[A Kid's Guide 01] • A Kid's Guide to Latino History by Petrillo, Valerie -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Copyright Contents ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TIME LINE INTRODUCTION 1 DISCOVERY OF THE NEW WORLD

Make Champurrado: A Hearty Spanish Beverage Put Together a Columbian Buffet

2 THE SPANISH NORTH AMERICAN FRONTIER

Make a Medicine Man’s “Gourd” Rattle Design a Straw Art Piece String Chili Peppers Craft a Corn Husk Doll Create a Ring and Pin Game

3 FRONTIER LIFE IN THE MEXICAN SOUTHWEST

Throw a Lariat Design a Cattle Brand

4 MEXICAN AMERICANS

Compose a Corrido: A Mexican Ballad Play Games from the Fields Play La Vieja Inez: Buyer of Colored Ribbons Join in the Game of Ring

5 PUERTO RICANS ON THE MAINLAND

Make a Guiro: A Popular Musical Instrument Play Stickball Join in a Game of Ring-a-Levio Try Stoop Ball Make a Piragua: An Icy, Sweet Treat Create a Vejigante Mask Craft a Capia: A Traditional Keepsake

6 CUBAN AMERICANS

Grill a Cuban Sandwich Make a Batido: A Tropical Milkshake Start a Conga Line Build Afro-Cuban Bongos Play Cubilete: A Traditional Cuban Dice Game

7 CENTRAL AMERICANS

El Salvador Create Corn Husk Flowers Try a Salvadoran Street Food Guatemala Create Guatemalan Worry Dolls Make a Guatemalan Weaving Honduras Spin a Ronron: A Traditional Honduran Toy Play Button in the Hole Try Your Hand at a Honduran Game of Jacks with Seeds Nicaragua Bake a Tres Leches Cake: A Traditional Nicaraguan Dessert Wrap Sugarcane Treats for Purisima

8 DOMINICAN AMERICANS

Dance the Merengue Put Together a Dominican American Baseball Hall of Fame Exhibit Craft a Dominican Carnival Mask Make a Charamico: A White Christmas Branch Make Arroz Con Leche: Creamy Rice Pudding

9 SOUTH AMERICANS

Colombia Create a Primitivo: Colombian Folk Art Write a Short Story Using Magical Realism Ecuador Mold Ecuadorian Bread Figurines Make Locro: Ecuadorian Potato and Cheese Soup Peru Make a Collection of Milagros: Offerings of Thanks and Prayers Paint a Peruvian Bird Gourd

10 LATINOS: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE

Have a Día Celebration Design a Poster to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month

BIBLIOGRAPHY RESOURCES

Latino Museums Suggested Reading List for Kids Latino Movies and Videos Web Sites for Kids Teacher’s Guide History Standards and Learning Objectives

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