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A newspaper article explaining why the Onion Strike against the corporations should continue.

A news release from Marine Military Academy about a change of date for the dedication of the Texas Iwo Jima Memorial. The news release included more information about the Iwo Jima Statue and why it was brought to Texas.

An article about Ed McMahon, a commercial spokesman, filming a documentary called "Return to Iwo Jima." The documentary is a tribute to the fallen during World War's 2 Iwo Jima battle.

A brochure detailing a fundraising campaign for the Texas Iwo Jima Memorial. The Marine Military Academy (Harlingen, TX) was collecting funds to receive the Iwo Jima Memorial Sculpture. The brochure outlines the project scope as well as the cost, to…

A newspaper article about how different objects have many memories and help people remember their loved ones during Day of the Dead.

An article about the celebrations and traditions for Day of the Dead. The article describes how people participate and celebrate the traditional holiday.

[newspaper] "The Day of the Dead, Celebrating Death: The living remember their dead with merriment, music, food," by Pamela Coleman for The Monitor (1992-10-30). The article features the variety of ways people honor, celebrate the dead and includes…

A guide on different kinds of offerings for a Day of the Dead altar.

A guide on how to make your own altar for the Day of the Dead.

A summary of how the Day of Dead originated.

A brochure of Day of the Dead photographs, including altars and offerings. The brochure was created for the Day of the Dead celebration by a university.

A newspaper dedicated to the 1999 Hidalgo Texas Border Fest.

A pamphlet for the 2013 Hidalgo Texas Borderfest.

Cover of pre-application for federal assistance featuring the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show, Inc. logo

Project description for the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show, Inc.
Excerpt: "The RGVLS, Inc. 10-year development facilities plan calls for the investment of over 4 million dollars in the next 5 years to bring the facilities and its management and…

An article about the Mercedes Livestock show. There were competitions, such as "Cover Girl" and "World's Champion Rodeo."

For this Social Studies lesson, I decided to focus on the history of Texas and two of its significant celebrations. Throughout these three lesson plans, students will learn the purpose behind the Texas Pledge, the significance of Texas Independence…

Accompanying Rubric to Texas Citizenship Lesson Plans

During these five lessons, the students learned a small portion of what the Rio Grande Valleys culture consists of through the Mercedes Livestock Show and Rodeo. In the first lesson we informed the students about the jobs that are in our community as…

The purpose of the lesson is to teach students the importance of freedom and courage that US Marines or any other military services offer to us. In our lessons we talk about World War II (WWII), the Battle of Iwo Jima and monuments especially the…

The purpose of this lesson is to help students understand the experiences of Charro Days
since its creation in the Rio Grande Valley. The first Charro Days celebration took place in the
border of Brownsville, Texas and Matamoros, Tamaulipas in…

By teacher implemented strategies such as, direct instruction, inquiry and small groups, students will acquire knowledge on the riots that occured in Pharr, Texas in 1971. Teacher will engage students with essential questions, an article, and open…

The Raymondville Onion Strike took place in 1979 on the count of their wages being cut because of onion prices. Being known as the “Onion Capital of the World” the strike started off as a wage problem then other problems arose with working conditions…

On November 14, 1968 in Edcouch-Elsa, about 150 to 200 Mexican and Mexican- American Edcouch-Elsa high-school students walked out of their high-school at 10 a.m. to boycott the high school, teachers, administration, and the Edcouch-Elsa school board…