Latin American Studies
Chicano! This is a history of the Mexican-American Civil Rights Movement connected to the PBS program. Contains a great biographies Web page. www.pbs.org/chicano/
Latin American Network Information Center An extensive collection of sites and resources devoted to the study of Latin America, many designed expressly for children, and some in Spanish.
www.lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/k-12/Hispanics in American History Between 1779 and 1785, Marshall Bernardo de Gálvez, governor of the Spanish Louisiana, which extended from Texas to Florida and up into Georgia, defeated the British in Baton Rouge, Mobile, Pensacola, St. Louis, and Fort St. Joseph, Michigan. These victories relieved British pressure on General George Washington's armies and opened supply lines for money and military goods from Spain, France, Cuba, and Mexico. http://coloquio.com/galvez.html
