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Lesson Plans

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The Battle on the 5th of May (middle school)
https://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/holidays/cincodemayo/battle.html

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Cinco de Mayo (elementary school)

http://teachersnetwork.org/lessonplans/lesson-plan-hispanic-heritage-month/cinco_de_mayo.htm 

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Cinco de Mayo Activities and Lesson Plans for Spanish Class

(or ESL class) (elementary - middle school)
https://srtaspanish.com/2019/04/26/cinco-de-mayo-activities-and-lesson-plans-for-spanish-class/ 

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Ideas for Celebrating Cinco de Mayo in the Classroom
https://ashleymckenzietpt.com/ideas-for-celebrating-cinco-de-mayo-in-the-classroom/

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A Comparison of the Celebrations of Cinco de Mayo (high school)
https://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/holidays/cincodemayo/compare.html

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Resources

 

The real history of Cinco de Mayo  (Smithsonian)

https://www.si.edu/stories/real-history-cinco-de-mayo 

 

Cinco de Mayo  (History Channel)
https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/cinco-de-mayo 

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Cinco de Mayo History: From Bloodshed to Beer Fest https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/100505-cinco-de-mayo-history

Cinco de Mayo (Wikipedia)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinco_de_Mayo 

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Battle of Puebla (Wikipedia)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Puebla

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