancient Maya used mathematics to support many activities in their daily lives, from market transactions to predicting eclipses and making sophisticated calendar calculations.

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Hispanic Heritage Month & Science

Hispanic students are vastly underrepresented in STEM AP courses and college majors. Shift the equation by exposing students to contributions of Hispanic cultures and Hispanic Americans to the fields of mathematics and science.

And in case you're teaching remotely:

Virtual Resources Abound for Celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month from Home

National Hispanic Heritage Month is normally a time for festivals, parades, performances, and other celebrations of Hispanic and Latinx culture on college campuses and in communities. Now, more than 50 years since the first observance of National Hispanic Heritage Week in 1968 and more than three decades since its expansion to a monthlong celebration in [...]

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