Día de los Muertos: Exploring Images from the Day of the Dead
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
Learn more about Día de los Muertos, how it is celebrated and some of the artwork it has inspired.
Posted in: Hispanic American History, Holidays
Category: Hispanic American History
Celebrating Mexico with Primary Sources from the Library of Congress
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
The first printing press in the New World...The only existing copy of a documentary on the Mexican Revolution...A legal argument that used drawings of turkeys--and that won its case. These are just a few of the rich cultural artifacts featured in "A Celebration of Mexico," a conference and display December 12-13 at the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Hispanic American History
Mexican American Migrations and Communities: A New Library of Congress Primary Source Set
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
Each of these historical artifacts is a part of the history of Mexican American communities in the 19th and 20th centuries. And each one can be found in the new Library of Congress primary source set, Mexican American Migrations and Communities.
Posted in: Hispanic American History, News and Events, Teaching Tools
The Huexotzinco Codex: Taxes and Turkeys from Sixteenth-Century Mexico
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
In a court case between the Spanish government and indigenous residents of a small town in Mexico, who do you think would win?
Posted in: Exploration, Colonization and Settlement (1492-1763), Hispanic American History, World History
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with Library of Congress Primary Sources
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
National Hispanic Heritage Month is September 15th to October 15th, and the collections of the Library of Congress are rich in primary sources for your students to explore.
Posted in: Culture and Folklife, Fine and Performing Arts, Hispanic American History, Lesson Ideas