Research Guide: Famous Mexicans/Mexican-Americans

Research Guide

Famous Mexicans/Mexican-Americans:                                     

1.       Select four famous (or “not-so” famous) Mexicans/Mexican-Americans and report on

a.       History (birth, death, country/region/state of origin, etc.)

b.      Contributions (why they are famous)

c.       Problems and conflicts this person overcame in his/her life

d.      One or more interesting or unique fact(s) about this person

e.       Other important people in his/her life

f.       Other info—famous quotes, etc.

g.      Include at least one picture of your person

**Your selections must be famous for different reasons.  (Ex:  you cannot select 4 famous baseball players.)

These websites may help you in your search:

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/hispanic/meet.htm

http://www.facts-about-mexico.com/famous-mexican-people.html

http://www.pbs.org/americanfamily/latino3.html

http://inventors.about.com/od/famousinventors/tp/mexican.htm

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/famous-mexican-actors-and-actresses.html