The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of the Civil Rights Movement

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 09.02.09

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Objectives
  2. Strategies
  3. Notes
  4. Teacher's Bibliography
  5. Videos
  6. Websites
  7. Appendix

Hispanic Identity: From Dreams to Civic Participation

Meredith Charlton Tilp

Published September 2009

Tools for this Unit:

Websites

http://pewhispanic.org/states/population/

US population changes by county 1990-2007

http://pewhispanic.org/

"Who's Hispanic? Is Judge Sonia Sotomayor the first Hispanic ever nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court, or does that distinction belong to Justice Benjamin Cardozo, who served on the court from 1932-38 and whose family tree apparently had some roots in Portugal?"

http://www.newmexicohistory.org/links.php

State Historical Archives

Office of the State Historian

Archival materials of New Mexico's history.

http://theunapologeticmexican.org/elmachete/2009/02/03/hernandez-v-texas/

A rather blunt discussion of the Hernandez case from the point of view of a Mexican.

Comments:

Mary Gladys Mendoza

January 22, 2010 at 9:36 am

RLT's Niece

My Uncle Reies Lopez Tijerina has stated, "I never lost a case". I just happened on this site.:)

Nagla Bedir

May 19, 2014 at 7:58 am

Resources & Praise

This is a great unit - One that I would really like to implement in my civics class. Are there any more concrete resources for this unit? I could not find the attachments that it mentions. Thank you! Nagla

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