2017
Somos nuestros cuentos: Leyendas, historias orales, e historias personales que forman nuestra identidad en el mundo
Grade Level: Spanish II or higher with modification
Subject Areas: Spanish
Time Required: 6 weeks (or 4 weeks if not including Extended Learning component)
Prepared by: Kate Hoin; Troy, Michigan
Keywords: History, historia, Oral History, historias orales, Braceros, Detroit, Spanish Language, El español, Advanced Spanish, Intermediate Spanish, Texas History (Spanish), la historia de Tejas, Preterite/Imperfect tense, Past Tense, el pasado
Borders Near and Far: A Global and Local Investigation of Borderlands
Grade Level: 11-12
Subject Areas: Language Arts
Time Required: 120 minutes
Prepared by: Marty Frazier; Hathaway Brown School
Keywords: US-Mexico Border, Identity, Mexican-American History, Urban/Suburban borders, Yuri Herrera, Immigration Policies, Immigration Debate
The Journal as Border: Bridging Vision and Voice
Grade Level: 9 -10
Subject Areas: Poetry/English Language Arts and Studio Art
Time Required: 10-12 50 minute integrated lessons
Prepared by: Linda Okoth and Gordon Hultberg from Herndon, Virginia and Salt Lake City, Utah
Keywords: poetry, sensory, food, illustration, observation, media, Southwest, Pat Mora, imagery, communication, journal, identity
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Smokestack Memories: A Borderlands History During the Gilded Age
Grade Level: 7, 8 and 11
Subject Areas: Social Studies/U.S. History/Texas State Social Studies/A.P. U.S. History
Time Required: 3-90 minute classes
Prepared by: Francesca Alonso and Joseph “Joey” Louis Leff; El Paso, TX
Keywords: Immigration, Assimilation, Gender, Borderlands History, Industrialization, the West, Labor
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Ni De Aqui, Ni De Alla: Exploring Bicultural Identity in Ethnic Adolescents
Grade Level: 10-11
Subject Areas: Spanish
Time Required: 5-6 Class Periods
Prepared by: Esmeralda L. Soto; Mastic Beach, New York
Keywords: Spanish, Foreign Language, Immigration, Identity, Bilingualism, Binational, Bicultural