The Puerto Rican Connection

GeoLiteracy
Lesson Plan Content
Description: 
In this lesson, students will learn how Puerto Rico’s government works, why and where Puerto Ricans immigrated to the US, and the contributions of Puerto Rican Americans to American society.
Author: 
Dennis Rees
Grade Range: 
7 and High School
Duration: 
4 class periods
Lesson Materials
Teacher Instructions: 
application/pdf iconTeacher Instructions
Student Materials: 
application/pdf iconStudent Worksheets, Assessments, and Answer Keys
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation iconPuerto Rican Experience PowerPoint
application/pdf iconPuerto Rican Migration map (unlabeled)
application/pdf iconPuerto Rican Migration map (labeled)
Standards
National Geography Standards: 
1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information
4: The physical and human characteristics of places
6: How culture and experience influence people's perceptions of places and regions
9: The characteristics, distribution and migration of human populations
10: The characteristics, distribution and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics