Description
FAST FACTS ABOUT THIS HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH BUNDLE:
- Recommended for: Grades 2-5 (elementary version) and 7-12 (secondary version). Grade 6 can use either presentation.
- Formats: PPT, Google Slides, PDF
- Technology Requirements: computer + projector + screen (needed for both lessons)
- Lesson Duration Elementary: 50 minutes total (includes a natural stopping point for splitting into two lessons)
- Lesson Duration Secondary: 43 minutes (57 slides timed at 45 seconds per slide)
- Editable: YES, all text in both lessons is editable
HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL GET:
- Elementary and secondary presentations for Hispanic Heritage Month
- 53 (elementary) + 57 (secondary) PPT slides + Google™ Slides link (all text is editable)
- Recommended Reads for both (2 pages, editable in PDF and PPT; hand out to teachers, students, and parents)
- Elementary scavenger hunt activity (differentiated; 2 pages + answer key)
- Basic Google Classroom directions
- How to set PPT and Google slide timings directions
STUDENTS WILL LEARN – ELEMENTARY VERSION:
- Includes 14 notable Latinx people (listed below)
- Places of Interest (listed below)
- Latin American foods (chilaquiles, bandeja paisa, ceviche, tres leches cake)
- Spanish vocabulary words: gracias, de nada, por favor, agua, gaucho, vaquero, quinceañera
- Who speaks Spanish at our school? (add teacher and staff names)
- 3 Would-You-Rathers and 1 This-or-That
- 5 trivia questions with answers
- this week’s birthdays
- weekly schedule and agenda
- checkout reminders (you add your own!)
FAMOUS HISPANIC PEOPLE – ELEMENTARY
- Frida Kahlo (artist, Mexico)
- Miguel de Cervantes (writer, Spain)
- Cesar Chavez (activist, Mexican American)
- Celia Cruz (singer, Cuban American)
- Diego Rivera (artist, Mexico)
- Eva Peron (first lady, Argentina)
- Fernando Botero (artist, Colombia)
- Sonia Sotomayor (Supreme Court Justice, USA)
- Alicia Alonso (ballerina, Cuba)
- Ellen Ochoa (astronaut, Mexican American)
- Roberto Clemente (professional baseball player, Puerto Rico)
- Selena Quintanilla Perez (singer, Mexican American)
- Eufrosina Cruz (volleyball player, Cuba)
- Mireya Luis (civil rights activist and politician, Mexico)
PLACES OF INTEREST – ELEMENTARY
- Chichen-Itza (Mexico)
- Machu Picchu (Peru)
- Amazon Rainforest
- The Pampas (Argentina and Uruguay)
- Iguazu Falls (Argentina, Brazil)
- Salar de Uyuni (Bolivia, salt flats)
- Lake Nicaragua (Nicaragua)
- Catedral de Granada (Nicaragua)
- Cloud Forest (Costa Rica)
STUDENTS WILL LEARN – SECONDARY VERSION:
- differences between the words Hispanic and Latin American
- differences between the words Latino, Latina, Latine, and Latinx
- Hispanic Heritage Month is September 15 – October 15
- smallest Central American country
- map of Central America
- 12 South American countries do not include French Guiana, which is French
- southernmost point of South America
- Bolivia has two capital cities
- foods – empanadas, The Completo (Chilean hot dog), Oaxaca cheese
- why Cuba has so many classic cars
- US embargo on Cuba
- UN position on US embargo on Cuba
- Brazilians speak Portuguese
- Paraguay and Bolivia are landlocked
- Puerto Rico is a US territory
- Words of the Week: landlocked, embargo, isthmus
FAMOUS HISPANIC PEOPLE – SECONDARY
- Lionel Messi – footballer – Argentina
- Sonia Sotomayor – US Supreme Court justice
- Dolores Huerta – activist and feminist
- *Símon Bolívar – military leader – Venezuela
- *Eva Perón – former First Lady of Argentina
- *Frida Kahlo – artist – Mexico
- Fidel Castro – former President of Cuba
- *Cesar Chavez – activist
- Selena Quintanilla Pérez – Tejano singer
*Eva Perón, Símon Bolívar, Frida Kahlo, and Cesar Chavez include “Who Am I?” style slides
LATIN AMERICAN LANDMARKS – SECONDARY
- San Salvador Volcano (El Salvador)
- Águila Islet, Diego Ramírez Islands (Chile)
- Machu Picchu (Peru)
- Darién Gap (Colombia and Panama)
- Panama Canal (Panama)
- Salar de Uyuni (Bolivia)
- El Yunque National Forest (Puerto Rico)
- Iguazú Falls (Brazil and Argentina)
BOTH VERSIONS INCLUDE:
- trivia questions with answers
- Did you know…
- Would-you-rathers
- Daily and weekly schedule
- Happy Birthday to…
***While both presentations include some of the same people and landmarks, no two slides are the same in these presentations. Both resources are very different from one another.









