Arise!: Global Radicalism in the Era of the Mexican Revolution Book — Non-fiction. By Christina Heatherton. 2022. 336 pages. This book tells the international history of radical movements and their convergences during the Mexican Revolution, reconstructing how this era's organizers found new ways to fight global capitalism. Continue reading
Still Dreaming / Seguimos soñando Picture book. Written by Claudia Guadalupe Martínez, illustrated by Magdalena Mora, and translated by Luis Humberto Crosthwaite. 2022. 40 pages. The story of a boy and his family who leave their beloved home to avoid being separated by the government during the Mexican Repatriation. Continue reading
The Young Lords: A Radical History Book — Non-fiction. By Johanna Fernández. 2020. 480 pages. Fernandez demonstrates how the Young Lords redefined the character of protest, the color of politics, and the cadence of popular urban culture in the age of great dreams. Continue reading
Mexican American Civil Rights in Texas Book — Non-fiction. Edited by Brischetto and Avena. 2021. 408 pages. This book is an examination of the social change of Mexican Americans of Texas over the past half century. Continue reading
Revolutionary Women of Texas and Mexico: Portraits of Soldaderas, Saints, and Subversives Book — Non-fiction. Edited by Sosa, Clark, and Speed. 2020. 352 pages. This anthology examines female role models and subversives who stood up for their visions and ideals in Mexico and Texas. Continue reading
An African American and Latinx History of the United States Book — Non-fiction. By Paul Ortiz. 2018. 296 pages. This narrative, intersectional history describes the shared struggle for African American and Latinx civil rights, and argues that the “Global South” was crucial to the development of the United States. Continue reading
The Battle for Paradise: Puerto Rico Takes on the Disaster Capitalists Book — Non-fiction. By Naomi Klein. 2018. 91 pages. Post-Hurricane Maria, Puerto Ricans are engaged in a pitched struggle with "disaster capitalists" over how to remake the island. Continue reading
Jazz Owls: A Novel of the Zoot Suit Riots Book — Historical fiction. By Margarita Engle. 2018. 192 pages. A novel that uses free verse to tell the story of the 1943 Zoot Suit (or Sailor) Riots through a wide range of characters. Continue reading
Deportations on Trial: Mexican Americans During the Great Depression Teaching Activity. By Ursula Wolfe-Rocca. In this role play students analyze who is to blame for the illegal, mass deportations of Mexican Americans and immigrants during the Great Depression. Continue reading
Papers: Stories of Undocumented Youth Film. Graham Street Productions. 2009. 110 minutes. The story of undocumented youth and the challenges they face as they turn 18 without legal status. Continue reading
Papers: Stories by Undocumented Youth Book — Non-fiction. Edited by José Manuel, Cesar Pineda, Anne Galisky, and Rebecca Shine. Illustrated by Julio Salgado. 2012. 84 pages. Undocumented youth from around the world tell their stories with simplicity and intimacy in this student-friendly collection. Continue reading
Lion Island: Cuba’s Warrior of Words Book — Fiction. By Margarita Engle. 2016. 176 pages. Story of three friends fighting for freedom in Cuba during the 19th century. Continue reading
Somos como las nubes/We Are Like the Clouds Picture book. By Jorge Argueta. Illustrated by Alfonso Ruano. 2016. 36 pages. Poems written in Spanish and English address the struggles of child refugees fleeing Central America for the United States. Grade 2+. Continue reading
Zapata’s Disciple: Essays Book — Non-fiction. By Martín Espada. Reprinted in 2016. 160 pages. Essays and poems attacking social injustice and marginalization. Continue reading
Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant’s Tale Picture book. Written and illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh. 2013. 32 pages. An age-appropriate story that brings to light the hardship and struggles faced by thousands of families crossing the border. Continue reading
Teaching Central America Website. An online collection of lessons, book lists, biographies of noted historical figures, and readings for free use by classroom teachers. Continue reading
Coalition of Immokalee Workers Profile. Overview of the farm labor organization, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, with artwork by Erin Currier. Continue reading
