Hispanic Heritage Month BUNDLE - Hispanic Heritage Month Library Lessons

This Hispanic Heritage Month Bundle includes a two-part elementary library lesson and a 57-slide scrolling slideshow for secondary libraries. Each lesson is also sold individually.

FAST FACTS ABOUT THIS HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH BUNDLE:

• Recommended for: Grades 2-5 (elementary version) and 7-12 (secondary version). Grade 6 can use either presentation.
• Formats: PPT, Google Slides, PDF
• Technology Requirements: computer + projector + screen (needed for both lessons)
• Lesson Duration Elementary: 50 minutes total (includes a natural stopping point for splitting into two lessons)
• Lesson Duration Secondary: 43 minutes (57 slides timed at 45 seconds per slide)
• Editable: YES, all text in both lessons is editable

HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL GET:

• Elementary and secondary presentations for Hispanic Heritage Month
• 53 (elementary) + 57  (secondary) PPT slides + Google™ Slides link (all text is editable)
• Recommended Reads for both (2 pages, editable in PDF and PPT; hand out to teachers, students, and parents)
• Elementary scavenger hunt activity (differentiated; 2 pages + answer key)
• Basic Google Classroom directions
• How to set PPT and Google slide timings directions

STUDENTS WILL LEARN - ELEMENTARY VERSION:

• Includes 14 notable Latinx people (listed below)
• Places of Interest (listed below)
• Latin American foods (chilaquiles, bandeja paisa, ceviche, tres leches cake)
• Spanish vocabulary words: gracias, de nada, por favor, agua, gaucho, vaquero, quinceañera
• Who speaks Spanish at our school? (add teacher and staff names)
• 3 Would-You-Rathers and 1 This-or-That
• 5 trivia questions with answers
• this week's birthdays
• weekly schedule and agenda
• checkout reminders (you add your own!)

FAMOUS HISPANIC PEOPLE - ELEMENTARY

• Frida Kahlo (artist, Mexico)
• Miguel de Cervantes (writer, Spain)
• Cesar Chavez (activist, Mexican American)
• Celia Cruz (singer, Cuban American)
• Diego Rivera (artist, Mexico)
• Eva Peron (first lady, Argentina)
• Fernando Botero (artist, Colombia)
• Sonia Sotomayor (Supreme Court Justice, USA)
• Alicia Alonso (ballerina, Cuba)
• Ellen Ochoa (astronaut, Mexican American)
• Roberto Clemente (professional baseball player, Puerto Rico)
• Selena Quintanilla Perez (singer, Mexican American)
• Eufrosina Cruz (volleyball player, Cuba)
• Mireya Luis (civil rights activist and politician, Mexico)

PLACES OF INTEREST - ELEMENTARY

• Chichen-Itza (Mexico)
• Machu Picchu (Peru)
• Amazon Rainforest
• The Pampas (Argentina and Uruguay)
• Iguazu Falls (Argentina, Brazil)
• Salar de Uyuni (Bolivia, salt flats)
• Lake Nicaragua (Nicaragua)
• Catedral de Granada (Nicaragua)
• Cloud Forest (Costa Rica)

STUDENTS WILL LEARN - SECONDARY VERSION:

• differences between the words Hispanic and Latin American
• differences between the words Latino, Latina, Latine, and Latinx
• Hispanic Heritage Month is September 15 - October 15
• smallest Central American country
• map of Central America
• 12 South American countries do not include French Guiana, which is French
• southernmost point of South America
• Bolivia has two capital cities
• foods - empanadas, The Completo (Chilean hot dog), Oaxaca cheese
• why Cuba has so many classic cars
• US embargo on Cuba
• UN position on US embargo on Cuba
• Brazilians speak Portuguese
• Paraguay and Bolivia are landlocked
• Puerto Rico is a US territory
• Words of the Week: landlocked, embargo, isthmus

FAMOUS HISPANIC PEOPLE - SECONDARY

• Lionel Messi – footballer – Argentina
• Sonia Sotomayor – US Supreme Court justice
• Dolores Huerta – activist and feminist
• *Símon Bolívar – military leader – Venezuela
• *Eva Perón – former First Lady of Argentina
• *Frida Kahlo – artist – Mexico
• Fidel Castro – former President of Cuba
• *Cesar Chavez – activist
• Selena Quintanilla Pérez – Tejano singer

*Eva Perón, Símon Bolívar, Frida Kahlo, and Cesar Chavez include "Who Am I?" style slides

LATIN AMERICAN LANDMARKS - SECONDARY

• San Salvador Volcano (El Salvador)
• Águila Islet, Diego Ramírez Islands (Chile)
• Machu Picchu (Peru)
• Darién Gap (Colombia and Panama)
• Panama Canal (Panama)
• Salar de Uyuni (Bolivia)
• El Yunque National Forest (Puerto Rico)
• Iguazú Falls (Brazil and Argentina)

BOTH VERSIONS INCLUDE:

• trivia questions with answers
• Did you know...
• Would-you-rathers
• Daily and weekly schedule
• Happy Birthday to...

***While both presentations include some of the same people and landmarks, no two slides are the same in these presentations. Both resources are very different from one another.

YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE (ELEMENTARY):

• Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Library Lesson (Grades 2-5)
• Spiders Storytime (Grades K-3)
• Autumn Digital Bulletin Board (Grades 3-6)

MORE DIGITAL BULLETIN BOARDS (SECONDARY):

• Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (Grades 7-12)
• Veterans Day Digital Bulletin Board (Grades 7-12)
• Book Awards Digital Bulletin Board (Grades 7-12)
• Women's History Month Digital Bulletin Board (Grades 7-12)

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