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Moctezuma's Feather Crown

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about the Copilli Queztalli crown. In addition, the group Yankuikanahuak is requesting that the crown be returned to Mexico.
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Lone Star Junction

Lone Star Junction: Lorenzo De Zavala (1789 1836)

For Students 4th - 8th
A short biography of Lorenzo de Zavala that outlines his many accomplishments in Mexican politics, and later in Texas.
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Texas Public Broadcasting

Texas Pbs: Texas Our Texas: Early Statehood 1845 1861

For Students 9th - 10th
Examines the circumstances surrounding Texas's entry into the Union in 1845 as a slave state. It was an uneasy union, with ongoing controversy around the issue of slavery. This lasted through the Mexican-American War and helped to...
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Martin Magdaleno Dihigo (1905 1971)

For Students 3rd - 8th
Read about this fascinating Cuban-born baseball player who was the only man ever elected to the Cuban, Mexican, and United States Baseball Halls of Fame. Because of his color, he had to play mostly in the Negro leagues.
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Gonzales Memorial Museum: Come and Take It Cannon

For Students 4th - 8th
Explains the story behind the cannon that the Mexicans tried to capture at the Battle of Gonzales on October 2, 1835. The first shot of the Texas Revolution was fired from the cannon that day.
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PBS

Pbs: Eleuterio Escobar

For Students 9th - 10th
From the PBS series "The Border," find a short biography of Escobar (1894-1970 CE) and his struggle for Mexican American education reform.
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Curated OER

National Park Service: Californio to American: A Study in Cultural Change

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site has a lesson about the ranching industry, creation of California towns and the changes over time. Contains information, inquiry question, historical context, maps, readings, and images.
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Arizona State University

Chicana and Chicano Space: Inquiry

For Students 9th - 10th
Provided by Arizona State University, this website is a comprehensive thematic, inquiry-based art education resource. Includes two interdisciplinary units of lessons.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Lesson 50: Using Music to Teach Personal Narrative

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The personal narrative, apart from appearing as an option in the writing component of many state assessment tests, is a form of writing which allows students the chance to reflect seriously and honestly on important events in their own...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Interviews With Today's Immigrants

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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.
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Seguin Descendants Historical Preservation: Erasmo Seguin

For Students 9th - 10th
Dig deep into the life of Erasmo Seguin, the sole representative from Texas to the constitutional convention after Mexico achieved independence from Spain. He helped to draft the Constitution of 1824 and was a major influence in the...
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The Mexico Revolution: Postcards

For Students 9th - 10th
A nice collection from The Mexico Revolution of photographs and biographies of some of the major particpants in the Mexican Revolution.
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The Historical Text: Mexico's 19th Century Crisis

For Students 9th - 10th
This history survey examines the issues that faced Colonial Mexico (New Spain), a vast territory characterized by a stable and responsive government, a wealthy and balanced economy, and a multiracial society that enjoyed considerable...
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M. H. De Young Memorial Museum: Harald Wagner Collection of Teotihuacan Murals

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides information about the Harald Wagner collection of Teotihuacan murals, the largest and most important outside of Mexico. The mural fragments from the ancient Mexican city of Teotihuacan are remarkable for their quality...
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Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Foundation: The Peopling of America Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
A history of immigration timeline, which discusses and illustrates periods of U.S. immigration history, pre-1790 through 2000.
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Instituto Latinoamericano de la Comunicacion Educativa

Red Escolar: Cantando La Revolucion

For Students 9th - 10th
In Spanish. The Mexican Revolution (1910 - 1921) has been widely reported and studied through the songs that stayed in the voice of the people even after the fight ended. Besides having a historical value, it has a cultural and artistic...
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State Library of North Carolina

N Cpedia: Latinos

For Students 9th - 10th
Latinos, also referred to as Hispanics, lived in North Carolina in relatively small numbers until the 1980s, when many people of Mexican and Central American descent began coming to the state in search of seasonal farm work. By the end...
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National Park Service: Cine El Rey: The King Cinema

For Students 9th - 10th
Theater was and is an important cultural point in entertainment for Hispanics. Cine El Rey symbolized part of that cultural importance. Learn about it's history here.
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A Mexican Charro

For Students 9th - 10th
Short, general article on the Mexican cowboy and the rich history of the culture.
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Mexican Charros

For Students 9th - 10th
Short, general article on the Mexican cowboy and the rich history of the culture.
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Miwok Yokut Raids Into Mexican California, 1830 1840

For Students 9th - 10th
A history of the Yokut Indians and Wars that followed with changes in Hispanic California.
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Curated OER

National Park Service: The Chicano Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
Site provides information on the major concepts that fueled the Chicano Movement: focus on politics, economic change, education reform, challenging the Catholic Church, cultural renaissance, and Chicano expression.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: The Compromise of 1850

For Students 11th - 12th
From a chapter on " Troubled Times: the Tumultuous 1850s," this section explains the contested issues that led to the Compromise of 1850 and describes and analyzes the reactions to the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Cabrera, Portrait of Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz

For Students 9th - 10th
Miguel Cabrera's posthumous portrait of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz is a famous depiction of the esteemed Mexican nun and writer. Read her history and view the portrait on this site.

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