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Nuyorican is a term that defines a Puerto Rican from New York. It is associated with an artistic and literary movement that was started in 1973 with the creation of the Nuyorican Poets Café. Here people would showcase their art and perform poetry talking about the experience of leaving the island for the big city. Write or find a poem you like and draw …

Island life can look very different depending on the geography and location of Puerto Rico. Draw and color what island life looks like to you on this map of the island.   Click here to download the PDF Click here for a full list of handouts

Lola Rodriguez de Tio is considered to be Puerto Rico’s premier nineteenth century lyric poet and one of Latin America’s most important early feminists. She wrote the revolutionary anthem, La Borinqueña. Read Lola Rodriguez de Tío’s poem, Rayo de Luna, and draw what you imagine while reading it. Click here to download the PDF Click here …

Mariana Bracetti was a leader and patriot of the Puerto Rico independence movement in the 1860s. She was the vice president of the Cuban Revolutionary Party in New York City. Bracetti knitted the flag that was used for the national emblem of Puerto Rico to overthrow the Spanish government and create a …

You can’t describe Puerto Rico without mentioning dance. It is a language in itself in the Puerto Rican community. Some dances are Puerto Rican-born, like Bomba y Plena, while other fan favorites have been influenced by Caribbean and Nuyorican culture, like Salsa and Reggaetón. Choose a color for each of the four …

La Bomba was created at the end of the 17th century, in early Spanish colonial times, by the enslaved African people who worked in the sugar cane fields. It was a way for them to express their feelings about the harsh conditions being lived, their politics, spirituality, their anger and …