Latina and Latino 10th graders started walkouts at West HS in 1969 and helped remove racist teachers. 14 Latino students at Garfield and Lincoln HS in Los Angeles helped raise Hispanic enrollment at UCLA (Univ. California, Los Angeles) from 2% to 25% of the student body in 1 year. Their US History teacher Sal Castro (1 of my heroes) helped them get organized.
These Costa questions are due Wednesday, October 16, 2013 (32 points) Answer 8 of 9:
1. How can we define Cortes’ attitudes toward the Aztecs?
2. What is the best way to describe the Temple of the Thousand Warriors at Chichen Itza?
3. How can we explain the importance of Dona Marina also known as Malinche?
4. What is the best way to explain the significance of the date June 20, 1521?
5. What is the best way to define the Siege of Tenochtitlan?
6. How can we summarize Willem of Occam’s theme?
7. Evaluate the significance of La Noche Triste.
8. What would life be like Columbus had never landed in the New World?
9. How did the Aztec and Maya get their advanced skills?
1. How can we define Cortes’ attitudes toward the Aztecs?
2. What is the best way to describe the Temple of the Thousand Warriors at Chichen Itza?
3. How can we explain the importance of Dona Marina also known as Malinche?
4. What is the best way to explain the significance of the date June 20, 1521?
5. What is the best way to define the Siege of Tenochtitlan?
6. How can we summarize Willem of Occam’s theme?
7. Evaluate the significance of La Noche Triste.
8. What would life be like Columbus had never landed in the New World?
9. How did the Aztec and Maya get their advanced skills?
The Zoot Suit Riots occurred in July, 1943 in Los Angeles, CA. The "riots" were really a series of racially motivated attacks on Mexican American youth. They were known as pachucos and pachucas.
Click on the picture at left for the notes on the Sleepy Lagoon Murder Trial and the Zoot Suit Riots:
One of the interesting things about the Zoot Suit Riots was its multi cultural flavor. Young African Americans, white Americans, and Asian Americans became members of the Pachuco culture. This reflects how the Zoot Suit Riots will lead to the Chicano Civil Rights Movement.
Click on the picture for a multimedia website about the Zoot Suit Riots. (American Experience from PBS)
The Zoot Suit Discovery Guide from Pomona College in California.
Assignment Tally as of 22 March 2013:
1. Zoot Suit Riot Quiz: 45 points
2. Zoot Suit Art Project: 75 points
3. Zoot Suit Vocab. Homework: 30 points
1. Zoot Suit Riot Quiz: 45 points
2. Zoot Suit Art Project: 75 points
3. Zoot Suit Vocab. Homework: 30 points
The art project below received a grade of 100%:
Zoot Suit Riots Art Project (75 points)
-You must create original artwork that shows your understanding of
the Sleepy Lagoon Murder Trial (1942) and the Zoot Suit Riots
(1943).
-You don't have to go overboard, but your project must be of very
high quality.
Click on this picture to access a quiz for general extra credit.
Click on the picture to access vocabulary. You have to use each vocabulary word in an intelligible & logical sentence:
Pre Conquest history:
Watch this fascinating video from the History channel's "Mankind: A Story Of Us" about the fall of the mighty Aztec empire.
Option 1) Use a PIES chart or ESPeN chart from the Graphic Organizers page. 35 points extra credit, please remember your observations need to be written in full sentences.
Option 2) Create a full sentence taxonomy using 1 of these phrases:
a) TENOCHTITLAN
b) HUEY TLATOANI
c) AZTLAN IPAN MEXICA
Option 1) Use a PIES chart or ESPeN chart from the Graphic Organizers page. 35 points extra credit, please remember your observations need to be written in full sentences.
Option 2) Create a full sentence taxonomy using 1 of these phrases:
a) TENOCHTITLAN
b) HUEY TLATOANI
c) AZTLAN IPAN MEXICA
If you click on the stunning mural of Tenochtitlan below by the great Mexican artist Rivera it will take you to an a Spanish/English/Nahuatl online dictionary. Nahuatl was the language of the Aztecs. It is still spoken by many indigenous people in Mexico today. Tiahueh!
This incredibly engaging book by renowned science fiction author Orson Scott Card ("Ender's Game") tells the story of what would have happened if Columbus and the Europeans had never committed their greedy and rapacious conquest of the Americas. In many ways it is how history SHOULD have turned out. I highly recommend this novel. It is definitely worth a read.
The stunning archaelogical (re)discovery of the lost Mayan city of Mirador in Guatemala took the historical and ethnic studies world by complete surprise a couple of years ago. Most of Mirador remains completely unexplored. Ethnologists and archaelogists surmise Mirador is actually bigger than downtown Los Angeles:
This fascinating documentary explains how Mayan ethnologists and linguists were finally able to decipher the Mayan language. Part of the difficulty lay in the fact that the Spanish destroyed all but 4 of the Mayan codices (books). What's truly amazing is how incredibly complex and advanced the Mayan language is: