Entry Task  What regions make up Latin America?  What are the main languages spoken in Latin America?

Answers…  What regions make up Latin America?  Latin America includes Mexico, Central America, South America and the islands of the Caribbean  What are the main languages spoken in Latin America?  Spanish, Portuguese and French

LAL Map of Latin America

I hear these words, but what is the difference?  Hispanic  Latino  Chicano

Hispanic  Hispanic, from the Latin word for "Spain," has a broader reference, potentially encompassing all Spanish-speaking peoples in both hemispheres and emphasizing the common denominator of language among communities that sometimes have little else in common  Source:

Latino  Latino—which in Spanish means "Latin" but which as an English word is probably a shortening of the Spanish word latinoamericano—refers more exclusively to persons or communities of Latin American origin (people from Mexico, Central/South America and islands of the Caribbean)  Source:

Chicano  Chicano is used only of Mexican Americans, not of Mexicans living in Mexico  The literary and political movements of the 1960s and 1970s among Mexican Americans established Chicano as a term of ethnic pride, and it is properly written today with a capital 