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iTech's Hispanic Heritage Month Celebrations!

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iTech's Hispanic Heritage Month Celebrations!

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iTech's Project Based Spanish class led our school in celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month! The attached gif shows some of our programming! PBL Students created playlists, virtual tours, taught us how to make papel picado, facilitated games of lotería and dominos, and will be leading a student vs. staff fútbol game this Thursday.

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At Lake Shore, our students celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month through dance during Creative Movement and inspirational art.

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At Lake Shore, our students celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month through dance during Creative Movement and inspirational art.

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The students learned Folklorico Ballet.

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In the Dual Language Program at Gaiser we try to include culture all year long. This year for Hispanic Heritage Month, 6th graders each researched about an important Hispanic figure and created posters to share on our bulletin board in the hallway.

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Update: Franklin ES Hispanic Heritage Month Bulletin Board -Franklin Kindness Club students researched each individual on their own and shared facts daily during morning announcements. This was such a fun way to highlight prominent Latinx people throughout history! :) 

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Update: Franklin ES Hispanic Heritage Month Bulletin Board -Franklin Kindness Club students researched each individual on their own and shared facts daily during morning announcements. This was such a fun way to highlight prominent Latinx people throughout history! :) 

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For Hispanic Heritage Month we learn about an influential Hispanic American each week. This week we learned about Roberto Clemente- the first Hispanic baseball player inducted into the Hall of Fame.

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At the Vancouver Flex Academy, students in Spanish and Art classes are studying the culture and arts of Hispanic countries. Student projects will be on display as units of study are completed.

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.... I highlight an influential Latine person almost daily by reading picture books about them (by Latine authors). I set up a book display in my class to encourage students to read more on the topic. I also have created an EPIC book list to reach the reading levels of all the students in my class.

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Latine / Hispanic Heritage Month (September/October) Book Collection on Epic

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At Harney we embrace not only a Dual Language program of being bilingual, and biliterate. As a school, we work intentionally to bring the culture to the classroom year round and the understanding of the importance of being  bilingual. This allows us to motivate and empower our children and families to embrace their heritage. We expose students to books, videos, artistry of Hispanic artists from Spanish speaking countries and celebrate the changes, struggles and successes Hispanics have made. 

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At Harney we embrace not only a Dual Language program of being bilingual, and biliterate. As a school, we work intentionally to bring the culture to the classroom year round and the understanding of the importance of being  bilingual. This allows us to motivate and empower our children and families to embrace their heritage. We expose students to books, videos, artistry of Hispanic artists from Spanish speaking countries and celebrate the changes, struggles and successes Hispanics have made. 

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In Creative Movement at Felida we study two great Latina artists; Cuban Ballerina Alicia Alonso, and Ballet Folklorico de Mexico founder Amalia Hernandez.

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In Creative Movement at Felida we study two great Latina artists; Cuban Ballerina Alicia Alonso, and Ballet Folklorico de Mexico founder Amalia Hernandez.

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Danza! book. Read 148 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Award-winning author and illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh tells the story of Ama...

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In Creative Movement at Felida we learn about two influential Latina artists; Cuban Ballerina and cultural ambassador Alicia Alonso, and the founder of El Ballet Folklorio de Mexico, Amalia Hernandez. 

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In Creative Movement at Felida we learn about two influential Latina artists; Cuban Ballerina and cultural ambassador Alicia Alonso, and the founder of El Ballet Folklorio de Mexico, Amalia Hernandez. 

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Picture book biography illustrated by award winning Raul Colon. I learned about Alicia Alonso (who is currently 93 years old) and her personal and political struggles as a Cuban prima ballerina, choreographer director of the Ballet Nacional de Cuba.

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Picture book biography illustrated by award winning Raul Colon. I learned about Alicia Alonso (who is currently 93 years old) and her personal and political struggles as a Cuban prima ballerina, choreographer director of the Ballet Nacional de Cuba.

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At Jim Tangeman Center, our ES classrooms are exposed to books and authors from Spanish-speaking countries as well as a geography lesson on where Spanish is spoken in the world. For our MS and HS classrooms get this too plus we highlight a Latinx influential person each week, and we use some lessons from the National Park service.

