¡Fiestas Patrias!
15 septiembre (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica) y
16 septiembre (México)
16 septiembre (México)
Essential Question 1: Why do so many Spanish-speaking countries celebrate their independence on September 15?
Essential Question 2: What is El Dieciséis?
First, check your geographical knowledge of the globe's Spanish-speaking countries on Seterra! Answer key.
Grito de Independencia 2019 (00:02:40-00:05:20) and text
Grito de Independencia 2022 (00:05:03-00:07:58) and text
Essential Question 3: What was the Grito de Dolores, and how did it influence México's date of independence?
Essential Question 4: Who is this figure that appears widely in Mexican artwork?
(1887) D. Joaquín Ramírez, El Cura Hidalgo, Libertador de México
(1905) Antonio Fabrés, Miguel Hidalgo con estandarte
(1937) José Clemente Orozco, Hidalgo (mural)
(1959) Aarón Piña Mora, La ejecución de Hidalgo (mural)
(1960) Juan O'Gorman, El retablo de la Independencia (mural)
(1976) Luis C. González, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
Essential Question 5: Why was the 2022 Grito de Independencia labeled as 212 Aniversario, when México's year of independence is 1821 (201 years earlier)?