edHelper.com
Hispanic Heritage
 What Does Hispanic Mean?

What Does Hispanic Mean?
Reading Level
     edHelper's suggested reading level:   high interest, readability grades 4 to 6
     Flesch-Kincaid grade level:   5.5

Vocabulary
     challenging words:    census, commonly, definitely, religion, exactly, freedom, describe, government, become, language, heritage, fight, rule, died, rather, culture
     content words:    But Hispanic, Independence Day, United States, South American, Central America, Native American, South America

Print What Does Hispanic Mean?
     Print What Does Hispanic Mean?  (font options, pick words for additional puzzles, and more)

Quickly Print - PDF format
     Quickly Print: PDF (2 columns per page)
     Quickly Print: PDF (full page)

Quickly Print - HTML format
     Quickly Print: HTML

Proofreading Activity
     Print a proofreading activity

Feedback on What Does Hispanic Mean?
     Leave your feedback on What Does Hispanic Mean?  (use this link if you found an error in the story)

What Does Hispanic Mean?
By Cathy Pearl 		  
1     What does it mean to be Hispanic? Does it mean that everyone speaks Spanish? Do all Hispanics come from the same country? People who are Hispanic share many things. But Hispanic people are not all the same. One thing that is the same is that they share a heritage.
 
2     People who are Hispanic have a heritage. Their heritage is special to them. They share a language, food, and dances. They also have special traditions. Many of them celebrate Independence Day on September 16. That is the day Mexico started the fight for freedom from Spanish rule. This day is special to people in Mexico. It is like the Fourth of July is special to people in the United States.
 
3     The word Hispanic was started in the U.S. It helps tie people together. The people come from many different places. Hispanic people do not come from one country. There are more than 20 countries where people are called Hispanic. People who come from Spain may be called Hispanic.

Paragraphs 4 to 10:
For the complete story with questions: click here for printable
Weekly Reading Books

          Create Weekly Reading Books

Prepare for an entire week at once!

Hispanic Heritage
             Hispanic Heritage

More Lessons
             Special Education United States History Materials for Teachers

United States
             United States


    American Government  
 
    Black History and Blacks in U.S. History  
 
    Children in History  
 
    Government Careers  
 
    Hispanic Heritage  
 
    How Can I Help?  
 
 
    Immigration  
 
    National Parks and Monuments  
 
    Native Americans  
 
    Presidents of the United States  
 
    Women's History  
 

United States History
    A Nation Divided
(1840-1861) 		 
 
    A New Nation
(1776-1830) 		 
 
    After the Civil War
(1865-1870) 		 
 
    American Revolution  
 
    Cold War
(1947-1991) 		 
 
    Colonial America (1492-1776)  
 
    Lewis and Clark
(1804-1806) 		 
 
    Pearl Harbor  
 
    Spanish American War (1898)  
 
    The 1890's  
 
    The 1900's  
 
    The 1910's  
 
    The 1920's  
 
    The 1930's  
 
 
    The 1940's  
 
    The 1950's  
 
    The 1960's  
 
    The 1970's  
 
    The 1980's  
 
    The 1990's  
 
    The 2000's  
 
    The Civil War
(1861-1865) 		 
 
    The Great Depression
(1929-1945) 		 
 
    The United States Grows
(1865-1900) 		 
 
    The War of 1812  
 
    Wild, Wild West  
 
    World War I
(1914-1918) 		 
 
    World War II  
 

50 States

             Fifty States Theme Unit

Document Based Activities
      Document Based Activities

More Activities, Lesson Plans, and Worksheets


Back to School
Graphic Organizers
Alphabet Worksheets
Sight Words
Math Worksheets
Mazes
50 States
Education
Teaching

Monthly Themes
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Fractions
Place Value
Time and Calendar
Money
Earth Day
Solar System
Analogies
Nouns
Following Directions
Listening
Capitalization
Cursive Writing
Patterns and Sequencing
Dinosaurs
All About Me

Kindergarten
First Grade
Second Grade
Third Grade
Fourth Grade
Fifth Grade
Sixth Grade
Multiplication
Division
Main Idea
Cause and Effect
Measurement
Decimals
Rounding
Order of Operations
Verbs
Community Helpers
Adjectives
Plants
Grammar
Addition and Subtraction
Contractions
Bulletin Board Ideas
Word Searches
Crossword Puzzles
Printable Puzzles

Reading Comprehension
Reading Skills
English Language Arts



Copyright © 2013 edHelper