Mes de la Herencia Hispana

​Profesora Delgado Navarro

​Objectives:​

• Identify basic information about Hispanic Heritage month.

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• ​​Identify the difference between the words Hispanic and Latino.​

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• ​Become familiar with some aspects of Hispanic heritage.

Hispanic Heritage Month​

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• The United States honors the historical, social, political, economic, and cultural contributions that Hispanics have made to our country with a Hispanic Heritage Month. 

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• The celebration runs from September 15 to October 15.

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Multiple Choice

When is Hispanic Heritage Month?

• De noviembre 15 - diciembre 15

• De septiembre 13- octubre 15

• De septiembre 25- octubre 25

• De septiembre 15- octubre 15

​Why is September 15 an important date for Latin America?

• The day of September 15 is significant because it is the anniversary of independence for Latin American countries Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. 

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Multiple Choice

 

Why does Hispanic Heritage Month begin on September 15th?

• Because Cinco de Mayo was already taken.

• It's when Columbus landed in the Americas.

• Many Latin American countries have their independence day this day.

• Because it's the day the bill was enacted.

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• A person's ethnicity is the culture that they practice at home. The culture of their family.

• A person's nationality is the nation or country in which they are born.

• A person's race refers to shared physical traits.

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​Ethnicity, Nationality, Race

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The nation or country in which a person is born.

• ethnicity

• nationality

• race

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Shared physical traits

• race

• ethnicity

• nationality

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The culture that they practice at home. The culture of their family.

• nationality

• ethnicity

• race

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​Spanish, Hispanic, Latino

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• A Spanish person is a person from Spain

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• A Hispanic person is anyone who descends from a person from Spain or Spanish speaking country.

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• A Latin person is someone from Latin America.

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What does it mean to be Hispanic?

• A person from Latin America

• Any person who is a descendant of a person from Spain or Spanish speaking country.

• Only a person from Spain

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What does it mean to be Latino?

• Anyone who speaks Spanish

• A person from Spain

• A person from Latin America

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What percentage of Americans are Hispanic?

• 25%

• 0.01%

• 30%

• 17%

Multiple Choice

Hispanic Heritage Month is observed throughout the world.

• False

• True

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Open Ended

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Write at least two things describing what you learned about Hispanic Heritage Month.

Open Ended

 

Name 2 Famous Hispanic people that you are aware of.