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#CelebrateWithDE: Hispanic Heritage Month

by Shannon Guerin
in Timely Resources
Reading Time: 9 mins

Hispanic heritage is American heritage, woven into our country’s colorful history and ingrained into every aspect of our society, values, and culture.

While September marks the start of our annual Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 – October 15), it’s so important to take time now and throughout the school year to recognize and celebrate the many contributions, cultures, and stories of the Hispanic and Latino American communities.

Keep reading for activities and resources to kickstart celebrations for this year’s Hispanic Heritage Month and incorporate into lessons all year long!

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Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Channel

All Grade Levels

Dive into this diverse channel of content and ready-to-use activities to meet Latin American leaders and changemakers, learn about Hispanic traditions and culture. You can also find whole resource collections available in Spanish, such as Earth to Luna!, La Golda, and DEmystified.

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Background Builder: Hispanic Heritage

Grades 3-5

Give students a primer on how to describe and explain other cultures and ethnicities with this Background Builder on Hispanic heritage. Easily incorporate this ready-to-use activity into your daily lesson, which comes complete with instructional strategies, videos, and a chance for students to show what they know and extend their learning.

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Proud to Be Latino: Food/Comida

Grades PreK-2

The latest addition to our Vooks Channel, Proud to Be Latino: Food/Comida teaches students how different Latino countries use similar ingredients to create unique regional dishes. Names and descriptions are given in both English and Spanish, and you can find fun foodie and culture facts as you dive deeper into these tantalizing dishes.

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Find more resources and activities for all grade levels in our
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Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Choice Boards

Grades 3-5, 6-8

Give students the power to explore fun and engaging Hispanic heritage topics that interest them. Let them follow their own curiosity, with topics around food, animals, geography, and even pop culture figures like Rita Moreno, Roberto Clemente, and Snoopy! Best part: each selection also has a corresponding activity to demonstrate understanding.

Grades 3-5
Grades 6-8
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Hispanic Culture: Tweet Tweet Student Activity

Grades 6-8

Use this video and activity to highlight a variety of cultural traditions from Hispanic countries, including New Year’s Eve traditions, decorations, quinceañeras, schools, seasons, street markets, animals, food, and more. Students will then summarize and share what they’ve learned using the Tweet Tweet SOS Instructional Strategy.

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My Beautiful Nicaragua Student Activity

Grades 6-8, 9-12

Experience the story of Edelsin Mendez who lives in the community of El Castillito in Nicaragua. Take students inside her culture and her family dynamics, including a reliance on the coffee crop and the impact climate change is having on her community.

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Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month
with Joe Jiménez

Grades 6-8

Made possible through our partnership with MLB, this video features Detroit Lions pitcher Joe Jiménez as he describes the pride he feels in being Puerto Rican and what Hispanic Heritage Month means to him.

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Browse our Timely Resources for even more engaging holiday content and lesson-planning tools to use today!

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