North Attleborough Public Schools

Thematic Links Unit

Mexican, Cuban and Puerto Rican Immigrants

  Created by Shelly Engstrom, Eighth Grade Spanish Teacher

Mexican Americans            Cuban  Americans            Puerto Ricans 

Mexican Americans      

Topic One: Why do Mexicans choose to leave their home and come to the U.S.?  What problems do they face in coming?

http://www.webcom.com/css/mexico.html    Racist Myths about immigrants debunked

http://www.iphc.org/evusa/culture/hispanic.html    General information about Cuban, Puerto Rican and Mexican immigrants in the U.S.

http://www.dhhs.gov/about/heo/hgen.html   Discrimination against Hispanics in U.S.

http://www.dhhs.gov/about/heo/hgen.html   Excellent source discussing who the Cubans, Mexicans and Puerto Ricans are in the U.S. and what their lifestyle is like

http://www.latinolink.com/news/news97/0130ninc.htm   Good article about the life Hispanics lead in U.S. and problems they face

http://www.ed.gov/databases/eric_digests/ed388490.html   Mexican women in school, work and family

http://aelliot.ael.org/~eric/digests/edorc971.html   Learning from Mexican gangs

http://www.hhs.gov/about/heo/hgen.html   Good article about Hispanics in the U.S. and the problems they face

http://migration.ucdavis.edu/mm21/taylor10-6.html   Immigration, poverty, education and welfare

http://data.cued.uic.edu/orozco/humanities%20museum/immigrationstories.html   Stories of Mexican immigrants

http://www.nazarenos.com/hispanics.html   Excellent source for profile of Mexican Americans and the problems they face in U.S.

Topic Three:  What reforms have taken place that change the way Mexican Americans are treated?

http://cctr.umkc.edu/wicc/current.html   Proposition 187

http://www.cmfn.org/labor.html   United Farm Workers Union

http://www.aclu.org/library/pbp20.html    New legislation and reforms and immigrant rights

http://www.macsa.org/  Community organizations that help Mexican Americans

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Cuban Americans   

Topic One:  Before Castro

http://www.marxist.com/Latinam/cuba.html    Castro overthrow of Batista and who benefited

http://flag.blackened.net/revolt/ws93/cuba40.html What was Cuba like before Castro and with Communism

http://www.grin.net/%7esierra/cuba.htm  Cuba before Castro, Marieltos, Bay of Pigs, Embargo

Topic Two:  What is life like for Cuban Americans?

http://www.iphc.org/evusa/culture/hispanic.html General information about Cuban, Puerto Rican and Mexican immigrants in the U.S.

http://www.personal.psu.edu/dept/ur/news/lifestyle/latino.html Information on how Cubans. Puerto Ricans and Mexicans live once in the U.S.

http://www.boston.com/globe/nation/packages/pope/separate_worlds.htm The differences between two women, one living in Cuba and the other a Cuban exile living in Florida.   Shows lifestyle changes

http://www.africanhistory.com/bcuban.htm    Discrimination against black Cuban

http://www.dhhs.gov/about/heo/hgen.html Excellent source discussing who the Cubans, Mexicans and Puerto Ricans are in the U.S. and what their lifestyle is like and discrimination issues

http://www.latinolink.com/news/news97/0130ninc.htm    Good article about the life Hispanics lead in U.S. and the problems they face

http://oaklandapple.net/puertoricans    Puerto Rican and Cuban immigrants profile

http://www.hhs.gov/about/heo/hgen.html   Good article about Hispanics in the U.S. and the problems they face

http://www.michaelschwarz.com/cuba.htm   Great pictures of life in Cuba

http://www.nazarenos.com/hispanic.htm- Excellent description of Cuban immigrant

Topic Three:  The relationship between Cuba and the U.S.

