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| Title | Ideas for teaching Culture, Part 2 |
| Body | I live in Dallas and to do culture really take advantage of the amazing Latino culture we have down here. i have put an interactive powerpoint together on Latinos in Dallas using categories such as la gente, los medios masivos, la cultura, la comida, la musica, los bailes. Through this process students start to see the great contribution of latinos to the United States. They add on to the process showing the parts of Latino culture or presence in Dallas that have touched their lives. If they are Nativespeakers they show the elements they are most proud of. Then I send them through a web quest asking them to pretend to be writing for Al Dia, a local Spanish publication, about one of the major issues affecting latinos, both presenting the issue and expressing their opinions. I like to bring this in with my native speakers especially.By doing this we start to become aware of bilingual education issues, health care issues, economic problems, success stories, immigation, After talking about this, you can go into some great Chicano stuff like Gloria Anzaldua "Borderlands", Sandra Cisneros, Cesar Chavez, el teatro campesino, MIchelle Serros (very hip, young), clips from movies like "Raising Victor Vargas", "Real Women have Curves", " and the earth did not swallow him up. no se lo trago la tierra:"(I may not have that title 100%, its Tomas Rivera, well known), maybe Mi familia, pretty outdated already is Mi vida loca, but it has some still relevant parts. Obviously even at the high school level you need to choose your clips very carefully but there are parts of all of these movies that are acceptable for viewing by the age of your teaching and may really engage them in conversations about immigration, survival in a culture different than your own (I love the 3rd Rock from the Sun idea), and identity in general for those whose hearts belong to two different countries. Aside from this I love the idea about music they always are up to learn about merengue, salsa, bachata, . . . There are some songs that link real well to identity issues like "Mi Gente", Kumbia Kings, this guy named Dr. Loco who has some very relevant songs, los tigres del norte have a song related to using two languages. Anyhow, that is just one type of unit that I try to do talking more about chicano or latino identity in Dallas and then throughout the United States from there I go into more specific country investigations. Ok, perdon por haber hablado tanto. Me fascina mucho esta discusion y espero todavia oir mas ideas. Aprecio todos tus esfuerzos muchisimo, creo que todos nosotros nos entusiasmamos mucho por la ensenanza de la cultura. I just wanted to mention that I taught all this to students that are considered academically at-risk as well as information about Chiapas, Che Guevara, and more and many really bought into it. I think that the topics really interest them as they relate a lot to their cultural reality. Even, N. (17 Jul. 2004). culture class suggetsions. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (23 Jul. 2004). |
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