Stealing Home: Eminent Domain, Urban Renewal, and the Loss of Community Teaching Activity. By Linda Christensen. Rethinking Schools. 9 pages. Teaching about patterns of displacement and wealth inequality through the history of Palo Verde, La Loma, and Bishop communities and the building of Dodger Stadium. Continue reading
Plotting Inequalities, Building Resistance: High School Students Use Math to Reflect on Social Inequality Teaching Activity. By Adam Renner, Bridget Brew, and Crystal Proctor. Rethinking Schools. 5 pages. An article describing how math teachers in a San Francisco high school shed light on the ways economics and racism affect education, housing, and job opportunities. Continue reading
The History All Around Us: Roosevelt High School and the 1968 Eastside Blowouts Teaching Activity. By Brian C. Gibbs. Rethinking Schools. 6 pages. A teacher uses the activist history of Theodore Roosevelt High School in East Los Angeles to pose students the question: “What would you be willing to do to create change?" Continue reading
Trampling Out the Vintage: Cesar Chavez and the Two Souls of the United Farm Workers Book — Non-fiction. By Frank Bardacke. 2012. 848 pages. A reappraisal of the political trajectory of Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers. Continue reading
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation Picture book. By Duncan Tonatiuh. 2014. 40 pages. Upper elementary school picture-book about the Mendez v. Westminster case to desegregate California schools. Continue reading
Yes! We Are Latinos! Book — Non-fiction. By Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy. Pictures by David Diaz. 2013. 96 pages. Book that features the rich diversity of the Latino and Latina experience in the United States. Continue reading
The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano Book — Historical fiction. By Sonia Manzano. 2012. 224 pages. A coming-of-age story set in New York's El Barrio in 1969 using actual news accounts of the Young Lords taking control of their destinies. Continue reading
Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A. Book — Non-fiction. By Luis J. Rodriguez. 2005. 288 pages. Memoir about a young Chicano gang member surviving the dangerous streets of East Los Angeles. Continue reading
Arise!: Global Radicalism in the Era of the Mexican Revolution Book — Non-fiction. By Christina Heatherton. 2022. 336 pages. This book tells the international history of radical movements and their convergences during the Mexican Revolution, reconstructing how this era's organizers found new ways to fight global capitalism. Continue reading
Still Dreaming / Seguimos soñando Picture book. Written by Claudia Guadalupe Martínez, illustrated by Magdalena Mora, and translated by Luis Humberto Crosthwaite. 2022. 40 pages. The story of a boy and his family who leave their beloved home to avoid being separated by the government during the Mexican Repatriation. Continue reading
The Young Lords: A Radical History Book — Non-fiction. By Johanna Fernández. 2020. 480 pages. Fernandez demonstrates how the Young Lords redefined the character of protest, the color of politics, and the cadence of popular urban culture in the age of great dreams. Continue reading
Mexican American Civil Rights in Texas Book — Non-fiction. Edited by Brischetto and Avena. 2021. 408 pages. This book is an examination of the social change of Mexican Americans of Texas over the past half century. Continue reading
Revolutionary Women of Texas and Mexico: Portraits of Soldaderas, Saints, and Subversives Book — Non-fiction. Edited by Sosa, Clark, and Speed. 2020. 352 pages. This anthology examines female role models and subversives who stood up for their visions and ideals in Mexico and Texas. Continue reading
An African American and Latinx History of the United States Book — Non-fiction. By Paul Ortiz. 2018. 296 pages. This narrative, intersectional history describes the shared struggle for African American and Latinx civil rights, and argues that the “Global South” was crucial to the development of the United States. Continue reading
The Battle for Paradise: Puerto Rico Takes on the Disaster Capitalists Book — Non-fiction. By Naomi Klein. 2018. 91 pages. Post-Hurricane Maria, Puerto Ricans are engaged in a pitched struggle with "disaster capitalists" over how to remake the island. Continue reading
Jazz Owls: A Novel of the Zoot Suit Riots Book — Historical fiction. By Margarita Engle. 2018. 192 pages. A novel that uses free verse to tell the story of the 1943 Zoot Suit (or Sailor) Riots through a wide range of characters. Continue reading