American History Online - John F. Kennedy, Cuban Missile Address (1962)  Kennedy's address to the nation regarding Cuban Missile Crisis

http://www.msnbc.com/news/128997.asp   Several links to Kennedy's role in the Cuban Missile Crisis

http://www.msnbc.com/news/128997.asp   Khrushchev's letter to Kennedy regarding Missile Crisis

http://www.encarta.msn.com/find/concise.asp?from=ctc&ti=00e3d000   Bay of Pigs invasion explained

http://members.xoom.com/1spy/bay_of_pigs.html   Bay of Pigs explained

http://metalab.unc.edu/expo/soviet.exhibit/x2jfk.html   Letter from Khruschchev to Kennedy about the Cuban Missile Crisis

http://library.advanced.org/18355/the_cuban_missile_crisis_simul.html

Fun site to get involved in the making of the decision on the Cuban Missile Crisis.  Play the part of Fidel Castro, Kennedy or Khrushchev in the decision making process in the Cuban Missile Crisis.  What would you do?

http://longman.awl.com/history/primarysource_28_2.htm   Kennedy’s address to the nation about the Cuban Missile Crisis

http://www.closeup.org/cuba.htm-   Good site for U.S. policy toward Cuba, embargo

Topic Four:  What changes have taken place recently in Cuba to help the people and the economy?

http://editor@earthtimes.org/mar/economicdevelopmentuscubanmar4_99.htm What is going on in Cuba since USSR left

http://www.coha.org/opeds/baseball.html   Information on Cuban baseball

http://www.fiu.edu/~fcf/exilepropup112797.html   How are Cuban Americans trying to help their relatives in Cuba.

http://www.paxjoliet.org/cuba2.html   Castro and religion

http://www.poptel.org.uk/cuba-solidarity/fidelpope.html   Castro and the Pope

http://www.closeup.org/cuba.htm   Economic Upheaval in Cuba

Topic Five:  Fidel Castro: the man and his ideas

http://wwwdumas.sesc.k12.ar.us/~hispanic/castro.htm   Small profile of Castro

http://tqd.advanced.org/11046/people/castro.html   Good links to Castro and his policies

http://satie.arts.usf.edu/~sromero/castro.html   Pictures and facts about Castro

http://www.geocities.com/pentagon/9744/rev01.htm   Great pictures of Fidel

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Puerto Ricans   

Topic One:  Why do Puerto Ricans come to the U.S. mainland?

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/poverty/othrund.htm Puerto Rican poverty in the U.S. and the reasons why Puerto Ricans came to the U.S.

Topic Two: How are Puerto Ricans treated in the U.S.?  What is life like here for them?

http://www.iphc.org/evusa/culture/hispanic.html   General information about Cuban, Puerto Rican and Mexican immigrants in the U.S.

http://www.personal.psu.edu/dept/ur/news/lifestyle/Latino.html   Information on how Cubans. Puerto Ricans and Mexicans live once in the U.S.

http://www.dhhs.gov/about/heo/hgen.html   Discrimination against Hispanics in U.S.

http://www.dhhs.gov/about/heo/hgen.html   Excellent source discussing who the Cubans, Mexicans and Puerto Ricans are in the U.S. and what their lifestyle is like

http://www.latinolink.com/news/news97/0130ninc.htm   Good article about the life Hispanics lead in U.S. Problems face

http://oaklandapple.net/puertoricans   Puerto Rican and Cuban immigrants profile

http://www.hhs.gov/about/heo/hgen.html   Good article about Hispanics in the U.S. and the problems they face

http://www.latinolink.com/news/news98/0723npue.htm   The struggles of Puerto Ricans in New York

http://www.nazarenos.com/hispanic.htm   Excellent profile of Puerto Rican and lifestyle and problems

Topic Three: What is the political situation in Puerto Rico?  Vote for Commonwealth, Statehood or Independence and why? 

http://www.socialism.com/fsarticles/vol19no4/194voiceseng.html   Puerto Rican Independence

http://ucl.broward.cc.fl.us/pathfinders/puertorico.htm   Political situation in Puerto Rico. Which is best for the nation; Commonwealth, Statehood or Independence?

http://www.boricua.com/prc.htm   Puerto Rican independence

http://www.latino.com/opinion/opinion98/1220orog.htm   Stay a Commonwealth

http://www.latinolink.com/opinion/opinion99/0314orog.htm   The political decision goes beyond politics

Topic Four:  Additional information on Puerto Rico

http://www.robertoclemente21.com/-    Roberto Clemente

http://www.clementeallstars.com/    More on Roberto Clemente

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