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National Hispanic Heritage Month started on September 15 and lasts through October 15. Here are some resources for you and your students:

The official National Hispanic Heritage Month website is available at https://www.hispanicheritagemonth.gov/. See what events are going on in your area and access resources for you and your students.

Set up a reading passport so that your students can document their reading of novels that deal with Hispanic culture, as described here: https://spanishplans.org/2017/08/31/reading-passport/

How about “Music Madness” with a song of the day, each from a different Spanish-speaking country, for Hispanic Heritage Month? Access the list and get ideas for implementation at http://misclaseslocas.blogspot.com/2017/09/hispanic-heritage-month-music-madness.html

Larry Ferlazzo has curated a collection of links to resources at http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/09/03/the-best-resources-for-hispanic-heritage-month/

Here is a lesson plan centered around “Translation for Mamá,” a poem by Richard Blanco: https://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/translation-mam-richard-blanco

Here are some resources and ideas from Secondary Spanish Space: http://www.secondaryspanishspace.com/2017/09/hispanic-heritage-month-in-spanish-class.html