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Hispanic Heritage Month

374 minutes

12 Items

A map shows the city of Tenochtitlán. The rendering depicts waterways, sophisticated buildings, ships, and flags. Numerous causeways connect the central city to the surrounding land.

Life in the Spanish Colonies

Essay

2235 Words

The American Southwest: Tucson in Transition

Essay

2715 Words

César Chávez delivers a speech.

César Chávez, Dolores Huerta, and the United Farm Workers

Essay

2534 Words

Art as Protest: Images from the United Farm Workers of America, 1973–1978

Activity

40 Min

The Art of Protest: The United Farm Workers and the Delano Grape Strike | BRIdge from the Past

Video

11 Min

Cortés’ Account of Tenochtitlan, 1522

Activity

40 Min

Las Casas on the Destruction of the Indies, 1552

Activity

40 Min

Junípero Serra’s Baja California Diary

Activity

40 Min

Sam Houston and Texas Independence

Essay

2698 Words

Debating the Mexican-American War, May 1846

Activity

40 Min

Cowboys and Cattle Drives

Essay

2795 Words

Documenting Disaster: Dorothea Lange’s Photographs of the Dust Bowl | BRIdge from the Past

Video

13 Min