2019
Construction of Ethnic Identities and Recovering Cultural Memory through Muralism in the Borderlands
Grade Level: 9-12
Subject Areas: Spanish Language Arts, AP Spanish Language and Culture, Social Studies
Time Required: 5 blocks of class instruction, 90 minutes each
Prepared by: Mary Aebischer, Las Lunas, New Mexico; Francisco Becerra, San Mateo, California
Keywords: Muralismo, mural, identidad, historia, frontera, Nepantla, bilingüe, bicultural, binacional, conflicto cultural, insolación, segregación, marginación
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Bilingualism, Binationalism, and Bilteracy through José Antonio Burciaga
Grade Level: 9-12
Subject Areas: Spanish Language Arts, English Language Arts, Social Studies
Time Required: 450 minutes
Prepared by: Ricardo Valenzuela; Roswell, New Mexico
Keywords: bilingualism, binationalism, biliteracy, nicknaming, identity, Mexican, Chicano(a), Latino(a), Spanish, English, Anglo-American, literature, fluency, mistranslation, caló, tradition
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“Nothing is Gone”: Claiming Space Along, Within, and Amid Borders
Grade Level: 11-12
Subject Areas: English Literature and Language Arts
Time Required: 4-6 Weeks
Prepared by: Kate Newman; Seattle, Washington
Keywords: Leslie Marmon Silko, Ceremony, borders, borderlands, identity, binationalism, liminality, nepantla, storytelling, narratology
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L.A. as Borderland: Teaching Luis Valdez’s Zoot Suit
Grade Level: 11-12
Subject Areas: US History, English Language Arts, Spanish
Time Required: One and a half to two eighty-minute sessions in blocks for each lesson.
Prepared by: James Huerta; Garland, Texas
Keywords: LA History, WWII, US History, Chicano, Caló, Identity, Language, Post-Colonial
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Breaking Down the Borderlands
Grade Level: 9-11
Subject Areas: US History, World History, Mexican American Studies, World Geography
Time Required: 2 90-minute class periods
Prepared by: Liz LaClair; Garland, Texas
Keywords: Land acquisition, US/Mexico border, territory, mapping, timeline, borders, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Manifest Destiny, Gadsden Purchase
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