Latinos in the Heartland | Latinos en el Corazón de los Estados Unidos

Description

From Spanish explorers, to Mexican traders and laborers, to recent Central and South American immigrants, the Kansas City region has deep Latino history. Today, the Latino community is Johnson County’s fastest growing population.

Offered At

Johnson County Museum

The Johnson County Museum offers innovative, engaging exhibitions and programs that inspire learners of all ages to discover a sense of place and spark excitement about history at two sites: Lanesfield Historic Site in Edgerton, Kansas, and the main museum in the Johnson County Arts & Heritage Center in Overland Park.

The Museum offers long-term and changing exhibits, the children’s history experience KidScape, field trips, home school, youth and scout programs, summer camps, lectures, special events, birthday party packages, event spaces and a wide variety of online research tools. The museum’s historic collections include more than one million photographs, 20,000 3-D artifacts, and 300 cubic feet of archival material. In 2018, the Johnson County Museum served 70,000 visitors onsite and nearly 100,000 people through online resources.

Details

Subjects

History, Immigration

Capacity

100 students, 1 chap. per 100 stu.

Duration

30 min.

Activity

Digital Resource

Grades

6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Adult

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