2019
Life in the Desert Borderlands
Grade Level: 6-8
Subject Areas: Spanish I (Introductory Spanish)
Time Required: Two 45-minute class periods
Prepared by: Bonnie Stevens; Kansas City, Missouri
Keywords: los sentidos, sensory, la frontera, el desierto, el español, the Chihuahuan Desert, Sonoran Desert, geography, borderlands, language arts
The Dangers of Narrative Simplicity: Crossing Linguistic Borders in the Asylum Seeking Process
Grade Level: 11-12
Subject Areas: Spanish II or above (For IB: Spanish Ab Initio 2nd year, Spanish B)
Time Required: 4-5 hours of classroom time plus 1-2 homework assignments
Prepared by: Andrew (Andy) Gorvetzian; Albuquerque, New Mexico
Keywords: narrative/narrativa, political asylum/asilo politico, migration/migración, indigenous groups/grupos indigenas
Data Analysis through Scatter Plots
Grade Level: 8
Subject Areas: Mathematics
Time Required: Four 45-minute class periods
Prepared by: Amy Bean; Chicago, Illinois
Keywords: bivariate data, scatter plot, scatter plots, positive association, negative association, clusters, outliers, line of best fit, trend line, slope, rate, immigration
Nepantla: Explorando la identidad a través de las narrativas
Grade Level:11-12
Subject Areas: AP Spanish Language and Culture, Spanish for Native Speakers
Time Required: Estimated 3 weeks (50 minute class periods)
Prepared by: Anna White, Spanish III and Advanced Placement Spanish Language and Culture, Eisenhower High School, Blue Island, Illinois.; Kindra Young de Gómez, Heritage Spanish and Advanced Placement Spanish Language and Culture, Portland, Oregon
Keywords: personal and public identities, self-expression, biculturalism, bilingualism, narratives, nepantla
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Exploring & Discovering Identity through Narrative
Grade Level:10-12
Subject Areas:Language Arts and Social Studies
Time Required: 90-minute sessions (9 class periods total)
Prepared by: Miguel A. Martinez, Social Studies Department, Northwest Early College High School, Canutillo, TX; Alisia N. Muir, English Department, Northwest Early College High School, Canutillo, TX
Keywords: Identity, narratives, ethnocentrism, vignettes, culture, migration, immigration, history, borderlands, multicultural
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