El Día de la Raza/Day of the Race

You are going to research about the El Día de la Raza/Day of the Race.  You will write a blog about what you learned.   Make sure you add a picture or a video.

Consider the following:

What is El Día de la Raza/Day of the Race?
Why is it celebrated?
When did it start?
What is your opinion about it?
Who should celebrate it?

Notable Hispanic American

Notable Hispanic American

Please choose a notable Hispanic American to write about on your blog.  Below is the link of people to choose from.  You can choose a name from the list and choose to search about this person in other places.  Remember to write in your own words.  If you copy anything please attach the link to site your sources.  If you can try to find a person from California such as Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta,

Make sure you add the following to your blog:

1. A picture of the person
2. His or her accomplishments
3. What has her or she done for the community and the nation
4. Where is this person's heritage from
5. Interesting facts that caught your attention about this person

Links:
Notable Hispanic Americans

http://www.factmonster.com/hispanic-heritage-month/

25 Most Influential Hispanics in America-http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2008201_2008200,00.html

National Hispanic Heritage Month-Due September 25th

http://www.hispanicheritagemonth.gov/

You are going to research about the Latin American Heritage Month.  You will write a blog about what you learned.   What is your opinion about this month celebrating Latinos/Hispanics?

Make sure you add the history, where it is celebrated, add a map of the places that celebrate it.  Add any photos, any videos or anything that caught your attention about it.

Mexican Independence-La Independencia de México

You are going to research about the Mexican independence.  You will write a blog about what you learned.  You can choose to write about the history, the day, what happened or what currently happens today in México.    Make sure you add a picture!



Video:

Mexican Independence. Bicentenario México 2010

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT60g-GlnLs