E-Portfolio Projects
The Border's Alive!
Grade Level: 6 -10
Subject Areas: Language Arts and Social Studies/History
Time Required: 120 minutes
Prepared by: Ignacio Martinez and R. Joseph Rodriguez from The University of Texas at El Paso
Keywords: Alien, Belonging, Borderlands Region (USA), Chihuahuan Desert, Citizenship, Identity, Immigration, Media, Migrant, Migration, Treaty
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Intersecting Identities
Grade Level: 10 -12
Subject Areas: Language Arts
Time Required: 5-6 50-minute class periods
Prepared by: Meredith F. Wales, educator at Skyview High School (Vancouver, WA)
Keywords: identity, culture, multiculturalism, worldview, immigrant, intersectionality, belonging, poetry, analysis, animation
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Know Thyself
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Subject Areas: Spanish levels 1-2
Time Required: Roughly 9 hours - see individual lessons for time
Prepared by: Stephanie Colquitt (Auburn High School) & Alison Kairis (Redmond High School)
Keywords: Identity, Stereotypes, Culture, Biculturalism, Binationalism.
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Dime Por Favor: Interviews on Borderlands Identities
Essay Prepared by: Eddy Yoon
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Portrait of a Border Artist: Exploring the Borderlands through Personal and Public Expression
Essay Prepared by: Heather Wilson-Meeks
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