Latin American Heritage Month

Resources to Celebrate and Research Our Latin American Heritage

We are always searching for web sites that celebrate Latin American Heritage Month. If you know of any, please send us a note.

Celebrate

• Hispanic Reading Room

  A wide collection of Latin American area studies resources provided by the Library of Congress

• Hispanic Heritage Teaching Resources

  Teaching resources from the Smithsonian Insitution's education foundation

• Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month!

  Lesson ideas for celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month from Education World®

• Celebrate Hispanic Heritage

  Student activities and teaching activities and guides from Junior Scholastic

• Hispanic Heritage Awards

  Information on the Hispanic Heritage Awards

• Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month

  National Registrar of Historic Places

• Hispanic Heritage Month

  Basic information about Hispanic Heritage Month and links to other online resources

• Hispanic Heritage Month

  Activities provided by the History Channel

• Asian/Hispanic/Native American Center

  Events and resources provided by Wright State University

Cultural Interest

• Smithsonian Latino Center

  Approaches Latino/a contributions to America's history, arts and culture from a Latino/a perspective with resources for youth, educators, museum visitors, and researchers

• Mexicano / Chicano Mural Database

  A collection of Mexicano/Chicano public artwork organized and presented by The Social and Public Art Resource Center

• Diego Rivera Virtual Museum

  An online museum dedicated to the life and work of Diego Rivera

• Hispanic Online

  A well-developed online magazine dedicated to Hispanic issues

• Mundo Latino

  A Latino news organization; in Spanish

• Cinco de Mayo

  A brief history of the holiday

Research Information

• Hispano Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande

  An online presentation in multiple format media exploring the music and culture of the Spanish-speaking residents of rural Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado; The Juan B. Rael Collection provided by the Library of Congress

• Puerto Rico at the Dawn of the Modern Age

  An online exhibit from the Library of Congress, American Memory, on Puerto Rico around the turn of the twentieth century

• Handbook of Latin American Studies

  A database of Latin American Studies resources provided by the Library of Congress

• Celebrating Hispanic Heritage

  Biographies and activities provided by Gale Cengage Learning

• The Benson Latin America Collection

  A variety of resources and online publications dedicated to Latin American Studies provided by the University of Texas at Austin Library

• English Only?

  A collection of essays concerning English Only laws

• 1492: An Ongoing Voyage

  A Library of Congress online exhibit exploring the European discovery and colinization of the Americas

• Hispanic Population of the United States

  A collection of population and demographic statistics collected and recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau statistics

• Latin America Network Information Center

  A very wide variety of links to Latin American resources searchable by nation or subject; from the University of Texas at Austin

• Organization of American States

  The OAS provides a wide variety of resources, news, and information

Hispanic Organizations

• Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute

  Organization whose programs are designed to increase the participation of young Hispanics in the public and private sector

• League of United Latin American Citizens

  Organization for the advancement of Hispanic Americans

• United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

  Organization "To advocate, promote and facilitate the success of Hispanic business"