For Teachers
National Museum of American Latino – Hispanic Heritage Month Resources
On this webpage of resources curated by the National Museum of the American Latino, you’ll find a list of why and how we celebrate Latino communities and their contributions to American society, a list of virtual exhibits featuring Latino history, bilingual resources, stories of Latino achievements, and more.
Smithsonian
Image Credit: Carmen Lomas Garza, Tamalada, 1990, color lithograph, 20 x 27 in. (50.8 x 68.6 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by John B. Turner, 1997.5, (c) 1990, Carmen Lomas Garza
Selected Resources
Adiós Amor: The Search for Maria Moreno
BackStory: After Hurricane Maria—The History of Puerto Rico and the Unites States
Corazon de Dixie: Mexicaons in the U.S. South since 1910 (Supported by NEH)
EDSITEment Learning Lab Collection: American Immigrant Experiences
EDSITEment Learning Lab Collection: Mexican Revolution
“Sí, se puede!”: Chávez, Huerta, and the UFW
EDSITEment Learning Lab Collection: United Farm Workers
EDSITEment Teacher's Guide: Hispanic Heritage and History in the United States
EDSITEment Teacher's Guide: Spanish Language Learning Resources
La Familia
Esperanza Rising: Learning Not to Be Afraid to Start Over
(also available en español)
The Fourteenth Colony: Native Californians, Missions, Presidios, and Colonists on the Spanish Frontier, 1769–1848 (Site supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities)
Hispanic American Keywords for Chronicling America
Latino Americans: War and Peace
The Mexican Revolution
Tales from the Chihuahuan Desert: Borderlands Narratives. (Site supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities)
Borders and Identity: Identidad y Frontera
Down These Mean Streets: Community and Place in Urban Photography
Estoy Aquí: Music of the Chicano Movement
From One Artist to Another: “Rudolfo Anaya” by Gaspar Enríquez
Global Thinking Routines with Latino Content
Luis Cruz Azaceta's “Shifting States: Iraq”
Learning Lab
Latin American Music Lesson Plans from Smithsonian Folkways
Puerto Rico's Fragile Modernity: An Exploration of Francisco Rodón's Portrait of Luis Muñoz Marín, using Global Thinking Routines
“The Resplendent Quetzal Bird” from History Time
Smithsonian resources for Hispanic Heritage Month recommended by the National Museum of the American Latino
Spanish-language Online Learning Resources