Curated OER
Problems Over the Border
Discuss the issue of illegal Mexican immigration and its effects on the Mexican people. Play the song "Migra" by Carlos Santana, and have learners analyze the lyrics to help gain an awareness of the difficulties Mexicans face. This is...
Curated OER
Mexican Americans Role In The United States
Students investigate the role of Mexican Americans in the history of the United States. They use the information to answer guided questions. Students conduct class discussion about the varying roles of Mexican Americans. Also they write...
Curated OER
National And International
Learners participate in a series of geography lessons in which they identify the meaning of national and international. They discover the regions of the US after identifying the planet on which they live, the continents, the oceans and...
Library of Congress
Loc: Interviews With Today's Immigrants
This site, part of a larger lesson plan about immigration from the Library of Congress, provides interviews that students had with immigrants from around the world.
InterKnowledge Corp.
Mexico: History and Culture
A complete history (with several pictures) of Mexico, including its major wars.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Education: Borders and Identity
This collection of essays about the United States - Mexico border is useful in studying how living along a border affects people.
A&E Television
History.com: How the Chicano Movement Championed Mexican American Identity and Fought for Change
Chicano activists took on a name that had long been a racial slur -- and wore it with pride. In the 1960s, a radicalized Mexican-American movement began pushing for a new identification. The Chicano Movement, aka El Movimiento, advocated...
Other
Texas Bob: The Fall of the Alamo
These reprinted letters show actual correspondence and tell the story of the fall of the Alamo in early nineteenth century Texas.