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Edrs Price Descriptors DOCUMENT RESUME ED 365 482 RC 019 424 TITLE Kids Explore America's Hispanic Heritage.Westridge Young Writers Workshop. First Edition. INSTITUTION Jefferson County Public Schools, Golden, CO. REPORT NO ISBN-1-56261-034-1 PUB DATE 92 NOTE 113p.; Photographs may not reproduce clearly. AVAILABLE FROMJohn Muir Publications, Santa Fe, NM($7.95). PUB TYPE Books (010) Guides Classroom Use Instructional Materials (For Learner) (051) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC05 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Artists; Art Products; Childrens Literature; *Cultural Activities; *Cultural Education; Dance; Elementary Education; Folk Culture; Food;*Hispanic American Culture; *Hispanic Americans;Holidays; *Mexican American History; Mexican Americans; *Student Developed Materials; Student Publications IDENTIFIERS Westridge Young Writers Workshop ABSTRACT This book was written by 82 students in grades3-7 at Westridge Elementary School (Littleton,Colorado) during a summer enrichment class. The book was written for anyonewho wants to learn about Hispanic culture and heritage.Chapter 1 gives an overview of Hispanic history, beginning in the 1400s.This chapter discusses the ancestors of Hispanic peoples, Spanishtakeover of land in the New World, effects on Mexico when the UnitedStates became a country, individuals who fought for Hispanic rights, andfamous Hispanic relatives of the student writers. Chapter2 describes festivals common to Hispanic culture,traditional Hispanic food including recipes, and traditional Hispanic dances.Chapter 3 discusses the careers of five Hispanicartists and describes traditional Hispanic art forms including retablos, santos,and folk art. This chapter also includes directions for making pinatas, molas,and luminarias. The fourth chapter discusses common Hispanicsayings, jokes, and riddles that have been passed down fromgeneration to generation, and lists words common to both Spanish andEnglish, places !_n the United States with Spanish names, and easy-to-learnSpanish phrases. Chapter 5 includes five stories common to Hispanic culture.The last chapter presents interviews with HispanicAmericans, who relate the importance of their culture, family traditions,and values. Contains numerous illustrations andphotographs, lists of student and teacher participants, and an index. (LP) *********************************************************************** * * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the bestthat can be made from the original document. *********************************************************************** ,..--'-sverfrefmivw `fig ExPL0 y _merica's 411IM foRINIMamlI WESTRIDGE YOUNG RITERS WORKSHOP REPRODUCE THIS U S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION "PERMISSION TO Office of Educational Research and Improvement MATERIAL HAS BEENGRANTED BY EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION ,--- CENTER (ERIC) This document haS been reproduced as /received from the person or organization originating A I LE-/1.3___- Minor changes have been made to improve reprOduction quality Points of view or opinionsstated in thisdocu TO THE EDUCATIONALRESOURCES merit do not necessarily represent official (ERIC)" OE RI position or policy INFORMATION CENTER Br "'Ty API c maw- (-1 teem 411111. KIDS EXPLORE AMERICA'S HISPANIC HERITAGE Westridge Young Writers Workshop 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 d 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O 0 o a 0 0 0 O 0 John Muir Publications Santa Fe, Ncw Mexico Read this book and you will learn. We, as all people, make the world turn. Each person is different in his own special way. We want you to know that that's okay. You can learn from these people as you will see. This book is for yougiven from me! This book is dedicated to people of different cultures, with the hope that they are pro;id of who they are. John Muir Publications, P.O. Box 613, Santa Fe, NM 87504 © 1992 by Jefferson County School District No. R-1 Cover © 1992 by John Muir Publications All rights reserved. Published 1992 Printed in the United States of America First edition. Third printing January 1993 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kids explore America's Hispanic heritage / Westridge Young Writers Workshop. 1st ed. p.cm. Includes index. Summary: Presents writings by students in grades three to seven on topics of Hispanic culture, including dance, cooking, games, history, art, songs, and role models. ISBN 1-56261-034-1 1. Hispanic AmericansJuvenile literature.2. Children's writings, American.[I. Hispanic Americans.2. Children's writings.]1. Westridge Young Writers Workshop. E184.S75K531992 973'.0468dc20 91-42232 C1P DesignSusan Surprise AC TypefacesGaramond and Triumvirate TypesetterCopygraphics, Inc. PrinterBanta Company Distributed to the book trade by W.W. Norton & Co., Inc. New York, New York Distributed to the education market by The Wright Group 19201 120th Avenue N.E. Bothell, Washington 98011-9512 Photo CreditsPhotos on pages 13, 14, 15, 18. 19, 21, and 38 courtesy of Denver Public Library western Ilistory Department. Photo on page II courtesy of Colorado Historical Society. 