Mexican American History Materials
Looking for Mexican American history curricular materials? Explore our newest lessons and assessments!
Updates
Late 20th Century & Early 21st Lesson Plans
For those who have asked about more recent history materials, we've recently posted three new lesson plans on late 20th-century and early 21st-century topics.
Knight Foundation Grantee
The Knight Foundation has selected SHEG to receive a grant aimed at improving the flow of accurate information. As part of this initiative, we will create professional development resources for teachers to become better consumers of digital content and classroom-ready materials that teachers can use to help students find and assess information online.
Wineburg & McGrew Op-Ed in Ed Week
Read about our new research on civic online reasoning in Sam Wineburg and Sarah McGrew's op-ed, "Why Students Can't Google Their Way to the Truth," out now in Education Week: http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2016/11/02/why-students-cant-google-their-way-to.html
Maribel Santiago's New Article
SHEG alum and MSU Professor Maribel Santiago has a new article in the journal Theory & Research in Social Education. "Erasing Differences for the Sake of Inclusion: How Mexican/Mexican American Students Construct Historical Narratives" presents her research on on how students understand the court case Mendez v. Westminster: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00933104.2016.1211971.