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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.
Image credit: Tamalada by Carmen Lomas Garza. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by John B. Turner
Selected Resources For Teachers
The Library of Congress 3Hide All
National Archives 4Hide All
National Endowment for the Humanities 16Hide All
- 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)
- Latino Americans: War and Peace
- The Mexican Revolution
- Tales from the Chihuahuan Desert: Borderlands Narratives. (Site supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities)
National Gallery of Art 4Hide All
National Park Service 2Hide All
Smithsonian Institution 12Hide All
- 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