Thursday, 23 February 2012

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.

1 comment:

  1. internet and if i would ever learn about some parts of history it would be more interesting if someone that was there told the story

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