Hispanic American/Latino American History (Teaching with Historic Places)

Use this lesson to learn about Ybor City, a section of Tampa, Florida.

Three lessons allow students to explore the challenges for education equality during World War II and study the people who fought to improve access for their communities. In support of the Entangled Inequalities: Japanese Incarceration and Mendez et al. v Westminster School District of Orange County et al. article series.

Before Brown v. Board of Education, another court case declared that “separate was not equal” in schools. For decades, the California school systems segregated Mexican descended students into separate schools. Denied entry because of their Mexican heritage, the Mendez family challenged the decision. Their case went to the US Court of Appeals. This lesson is part of a series of lessons based on Entangled Inequalities articles.

Sylvia Mendez and Aki Munemitsu are tied together because they lived in the same place. They also suffered discrimination in the United States in the twentieth century. Both girls tried to get a good education but could not because of their heritage and the color of their skin. Students learning about their experiences can get a sense of the inequalities in American history and how people insisted on equal opportunities.

On a small island off the coast of present-day South Carolina lie the ruins of Charlesfort, the French outpost for a year, which later became Santa Elena, a Spanish colonial town from 1566 to 1587. The site has been abandoned now for more than 400 years. Use this lesson plan to learn about Charlesfort.

Esta lección está basada en el Sitio Histórico Nacional de San Juan, una de las miles de propiedades registradas en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos.

The American Revolution in the 1770s started an era referred to by historians as the Age of Revolutions (ca. 1760-1850). Revolts for equality and republicanism took place in Haiti, France, and much of Latin America. While there is a relationship between these revolutions, the movements for independence in Central and South America have a complicated relationship with the American Revolution.

This lesson is based on Vieux Carré Historic District, one of the thousands of properties and districts listed in the National Register of Historic Places. This property has been designated a National Historic Landmark.

Explore a group of 18th-century missions in modern San Antonio to learn about Spanish influence on native peoples and the patterns of Texas culture.

Esta lección se basa en La Urca de Lima y El San Pedro, dos de las miles de propiedades inscritas en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos.