LTX U2 Activities, Websites, & More

De Las Casas and the Conquistadors

Lesson Plan with Primary Accounts of De Las Casas

 

Lesson plan on Mayan art. A two day lesson that has lots of different activities

From PBS Newshour

 

This lesson plan presents a fun activity as students learn about the religion of the Aztecs

From Open-Ended Social Studies

 

Primary source lesson plan on de Las Casas

From The National Humanities Center "America in Class" Program

 

Reading about the Tainos and a teacher’s experience teaching about the group in the classroom

From Teaching For Change

 

Lesson plan involving De las Casas and treatment of Indigenous Peoples, includes primary sources

From The National Humanities Center "America in Class" Program

 

A rich resource ("digital discussion space") for lesson plans, readings, primary sources, etc. for "issues of Latino/a, Latin American, and Caribbean studies"

From La Plaza Virtual, affiliated with El Instituto at the University of Connecticut

 

Teacher's Guide for Hispanic Heritage and History in the United States

A GREAT set of resources from the Library of Congress, Smithsonian, National Archives, National Gallery of Art, National Endowment for the Humanities, and the National Park Service

 

Hispanic and Latino Heritage and History in the United States

Lesson Plans and Resources from Edsitement and National Endowment for the Humanities

 

Timeline of important Latin American history

Timeline of important events in Latin American History starting from the 1500's to present day

 

Database of Programing in Latino History and Culture

A comprehensive database of primary and secondary resources for various topics on latino history and culture.

us mexican war photo from library of congress