Latino History Curriculum
Drawing from the work of Labbo & Field (1999) and Dr. Cinthia Salinas, each semester my undergraduate students compose journey boxes about Latino people, places, and events that are not included in the curriculum. Here I have provided a space where their work can be shared with others who wish to include these traditionally omitted histories in the classroom. Using a combination of primary sources, document-based questions and original narratives, my students created a collection of resources that allow children (and adults) to travel on a learning journey about a wide variety of topics. To provide learning opportunities for emergent bilinguals, the resources indicated with an asterisk are in both English and Spanish.
- Mexican American Segregation in Del Rio ISD by Courtney McKeever, Fall 2015
- East L.A. Walkouts by Anna Freeman, Fall 2015
- Sal Castro by Amber Lewis, Fall 2015
- Dolores Huerta by Ashika Ganguly, Fall 2015
- Helen Favela Chavez by Rachel Atzmon, Fall 2015
- Selena Quintanilla by Maricristina Cruz, Fall 2015
- Willie Velásquez by Emily Miketinac, Fall 2015
- The Bracero Program* by Juana, Fall 2014
- Jorge Ramos* by Ceci, Fall 2014
- José Hernández* by Andrea, Fall 2014
- Operation Peter Pan* by Rocío, Fall 2014
- Don Francisco (Mario Luis Kreutzberger Blumenfeld)* by Christian, Fall 2014
- Rigoberta Menchu* by Mistty, Fall 2014