Do you think...

...that governments should be allowed to restrict how many children people have? Is a certain number too many? If yes, then what consequences should there be for families that have too many children?

Link to video

Corridos

TODAY IN MULSTICULTURAL PERSPECTIVES
Objective: Understand the Mexican Revolution and the roll of "corridos" (traditional ballads) in communicating oral history

1. Blog Posting (2:35-2:40)

2. Review Major figures/ themes in Mexican history (dictators/ American oppression) (2:40-2:45)

3. Complete Mexican Revolution timeline events, attach to timeline (2:45-3:00)

4. Introduction to Corrido's major themes (3:00-3:05)
* Historical Events
* Love (or lost love)

* Famous figures/ tributes

5. Sample Corridos (
Michael Jackson
Tiempos Amargos/ Bitter Times (with sheet)

From what places/ sources do we find out about history or the actions of people who are no longer living? Is hearing a story a better or worse way to learn than reading about it in a book or on the internet? Explain your answer.

what are...

Positive and negative stereotypes about Mexican culture?


http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/od/thehistoryofmexico/tp/Important-Dates-In-Mexican-History.htm

Title/Date
Who/ What/ When/ Where/ Why


Scott:
The Battle of Calderon Bridge
The Mexican Revolution

Paris
Pancho Villa Attacks the USA!
Assasination of Pancho Villa

Erik

The Tlatelolco Massacre

The Battle of Calderon Bridge

Sabrina

The Siege of Guanajuato

The Mexican Revolution

How has...

your immigrant experience shaped your life- where and how you live, what you eat, how you dress, etc.

What motivated....

your relatives to immigrate to this country? Was it the promise of a better future or were they forced to come?

Today in Multicultural Studies

1. Blog Posting

2. Immigration narrative

3. Intro to immigration narratives

Immigrant story

Based on what you know, what is your family's immigrant story? How did you parents, grandparents, or great-grandparents come to the United States? When did it happen/ why did they have to leave. Why did they come and why did they choose the location/ city that they picked?

Today in Multicultural Studies

1. Blog posting

2. Read Immigrant story

3. Intro to immigration story audio slideshow project

Paths to citizenship

Based on what you know, what are at least three ways that someone can become a U.S. citizen?

What gives someone the right...

... to live in this country? Can a person possibly be illegal?

What does it mean to be an American?

This is the place where we will begin every class. You will read the posting and create a response. For today's class, answer the following question in two to three sentences:

What makes someone "American"? How does someone become "American" or can you only be born that way? Can someone who comes from another land become an American?