Hispanic+Heritage+NS15

= Tampa Hispanic Heritage, Inc. = = 2015- 28th Annual Essay Contest = Entries must be postmarked by FRIDAY, May 15th, 2015

= "Hispanic Heritage: Why do we keep it alive?" =


 * Before we begin to write: **
 * Read Collect Your Thoughts on MyOn (AR Quiz # 156361)
 * **Create a wiki page for your notes. Call it HispanicHeritageNotesCodeinitials. Organize your notes by sources. Use the links at the bottom of this page as your sources of information.**
 * **Use EasyBib to create a works cited list in MLA format.**
 * **Create a knowledge web diagram using Open Office Draw. Export from Open Office, then upload to your HeritageNotes wiki page.**
 * **Enter a thesis statement at the top of the HeritageNotes page.**
 * Read Think for Yourself - Avoiding Plagiarism on MyON (AR Quiz # 156368)
 * Finally, begin to write the essay. Be sure to cite your sources in the essay using MLA format. **
 * **Create a new wiki page called HispanicHeritageEssayCodeinitials. Your completed essay with parenthetical in-text citations will go on this page with the works cited list in alphabetical order included under the essay.**


 * Possible Resources to Use **
 * 1) National Hispanic Heritage Month 2014 (.gov website)
 * 2) Library of Congress and LOC Florida Folklife and LOC Digital Collections and LOC Hispanic and Portuguese Collections and LOC Hispanic Reading Room
 * 3) CountryReports.org (get login information during SpanTech)
 * 4) CIA World FactBook
 * 5) FactMonster.com/World
 * 6) Wikipedia in English
 * 7) MyON
 * Chile
 * Costa Rica
 * Cuba
 * Guatamala ABCs
 * Mexico
 * Mexico ABCs
 * Spain
 * Welcome to Mexico and Bienvenidos a Mexico!


 * There are a lot of spanish than english.
 * Spanish countries have the same cultures and same laws.
 * All have different history but it have change the world.
 * Without the spanish, the world will still have the the inca or the aztec.
 * Cultures and history tell us about the life the spanish have
 * We want to learn spanish and their lives so we can compromise culture.
 * What happen in the past change the future.
 * If we do not know hispanic culture, it will be lost and forgotten like Atlantis(could be true or not).

"Activities." //Countries in the World: Discover Countries in the World //. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Apr. 2015. . Country Report is really helpful to all of those who want to learn other countries.

"Facts about Hispanic Heritage, Culture and History." //Facts about Hispanic Heritage, Culture and History //. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Apr. 2015. . Hispanic Heritage and Cultures is really important and it is to be use wisely or else it will be lost.

"Hispanic Culture - Latin American Culture - Spanish Culture." //Hispanic Culture - Latin American Culture - Spanish Culture //. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Apr. 2015. .

"Hispanic." //Wikipedia //. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 21 Apr. 2015. .


 * Thesis Statement- Hispanic Cultures should be kept or else it will be lost. When it is lost, the hispanic will never feel welcome and will never be understand by other people.

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