Lesson Plans for Hispanic Heritage Month

To celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month in September and October—and all year long—browse this selection of teaching resources featuring poems by Richard Blanco, Juan Felipe Herrera, Gabriela Mistral, and many others.

Lesson Plans for Hispanic Heritage Month

Teach this Poem: “Ode to the Head Nod” by Elizabeth Acevedo

Teach this Poem: “Afternoons/Tardes” by Jorge H. Aigla

Teach this Poem: “In a Neighborhood in Los Angeles” by Francisco X. Alarcón

Incredible Bridges: “Translation for Mamá” by Richard Blanco

Lesson Plan: On “El Florida Room” by Richard Blanco

Thanksgiving with Richard Blanco’s “América”

Teach this Poem: “Calculations” by Brenda Cárdenas

Teach this Poem: “The Carillon” by Rosalía De Castro, Translated by Garrett Strange

Teach this Poem: “A Sonnet On Cervantes” By Rubén Darío

Teach this Poem: “Insomniami” by Ariel Francisco

Teach this Poem: “La Biblioteca is a Doula” by Magdalena Gómez

Teach this Poem: “Ship of Theseus” by Rodney Gomez

Incredible Bridges: “Every Day We Get More Illegal” by Juan Felipe Herrera

Teach this Poem: “Arbolé, Arbolé . . .” By Federico García Lorca

Teach this Poem: “The Sky Over My Mother’s House” by Jaime Manrique

Teach this Poem: “Per aspera ad astra” By Huascar Medina

Teach this Poem: “The Teller of Tales” by Gabriela Mistral

Teach this Poem: “Maps” by Yesenia Montilla

Teach this Poem: “Ode to My Socks” by Pablo Neruda

Teach this Poem: “Tamales on Christmas” by Christian Robinson

Teach this Poem: “The Snowfall Is So Silent” by Miguel de Unamuno

Teach this Poem: “When Giving Is All We Have” by Alberto Ríos

Teach this Poem: “November 2: Día De Los Muertos” By Alberto Ríos

Teach this Poem: “When There Were Ghosts” by Alberto Ríos

Teach this Poem: “Sea Of The Poem (An Annex So We May Dream Backwards)” by Roque Raquel Salas Rivera

Teach this Poem: “Like An Auto-Tune Of Authentic Love” By Carmen Giménez

Teach this Poem: “pitter/patter” by heidi andrea restrepo rhodes

Teach this Poem: “Citizenship” by Javier Zamora

Lesson Plans for Hispanic Heritage Month

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