Also Try
- Multicultural Toolkit
Lesson Plans
- Hispanic Heritage Month 1 (PBS TeacherSource)
Provides resources on Hispanic cuture and art. 11-01
- Hispanic Heritage Month 2 (PBS TeacherSource)
Provides resources on Hispanic cuture and art. 11-01
Lists
- Latino WWW Page
- Spanish Culture (SpanishUs.com)
Provides sources of information on Spanish culture and language. 1-01
Materials
- -Bias, Prejudice and Attitudes (IAT Corp and Tolerance.org - Greenwald and Banaji)
 Provides a test of attitudes regarding age, race, gender, and obesity. Your responses are measured by your speed of associations. Most of us do have biases (preferences) that may conflict with our values. Biases can work invisibly and give us a tendency to treat others unfairly (with prejudice). By uncovering our biases, we can combat our prejudices more effectively.
News
- 01-07-04 Latino Culture Strong in the United States (BBC News)
"Three years ago, Latinos became the largest ethnic minority in the US - and the rise in their numbers is having an increasingly dramatic effect on American culture." 1-04
- 06-21-03 Hispanics Now Largest Minority in U.S. (CBS News)
"Hispanics accounted for nearly half the growth in the U.S population the past two years as a high birth rate and influx of immigrants helped secure Latinos' position as the largest minority group."
"Hispanics numbered 38.8 million as of July 2002. That was an increase of almost 10 percent, or 3.5 million, since April 2000, the Census Bureau estimated Wednesday. During the same period, the national population rose 2.5 percent, or 6.9 million people, to more than 288 million."
"Immigration accounted for just over half of the population gain among Hispanics." 6-03
Papers
- Cepeda, Orlando (Latino Legends in Sports)
Provides key events, achievements, and biography of Cepeda, one of the greatest baseball players. 10-00
- Clemente, Roberto (Latino Legends in Sports)
Provides key events, achievements, and biography of Clemente, one of the greatest baseball players and role model for youth. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. 10-00
- Colonias Information (HUD)
Colonias are rural communities and neighborhoods located within 150 miles of the U.S.-Mexican border that lack adequate infrastructure and frequently also lack other basic services. 12-00
- Dark Skin - Photographing Persons of Color (New York Insitute of Photography - Zucker)
Provides tips on photographing persons of color. 'If I am lighting a black person, I'm not going to change the light, I'm not going to bring it in any closer. I'm not going to open up an extra f-stop.'
'The only thing I'm going to do is use the light coming from the side and around the subject. What we need to do when we're photographing a black person is to bring an extra light in from a 90-degree angle.' 6-02
- Gomez, Vernon "Lefty" (Latino Legends in Sports)
Provides key events, achievements, and biography of Gomez, one of the greatest baseball pitchers. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972. 10-00
- Hispanic American History (Gale Group)
Provides a history of Hispanic Americans, starting in 1492. 8-01
- Hispanic Statistics in the United States (EL Hispanic News)
Provides some basic demographic information, but focuses on English versus Spanish language fluency and preferences. educacion
- Lobo, Rebecca (New England's Top 100)
Provides some of the record of the leading basketball player. 10-00
- Outstanding Latino Teens (Latino.com)
Teen Tuesday provides profiles of teens who have done something outstanding and become role models for other teens. 1-01
- Rodriguez, Juan "Chi Chi" (Latino Legends in Sports)
Provides key events, achievements, and biography of Rodriguez, a golfing great and role model for youth. 10-00
- Sosa, Sammy (Latino Legends in Sports)
Provides key events, achievements, and biography of Clemente, one of the greatest baseball home run hitters and role model for youth. 10-00
- Test Bias - Examples (NWREL - Kuykendall)
Provides examples of test bias for persons of diverse minority groups. 3-02
- Understanding Hispanic and Latino Culture Through Children's Literature (Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute)
Provides a background for the study and appreciation of Hispanic and Latino culture, primarily for teachers of students with a Hispanic or Latino heritage.
Projects
- Hispanic Heritage (Headbone Interactive)
The Head Bone Zone introduces Hispanic American heritage through explorations about five persons.
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