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At Jim Tangeman Center, our ES classrooms are exposed to books and authors from Spanish-speaking countries as well as a geography lesson on where Spanish is spoken in the world. For our MS and HS classrooms get this too plus we highlight a Latinx influential person each week, and we use some lessons from the National Park service.

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Teaching with Historic Places offers a series of more than 160 classroom-ready lesson plans that use historic sites as a means for exploring American history. Educators and their students can work through these online lesson plans directly on the computer or print them out and photocopy them for distribution.

You can browse the collection in several ways, each of which includes a short description of every lesson:

Although designed for middle school students learning history, social studies, geography, and other subjects, TwHP lessons are easily adaptable from upper elementary through high school, and even for college courses. Each lesson includes maps, readings, and photographs, all of which are accompanied by questions. At the end, activities pull together the ideas students have just covered and require them to initiate their own research.

Each TwHP lesson plan links both to relevant United States History Standards for Grades 5-12 and also to relevant Performance Expectations for Middle Grades from the national Curriculum Standards for Social Studies. For more information about the National Standards for History, please visit their website. To learn more about the national Standards for Social Studies, please visit the National Council for the Social Studies website.

Lessons produced in and after December 2016 are listed as they align to Common Core Standards. Older TwHP lessons will be analyzed and included in the CC index page over time, as part of an on-going project to align our pre-Common Core curricula to the standards.

All lessons are based on sites listed in the National Register of Historic Places, which include historic units of the National Park System, National Historic Landmarks, and places with state and local significance. Lessons plans that feature units of the National Park System, National Historic Landmarks, and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are noted in each categorized index. National Historic Landmarks are nationally significant historic places designated by the Secretary of the Interior because they possess exceptional value or quality in illustrating or interpreting the heritage of the United States. Designated by the World Heritage Committee, UNESCO World Heritage Sites are cultural and natural heritage sites around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity.

We welcome your comments and suggestions on how you've used the lesson plans, what's good about them, and how they could be improved.

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Lesson Plans - Teaching with Historic Places (U.S. National Park Service)

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Teaching with Historic Places offers a series of more than 160 classroom-ready lesson plans that use historic sites as a means for exploring American history. Educators and their students can work through these online lesson plans directly on the computer or print them out and photocopy them for distribution.

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"Book Fiesta" is a bilingual book written by Pat Mora, an Hispanic author and founder of the family literacy initiative: El dia de los  ninos/El dia de los libros (Children's day/Book Day). This initiative encourages schools to set aside a day to celebrate literacy with families and the community. "Book Fiesta" is illustrated by Rafael Lopez, an Hispanic author whose graphics and illustrations are beyond amazing. He is one of my favorite artists and literacy advocates!!! Thank you, Truman & Fruit Valley for your celebration of cultural beauty and strength!

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Franklin ES is celebrating with reading bilingual Spanish/English books during library times and highlighting prominent Latinx people during morning announcements.

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Franklin ES is celebrating with reading bilingual Spanish/English books during library times and highlighting prominent Latinx people during morning announcements.

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We celebrate Hispanic Heritage throughout the year at Marshall Elementary but this year for heritage month I was able to get a local Hispanic Artist from Seattle to agree to zoom in for students and describe her process for creating art.  Here is a slideshow that includes amazing Hispanic artists we will showcase and design instruction around. Feel free to make a copy and share it with your students :) 

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We celebrate Hispanic Heritage throughout the year at Marshall Elementary but this year for heritage month I was able to get a local Hispanic Artist from Seattle to agree to zoom in for students and describe her process for creating art.  Here is a slideshow that includes amazing Hispanic artists we will showcase and design instruction around. Feel free to make a copy and share it with your students :) 

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One of my favorite things to ground myself in all year, but particularly during this time is "In Lak'Ech" by Luis Valdez.  Not only is it a great reminder of how to be, it is also from a reminder of ways of the Mayan culture as well as the struggle and ultimate triumph of the Mexican American Studies program in the Tucson Unified School District.  https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/precious-knowledge/

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One of my favorite things to ground myself in all year, but particularly during this time is "In Lak'Ech" by Luis Valdez.  Not only is it a great reminder of how to be, it is also from a reminder of ways of the Mayan culture as well as the struggle and ultimate triumph of the Mexican American Studies program in the Tucson Unified School District.  https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/precious-knowledge/