Hispanic Heritage Month Websites

General Sites

• http://hispanicheritagemonth.gov/
  This web portal is a collaborative project of the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
• http://www.clnet.ucla.edu/heritage/hhhispan.htm
  Legislative history of Hispanic Heritage Month.
• http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/chh/
  Thompson-Gale site which offers free resources for teachers and students about Hispanic Heritage Month.
• http://www.biography.com/people/groups/hispanic-heritage/
  Biography Channel Site. Biographical sketches of famous Latinos and Latinas in various fields.
• http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/resource_library/hispanic_resources.html
  Hispanic Heritage Teaching Resources from the Smithsonian
• http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/feature/hispanic/
  Website offered by the National Register of Historic Places
• http://www.hispanicheritage.org/
  Hispanic Heritage Foundation
• http://coloquio.com/famosos/alpha.html
  Contains a list of famous Hispanics. Most names are links to information about the person
• http://lanic.utexas.edu/
  Latin American Network Information Center. Hosted by the University of Texas at Austin
• http://www.pbs.org/aboutpbs/news/20030924_hispanic.html
  PBS celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
• http://www.justreadfamilies.org/reading/HHM.asp
  Recommended reading list for all ages from the Florida Department of Education
• http://www.studyspanish.com/freesite.htm
  A commercial site that also offers free resources for Spanish students
• http://lib.nmsu.edu/subject/bord/latino.html
  A list of annotated links to Hispanic/Latino websites
• http://www.smithsonianglobalsound.org/cultural_heritage_01.aspx
  Smithsonian Global Sound website. Has clips of music and videos celebrating the Latino heritage

Sites with Kentucky Connections

• http://personnel.ky.gov/diversity/hispanicamericanheritage
  Kentucky Personnel Cabinet's Hispanic American Heritage Month page 
• http://www.ket.org/cgi-bin/watch/explore.pl?c=1066
  KET schedule of Hispanic Heritage programming
• http://www.bluegrass.kctcs.edu/Multiculturalism_and_Inclusion/Latino_Hispanic_Outreach.aspx 
  Bluegrass Community and Technical College, Multicultural Affairs, Hispanic Outreach site