slavery and latin america: exploring the afro-latino dr. chris busey assistant professor of middle...

Slavery and Latin America: Exploring the Afro-Latino

Dr. Chris Busey

Assistant Professor of Middle Level & Social Studies Education

Texas State University

Department of Curriculum and Instruction

Agenda

Critical Thinking Through Maps

Analyzing Music for Afro-Latin Themes

Who are Afro-Latin@s?

Timeline for the Abolishment of Slavery in Latin America

Examining Sources– Images– Graphs and Charts– Film

Resources/Questions

Map Analysis

What are three things in this map that you think are important?

What information does this map add to pre-existing knowledge? Textbook information.

Does the information in the map support or contradict information that you have read about this event in the past?

Celia CruzAfro-Cuban singer and song writer.

Quiénes son Afro-Latin@s?- Who are Afro-Latin@s?

More than 12 million slaves were brought to the New World from Africa through the slave trade.1

Of the more than 12 million slaves who were brought to the New World, about 91% were taken to present day Latin America.2

Immediately mestizaje (race mixing) contributed to diversity in Latin America, but also has contributed to the erasure of Blackness in Latin America.3

Image Analysis

List all of the people, objects and activities taking place in the image.

What inferences can you draw from the image? What questions arise from the image?

Now take on the perspective on one person from the image. What is your perspective on what is happening? Tell a story.

Critical Thinking Questions

How might slavery in Latin America be similar to chattel slavery in the United States?

In what ways have Latin America been more progressive in race relations since the abolishment of slavery than the United States? Have not?

Assessment Ideas

Document Based Question (DBQ) Essay

Biographical Writing

Research Reports on Slavery and the Abolishment of Slavery in Individual Countries

Constructing Museum Exhibits

Benefits

Provide a more global perspective of social studies curriculum.

Provide socio-cultural learning opportunities for English Language Learners from Latin America.

Expand the extant narrative on Black history and the African Diaspora.

Students have the opportunity to engage in critical thinking skills as well as social study skills (i.e.: analyzing primary sources) and do so in a way that is tied to the curriculum.

Contact

This is a concept that I am further exploring through practitioner research. If you are interested in incorporating learning about Afro-Latin@s into your curriculum, please contact me via email:

clb282@txstate.edu