4 CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS /vii ART /44 STUDENTS' PREFACE I ix Artists/ 45 Consuelo Gonzalez Amezcua / 45 TEACHERS' PREFACE /xi Carmen Lomas Garza / 45 HISTORY OF HISPANICS Eduardo Chavez / 46 IN AMERICA / 1 Octavio Medellin / 47 The Meeting of Different Cultures/ Gregorio Marzan / 47 The Move North /11 Some Traditional Hispanic Modern Problems and Responses /16 Art Forms / 49 Other Origins of Spanish Culture/20 Rctablos/ 49 Hispanic Leaders/ 20 Santos/ 49 Our Famous Relatives/ 23 Folk Art / 49 Folk Art Projects/ 50 FUN, FOOD, AND FESTIVALS /26 Piñatas/ 50 Festivals/ 26 Molas/ 52 Las Posadas / 26 Luminarias / 54 The Day of the Three Kings/ 28 Easter Season / 28 FUN WITH WORDS /56 Cinco de Mayo / 30 Dichos / 56 The Day of the Dead / 31 Chistes / 57 Food 32 Adivinanzas/ 57 Tortillas/34 Cognates / 60 Salsa pant los Ninon / 35 Spanish Place-Names / 61 Guacamole / 36 Los Colores/ 61 Huevos Rancheros / 36 Frases/ 62 Chorizo con lluevos/36 CUENTOS163 Chicken Enchiladas/36 Our Lady of Guadalupe / 64 Arrachera al Carbon/371 La Liorona/ 66 Atole de Fresa/ 37 El Grillo/ 69 Chocolate Mexican° / Los Ratoncitos / 72 Fruit Punch / 38 El Principe y los Pajaros/ 73 Paletas/ 38 Dances / 38 5 ivCONTENTS REAL PEOPLE-HISPANICS IN AMERICA TODAY /75 Tino Mendez / 76 Bernadette Vigil / 77 Sidney Atencio / 78 Bennie and Lil Razo / 79 Pete Valdez / 81 Alicia Fernandez-Mott / 83 Sylvia Telles / 85 The Martinez Family / 86 Bishop Roberto Gonzales / 90 Homero E. Acevedo II/ 91 Mary Ann A. Zapata / 93 Carlos Flores, M.D. / 94 STUDENT AUTHORS / 96 TEACHER PARTICIPANTS / 97 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We, the eighty -two student au- nated by King Soopers, Denver, Colorado, thors, are especially thankful to and Lakewood Civitan Club, Lakewood, the people of Hispanic back- Colorado. Teacher scholarships were ground who shared their time, talents, his- donated by Adolph Coor's Company, tory. and knowledge with us while we Golden, Colorado. We want to thank Pam were writing this book. We would also Faro, Storyteller, Lafayette, Colorado; Our like to thank the Westridge Elementary Lady of Guadalupe Dancers, Our Lady of School staff, the Westridge PM, Ron Guadalupe Catholic Church, Denver, Horn, Rose Roy, Josh Herald, Ruth Maria Colorado; Ron Rich, Publisher of Book Acevedo, and all of our teac!':,.r.-; for their talk, Lakewood, Colorado; and Candy's confidence in us young writers. Tortilla, Denver, Colorado, for their dona- Special thanks go to several busi- tions of services and supplies. Thanks also nesses and organizations for their financial to the IBM Corporation for donating com- support. Student scholarships were do- puters on which we did word processing. STUDENTS' PREFACE I'm proud to be me. 'Cause that's who I am. Be proud to be you, 'Cause that's who you are. The differences 'tween us, Help us all to grow. They strengthen our hearts, So our pride we can show. Respect all others and they'll respectyou. Be kind to everyone in all that you do. What's in this book you will need to know, If you want to learn, if you want togrow. Explore different cultures or maybeyour own, As we teach you of customs and stories wellknown. Through the eyes of a child you're aboutto be taught, And to your surprise you may learn quitea lot. This book is fun, interesting, all over the United States, and it will help and cool, and it's from a kid's Americans enjoy a unique part of their point of view! We, the eighty heritage. two authors, are students in grades three This book is not just for kids. Kids through seven. We feel it was worth using Explore America's Hispanic Heritage is part of our summer to write Kids Explore a great opportunity for everyone to learn. America's Hispanic Heritage instead of We've opened the door and givenyou just just watching T.V. or riding hikes. Weare a peek into one culture. excited because this book will be available ))1' 111. TEACHERS' PREFACE A dream is only a dream, Until you take action And make it reality. This dream was the hard work of many. Many people may wonder how the various aspects of Hispanic heritage this book came about. It was about which they later wrou They learned conceived at Westridge Ele- about dances, cooking, games, history, art, mentary School, located in Jefferson songs, and real people. They researched, County, a western suburb of Denver, Colo- worked on word processing, illustrated, rado Book publishing is a well-established organized, wrote, and proofread. Soon, part of the school curriculum. John Muir students will move into publicity and mar- Publications of Santa Fe, New Mexico, was keting and will present programs to other enthusiastic about our idea for a series of schools. books, all written by children, on different While students enhanced their writ- cultures within the United States. These ing skills and acquired firsthand knowl- books, part of a projected PROUD TO BE edge of Hispanic culture, we earned col- series, are meant to be informative as well_ lege credits through a course entitled as to instill a sense of pride in our diverse "Integrating Hispanic Studies into the heritage.
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