HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH

Essential questions:

· Who do you think we will be learning today?

· Why do we need a special month to honor Hispanic Americans?

· Do you think people of all races are treated the same?

· Name a trait that you are inspired by in others.

Pretest:

1. Do you know when is National Hispanic Heritage Month? Yes No

2. Do you know anyone who celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month? Yes No

3. Do you know anyone famous who is Hispanic? Yes No


Introduction:

September 15- October 15 we celebrate National Hispanic Month. What do you think it means to celebrate something?

National Hispanic Heritage Month traditionally honors the cultures and contributions of both Hispanic and Latino Americans as we celebrate heritage rooted in all Latin American countries.

Let’s listen to this awesome video that tells us a little more about the History of Hispanic Heritage Month.

Hispanic Month .mp4

In the video can you answer the following questions.

  • When is National Heritage Month?

  • How many Hispanics and Latinos in the United States?

  • What are some of the famous people that were mentioned in the video?

  • What famous person of Hispanic and Latino descent would you like to meet?

Since we are talking about famous people let’s take a look at a few. Let us know how many you recognize. (these are only a few, there is a lot more)

Hispanic Heritage Month people

Art Activity: Hats off (DAVID MALDONADO INSPIRED ANIMALS)

Materials:

  1. White paper

  2. Black sharpie

  3. Watercolors, crayons, or markers

David Maldonado is a Hispanic artist and illustrator working in Pasadena. His black outlines and bold colors and patterns set his art apart, and the surrealism in his bird and chameleon with hats mini-series is a fun way to introduce this incredible artist to kids.

Starting in one of the lower corners of the paper, use a black Sharpie to draw an animal. Older students should leave the tail end of the animal off the paper. Younger students may choose to draw the entire animal such as the puppy in the sample.

Choose a hat to draw above the animal’s head. Maldonado made the hats smaller and about a finger or two widths above the head, floating in the air. Younger students may insist on placing the hat on the animal’s head like in the book. Use the Hat handout for ideas.

Use watercolors, crayons or markers to color the animal and the hat. Choose a contrasting color for the background, or choose a rainbow stripe that goes through the animal. Both are used in Maldonado’s work for different effects.