Curated OER
Hidalgo's Fight for the Independence of Mexico
Tenth graders study and examine the life of Miguel Hidalgo while working to identify major themes. Small groups create sequence of event chains, analyze and label maps of Hidalgo's travels, and work together to create giant chalk maps...
Curated OER
Celebrate Independence Days Around the World
Discover how other countries remember their fight for independence and how their celebrations compare to typical American-style revelries
Curated OER
Five Artists of the Mexican Revolution
Students discover details about Mexican Revolution era artists. In this Mexican Revolution instructional activity, students research the events and people of the time period. Students then research the artists of the time and create...
Other
Inside Mexico: Don Miguel Hidalgo: Father of Mexico's Independence
The story of Miguel Hidalgo, a priest who helped Mexico gain its independence from Spain.
Curated OER
Miguel Hidalgo, Often Called the Father of Mexico.
A short history of the struggle for Mexican independence from Spain, with special emphasis given to the efforts of Miguel Hidalgo Costilla, who became known as the "father of the Mexican Revolution".
Curated OER
Miguel Hidalgo
A short history of the struggle for Mexican independence from Spain, with special emphasis given to the efforts of Miguel Hidalgo Costilla, who became known as the "father of the Mexican Revolution".
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Hidalgo Castello
Hidalgo Castello was a Mexican Roman Catholic priest and revolutionary rebel leader. He is regarded by most Mexican people as the "Father of the Country" and was founder of the Mexican War of Independence movement which fought for...
A&E Television
History.com: Struggle for Mexican Independence
Read about the progressive priest named Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla who became the father of Mexican independence with a historic proclamation urging his fellow Mexicans to take up arms against the Spanish government.
Texas A&M University
Sons of De Witt Colony Texas: Gutierrez De Lara: In Nuevo Santander
Jose Gutierrez de Lara, the first governor of Mexican Texas, was determined to free Mexico from Spain. Read about the early Texas settlement of Nuevo Santander, and how it was settled by Spanish American colonists.
Texas A&M University
Sons of De Witt Colony Texas: Nueva Espana Nuevas Philipinas Provincia De Tejas
Read some first-person excerpts taken from Texas letters accounting events from the Mexican War for Independence from Spain.
Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association: Mexican War of Independence
Find out about the Mexican War of Independence, which was a series of revolts that grew out of the increasing political turmoil both in Spain and Mexico at the beginning of the nineteenth century.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Mexican Independence Day Facts
A concise, bulleted list with facts about Mexican Independence Day, its origin and how it is celebrated.
Other
Celebrating Texas: Jose Bernardo Maximiliano Gutierrez De Lara [Pdf]
An informational text piece about the Mexican War of Independence against the Spanish. The student activity also contains review questions which challenges the students to critically think about the topic.
PBS
Pbs: New Perspectives on the West
This in-depth resource presents a history of the American West from pre-Columbian times until World War I with profiles, documents, and images. It encourages visitors to link these into patterns of historical meaning for themselves....
Other
New World Encyclopedia: Mexican War of Independence
Find out about the early nineteenth century armed conflict between the people of Mexico and the Spanish rule.
Other
Historical Text Archive: Mexico: Stages of Independence, 1808 21
Read about the Mexican War of Independence, an armed conflict which was the culmination of a political and social process which ended the rule of Spain in the territory of New Spain.
Other
Macrohistory and World Timeline: Rebellion Against Spain in Latin America
Read about the history of rebellions against Spanish rule and the leaders that led the independence movements in Mexico, Peru, Chile, and other Latin American countries.
Lin and Don Donn
Lin and Don Donn: Mexico's Drive to Independence
Personal site from Don Donn dedicated entirely to Mexico's drive for independence. It is divided into sections that talk about events leading to Mexican independence, biographies on prominent figures in the uprising, and it also contains...