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Hispanic Americans in Congress During the Age of U.S. Colonialism and Global Expansion, 1898–1945

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This Hispanic Americans in Congress During the Age of U.S. Colonialism and Global Expansion, 1898–1945 lesson plan also includes:

To be Puerto Rican, in the words of one politician, is to be "foreign in a domestic sense." Young historians consider the American role in colonialism and its impacts on Hispanic Americans through the first part of the twentieth century by examining the lives of Hispanic members of Congress. The interesting lesson includes reading, discussion, comprehension questions, and collaborative and independent activities.

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Concepts

hispanic culture, colonialism, american imperialism, imperialism, the spanish-american war, the great depression, world war ii, world war i, congress, puerto rico, the house of representatives, the united states senate

Instructional Ideas

Create a museum exhibit for a Hispanic Congressional representative
Role-play what it would be like to represent Puerto Rico in the American government

Classroom Considerations

Second installment in a four-part unit on Hispanic Americans in Congress

Pros

The lesson offers a critical lens on American foreign policy
Activities are easily adapted into a variety of lesson plans

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Hispanic Americans in Congress During the Age of U.S. Colonialism and Global Expansion, 1898–1945

This Hispanic Americans in Congress During the Age of U.S. Colonialism and Global Expansion, 1898–1945 lesson plan also includes:

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Common Core

“‘The Negroes’ Temporary Farewell,” Jim Crow and the Exclusion of African Americans from Congress, 1887–1929

Legislative Trends and Power Sharing Among Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1977–2012

“The Fifteenth Amendment in Flesh and Blood,” The Symbolic Generation of Black Americans in Congress, 1870–1887

Permanent Interests: The Expansion, Organization, and Rising Influence of African Americans in Congress, 1971–2007

Hispanic-American Members of Congress in the Civil Rights Era, 1945–1977

Loc: Hispanic Americans in Congress 1822 1995

Loc: Hispanic Americans in Congress: Henry B. Gonzalez

The "To Do List" of the Continental Congress

Reconstruction: The 15th Amendment and African American Men in Congress

Senators' Pay in the First Congress

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Hispanic Americans in Congress During the Age of U.S. Colonialism and Global Expansion, 1898–1945

This Hispanic Americans in Congress During the Age of U.S. Colonialism and Global Expansion, 1898–1945 lesson plan also includes:

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Instructional Ideas

Classroom Considerations

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Common Core

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“‘The Negroes’ Temporary Farewell,” Jim Crow and the Exclusion of African Americans from Congress, 1887–1929

Legislative Trends and Power Sharing Among Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1977–2012

“The Fifteenth Amendment in Flesh and Blood,” The Symbolic Generation of Black Americans in Congress, 1870–1887

Permanent Interests: The Expansion, Organization, and Rising Influence of African Americans in Congress, 1971–2007

Hispanic-American Members of Congress in the Civil Rights Era, 1945–1977

Loc: Hispanic Americans in Congress 1822 1995

Loc: Hispanic Americans in Congress: Henry B. Gonzalez

The "To Do List" of the Continental Congress

Reconstruction: The 15th Amendment and African American Men in Congress

Senators' Pay in the First Congress