Deportations on Trial: Mexican Americans During the Great Depression Teaching Activity. By Ursula Wolfe-Rocca. In this role play students analyze who is to blame for the illegal, mass deportations of Mexican Americans and immigrants during the Great Depression. Continue reading
Papers: Stories of Undocumented Youth Film. Graham Street Productions. 2009. 110 minutes. The story of undocumented youth and the challenges they face as they turn 18 without legal status. Continue reading
Papers: Stories by Undocumented Youth Book — Non-fiction. Edited by José Manuel, Cesar Pineda, Anne Galisky, and Rebecca Shine. Illustrated by Julio Salgado. 2012. 84 pages. Undocumented youth from around the world tell their stories with simplicity and intimacy in this student-friendly collection. Continue reading
Lion Island: Cuba’s Warrior of Words Book — Fiction. By Margarita Engle. 2016. 176 pages. Story of three friends fighting for freedom in Cuba during the 19th century. Continue reading
Somos como las nubes/We Are Like the Clouds Picture book. By Jorge Argueta. Illustrated by Alfonso Ruano. 2016. 36 pages. Poems written in Spanish and English address the struggles of child refugees fleeing Central America for the United States. Grade 2+. Continue reading
Zapata’s Disciple: Essays Book — Non-fiction. By Martín Espada. Reprinted in 2016. 160 pages. Essays and poems attacking social injustice and marginalization. Continue reading
Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant’s Tale Picture book. Written and illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh. 2013. 32 pages. An age-appropriate story that brings to light the hardship and struggles faced by thousands of families crossing the border. Continue reading
Teaching Central America Website. An online collection of lessons, book lists, biographies of noted historical figures, and readings for free use by classroom teachers. Continue reading
Coalition of Immokalee Workers Profile. Overview of the farm labor organization, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, with artwork by Erin Currier. Continue reading
Stealing Home: Eminent Domain, Urban Renewal, and the Loss of Community Teaching Activity. By Linda Christensen. Rethinking Schools. 9 pages. Teaching about patterns of displacement and wealth inequality through the history of Palo Verde, La Loma, and Bishop communities and the building of Dodger Stadium. Continue reading
Plotting Inequalities, Building Resistance: High School Students Use Math to Reflect on Social Inequality Teaching Activity. By Adam Renner, Bridget Brew, and Crystal Proctor. Rethinking Schools. 5 pages. An article describing how math teachers in a San Francisco high school shed light on the ways economics and racism affect education, housing, and job opportunities. Continue reading
The History All Around Us: Roosevelt High School and the 1968 Eastside Blowouts Teaching Activity. By Brian C. Gibbs. Rethinking Schools. 6 pages. A teacher uses the activist history of Theodore Roosevelt High School in East Los Angeles to pose students the question: “What would you be willing to do to create change?" Continue reading
Trampling Out the Vintage: Cesar Chavez and the Two Souls of the United Farm Workers Book — Non-fiction. By Frank Bardacke. 2012. 848 pages. A reappraisal of the political trajectory of Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers. Continue reading
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation Picture book. By Duncan Tonatiuh. 2014. 40 pages. Upper elementary school picture-book about the Mendez v. Westminster case to desegregate California schools. Continue reading
Yes! We Are Latinos! Book — Non-fiction. By Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy. Pictures by David Diaz. 2013. 96 pages. Book that features the rich diversity of the Latino and Latina experience in the United States. Continue reading
The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano Book — Historical fiction. By Sonia Manzano. 2012. 224 pages. A coming-of-age story set in New York's El Barrio in 1969 using actual news accounts of the Young Lords taking control of their destinies. Continue reading
Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A. Book — Non-fiction. By Luis J. Rodriguez. 2005. 288 pages. Memoir about a young Chicano gang member surviving the dangerous streets of East Los Angeles. Continue reading
