Hispanic Culture

By: Amber Soukup, Siera Camacho, Mandy Blair

Interesting Facts:
● Hispanic refers to people who speak Spanish and/or are
descended from Spanish-speaking populations, while
Latino refers to people who are from or descend from Latin
America.
Population Distribution

(De Bray,2019)
Science: Carlos Juan Finlay
● Cuban epidemiologist who
discovered that yellow fever is
transmitted from infected to
healthy humans by a mosquito.
○ His ideas were ignored for
20 years.
● From 1902-1909, he was the
Health Officer in Cuba.
 Education: Jamie Escalante
● Born in Bolivia and came to the US
in the 1960s to seek out a better
life.
● A math teacher who worked with
students in troubled areas.
● Received awards for all his hard
work and dedication to helping
students learn.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bly52vbN8AM
Medicine: Dr. Helen Rodriguez Trias
● She wanted to be a physician because
medicine combined the things she loved
the most - people and science.
● Helped to improve access to public health
services for women and children in both
the United States and Puerto Rico.
● First Hispanic President of the American
Health Association.
Military: Ramon Viera
● Fought in:
○ World War II (1939-1945)- He
served from 1945 to 1946
○ Korean War (1950-1953)- He
served from 1950 to 1956
● Saved a 4-year old child after
mother was injured by a bomb.

(Berrios, n.d)
 PAIR AND SHARE
● What is one thing you found
interesting?
● What is the difference between
hispanic and latino?
The Arts: Frida Kahlo

● Born in Mexico City, Mexico.

● 20th century Feminist painters.
● Most of her painting are self-portraits.
● She employed a folk art style to
explore questions of identity,
postcolonialism, gender, class, and
race in Mexican society.
Literature: Miguel De Cervantes

● Spanish Writer who wrote Don

Quixote in two parts 1605 and
1615.
● Don Quixote has been
translated into more than 60
languages.
● This book became the world’s
first best seller.
(Miguel De Cervantes, 2019)
 Politics: Cesar Chavez

● Born in Arizona but moved back and

forth between California.
○ Attended over 36 schools.
● He father worked on a 100 acre farm
and owned a store.
○ He saw injustices at a young age
and wanted to make a difference.

https://dptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/americon-vid-cesar-chavez/video/
 Issues
● Many students, particularly ELL students are misdiagnosed
or overdiagnosed for Special Education services.
● Students tend to fall behind their peers in school
academically.
● “With respect to college completion, only 11% of Latinos 25
to 29 years of age had a BA or higher

compared to 34% of Whites.” (NEA)

 Drop Out Rate
According to the US Department of Education the Hispanic
dropout rate decreased from 27.8 to 8.6 percent between
2000 and 2006.

(De Brey,2019)
Hispanics Academic Achievement vs
Other Cultures Academic
Achievement
Reading 12th Grade Students

(De Brey,2019)
Mathematics 12th Grade Students

(De Brey,2019)
 TABLE TALK
What is one thing you notice about this
next table chart?
Credits earned in AP or IB Courses

(De Brey,2019)
 Recommendations For The Future
● Educate future teachers and current
teachers on the cultural differences
● Use literature containing different
cultures
● Introduce students to different cultures
● Embrace different cultures in your
classroom
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