A unit on Mexican art, Frida Kahlo, Native Civilizations in Mesoamerica, and Mayan culture. The site includes lesson plans, bibliographies, and much more.

A quick comprehension check over the Mexican-American War.

Like Native Americans, Mexican Americans and Chinese immigrants suffered harsh consequences due to relentless westward expansion by whites in the nineteenth century.

An activity guide where pupils refer to the Texas Almanac, which is free to download, for information needed to complete assigned tasks. In this lesson, students research Mexican history between the years 1810-1836 and complete a...

Find out more about Cinco de Mayo when you visit this resource. Content also includes activities, lessons, and resources.

The oral histories and artifacts of the Bracero program, a guest worker initiative that spanned the years from 1942-1964 is presented here. Links to resources for teachers, including lesson plans and activities.

An activity guide where students refer to the Texas Almanac, which is free to download, for information needed to complete assigned tasks. For this lesson, students examine the history of Texas from 1821-1833, the lead-up to the Texas...

Provided by Arizona State University, this website is a comprehensive thematic, inquiry-based art education resource. Includes two interdisciplinary units of lessons.

Through the ancient natives of Puebla, Mexico, teachers can use this lesson plan to help middle schoolers relate math and reasoning skills to primary sources discussed in social studies. Primary sources are available to figure out more...

This site has a lesson about the ranching industry, creation of California towns and the changes over time. Contains information, inquiry question, historical context, maps, readings, and images.

A collection of primary documents dealing with the ethnic groups found in the Columbia River Basin.

Quickly following Texan independence, the United States admitted Texas into the republic as a slave state.

Provided by Arizona State University, this website is a comprehensive thematic, inquiry-based art education resource. Includes two interdisciplinary units of lessons.

The Compromise of 1850 acted as a band-aid over the growing wound of sectional divide.

Take a virtual expedition and explore the culture of the Tarahumara Indians in Mexico's Copper Canyon. Features history, maps, lesson plans, and a photo journal.

This site, part of a larger lesson plan about immigration from the Library of Congress, provides interviews that students had with immigrants from around the world.

This in-depth resource presents a history of the American West from pre-Columbian times until World War I with profiles, documents, and images. It encourages visitors to link these into patterns of historical meaning for themselves....

TeacherLINK at Utah State University offers a wealth of topics and project information on celebrations held throughout the world. Click on "Topics and Authors," to access a long list of available lesson plans on a variety of...

Examines the circumstances surrounding Texas's entry into the Union in 1845 as a slave state. It was an uneasy union, with ongoing controversy around the issue of slavery. This lasted through the Mexican-American War and helped to...