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Los ANgeles Mission College
Los Angeles Mission College
Mexican American Studies 2
Contemporary Chicano Issues
Fall 2015
Alberto Jurez
Adjunct Professor
Week I
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Course Introduction:
“What is Chicano History and Why is Relevant to 21st Century Mexican Americans and Latinos”
Class Exercise & Discussion
Luis Troncoso:. “Why It is Important to Write your Own Story”
Read on Line
Read and Review Text:
“Recovering History Constructing Race”; Martha Menchaca
Chapters 1-4, Pages 1-160
Article by Ruben Salazar: Chicanos
Frank Del Olmo: “Latino Si, Hispanic No”
Autobiographical Sketch Due Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Week II
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
“Roots of Mexican Americans”
Video: Dawn of the Maya
(National Geographic)
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Submit: Autobiographical Sketch
Videos:
“The Maya”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
KOtp6omvLE4\
In Search of History: “Secrets of the Aztecs”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtlEAASEjX0
Read and Review Text:
Recovering History,Constructing Race” Chapter 6: The Mexican Period
Pages 161-186
Chapter 7: Land, Race and War
Pages 185 - 1848
Chapter 8:The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Pages 215
National Geographic: “Guns, Germs and Steel: The Conquest of the new World” www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsKBFXe7biQ
Week III
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
“The Impact of the Mexican
Independence on Californios,
Nuevo Mexicanos
and Tejanos “
Video: “Seguin”
Write one page video report
Read and Review Text: Recovering History,Constructing Race”
Chapter 9: Racial Segregation
Pages 277