Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month!

First graders listen to a reading about a Thanksgiving Feast and chart the foods eaten.  In this data analysis instructional activity, 1st graders create a tally chart of their favorite Thanksgiving food. Students place their data into...

In this graphs worksheet, students study and analyze a double bar graph on favorite sports. Students utilize the data on the bar graphs to answer 8 short answer questions.

What is a graph? What does it tell us? How do you make one? These are all questions that are answered in the included packet. It's a great introduction to graphing for young learners! 

Fifth graders graph the number of Native American populations in Montana. In this graphing lesson, 5th graders read about the native populations of Montana and about the number of them living on reservations. They make a double bar graph...

Exactly how fair is the World Cup? Even though all teams have the same number of players and follow the same rules, there are other factors that come into play. This series of three lessons explores the impact that income inequality,...

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, the New York Times provides links to five short documentary films depicting Hispanic themes and culture. Learners can click on each embedded link to view the films, then answer each set of related...

Fence cutters, lost land, and cattle ranchers. The video explains the plight of Hispanic Americans when New Mexico became a state. The video also shows young historians why New Mexico's statehood was less violent than that of Texas.

Students explore statistics by identifying birthdays of classmates. In this graphing activity, students discuss the different birthdays of each student and in what month they were born. Students create a bar graph using all of their data...

Three Latino Americans are the focus of an interactive that spotlights their accomplishments. Scholars get to know Lin-Manuel Miranda, Judy Reyes, and José Hernández through short informative text and videos. Participants read, take...

Students explore Spanish speaking countries.  For this multi-cultural literacy lesson, students research a country in which Spanish is the official language, and create a related travel brochure on the computer.