Week 15 Agenda [Tentative]

Monday, December 4th

• Rosa Tapia: Lone Star & Adams, “Forget the Alamo”
• Breakfast Potluck
• Homework
• continue working on your Final Personal Narrative

Wednesday, December 6th

• WRITING DAY [NO CLASS]
• Homework
• continue working on your Final Personal Narrative
• FINAL PERSONAL NARRATIVE DUE ON BLACKBOARD BY MIDNIGHT ON MONDAY, 12/11.

Reading Response #21: "Lone Star" & Adams, “Forget the Alamo”

Post your reading response to all of the readings below. 

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1. Reading responses must be AT LEAST 200 words.
2. Include your full name at the end of your comments. Unnamed comments will be deleted.
3. From the "Comment As" drop-down menu, choose Anonymous, then click "Publish."
4. Reading responses are due by 8pm on the day PRIOR to our discussion of the required reading.

Week 14 Agenda [Tentative]

Monday, November 27th

• CONFERENCES [NO CLASS]
• Homework
• continue working on your Final Personal Narrative

Wednesday, November 29th

• CONFERENCES [NO CLASS]
• Homework
• continue working on your Final Personal Narrative
• view/print/read/bring the following for discussion to class on Monday, 12/4
• Lone Star [On Reserve@ UTRGV Library]
• Adams, “Forget the Alamo” (Blackboard)
• post Reading Response #21 on our course blog by 8pm on Sunday, 12/3

Reading Response #20: Anzaldúa, Ch. 7 & "Señorita Extraviada"

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1. Reading responses must be AT LEAST 200 words.
2. Include your full name at the end of your comments. Unnamed comments will be deleted.
3. From the "Comment As" drop-down menu, choose Anonymous, then click "Publish."
4. Reading responses are due by 8pm on the day PRIOR to our discussion of the required reading.

Week 13 Agenda [Tentative]

Monday, November 20th

• Giselle Sanchez: New World Border & Livingston “Murder in Juarez”
• Homework
• view/print/read/bring the following for discussion to class on Wednesday
• Anzaldúa, Ch. 7
  
• Señorita Extraviada (Blackboard)
• post Reading Response #20 on our course blog by 8pm on Tuesday, 11/21

Wednesday, November 22nd

• Quiz #12
• Celine Salas & Luis Reyna: Anzaldúa, Ch. 7 & Señorita Extraviada
• Homework
• continue working on your Final Personal Narrative

Reading Response #19: "New World Border" & Livingston “Murder in Juarez”

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1. Reading responses must be AT LEAST 200 words.
2. Include your full name at the end of your comments. Unnamed comments will be deleted.
3. From the "Comment As" drop-down menu, choose Anonymous, then click "Publish."
4. Reading responses are due by 8pm on the day PRIOR to our discussion of the required reading.

Reading Response #18: "Zoot Suit" & Barrios, “A Conversation With Luis Valdez”

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1. Reading responses must be AT LEAST 200 words.
2. Include your full name at the end of your comments. Unnamed comments will be deleted.
3. From the "Comment As" drop-down menu, choose Anonymous, then click "Publish."
4. Reading responses are due by 8pm on the day PRIOR to our discussion of the required reading.

Week 12 Agenda [Tentative]

Monday, November 13th

• Yarazeth Ramirez: Born in East L.A. (1987) & Noriega, “Waas Sappening?”
• Homework
• view/print/read/bring the following for discussion to class on Wednesday
• Zoot Suit (1997) [On Reserve@ UTRGV Library]
• Barrios, “A Conversation With Luis Valdez”
• post Reading Response #18 on our course blog by 8pm on Tuesday, 11/14

Wednesday, November 15th

• Quiz #11
• Missael Salinas: Zoot Suit (1997) & Barrios, “A Conversation With Luis Valdez”
• Homework
• view/print/read/bring the following for discussion to class on Monday
• New World Border [On Reserve@UTRGV Library]
• Livingston “Murder in Juarez”
• post Reading Response #19 on our course blog by 8pm on Sunday, 11/19

Reading Response #17: "Born in East L.A." & Noriega, “Waas Sappening?”

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1. Reading responses must be AT LEAST 200 words.
2. Include your full name at the end of your comments. Unnamed comments will be deleted.
3. From the "Comment As" drop-down menu, choose Anonymous, then click "Publish."
4. Reading responses are due by 8pm on the day PRIOR to our discussion of the required reading.

Reading Response #16: "The Perfect Game" & “The Little League World Series’ Only Perfect Game”

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1. Reading responses must be AT LEAST 200 words.
2. Include your full name at the end of your comments. Unnamed comments will be deleted.
3. From the "Comment As" drop-down menu, choose Anonymous, then click "Publish."
4. Reading responses are due by 8pm on the day PRIOR to our discussion of the required reading.

Week 11 Agenda [Tentative]

Monday, November 6th

• Joanne Lopez: Regalado, “Invisible Identity" & Iber, “On-field Foes and Racial Misconceptions”
• Homework
• view/print/read/bring the following for discussion to class on Wednesday
• The Perfect Game [On Reserve@UTRGV Library]
  
• “The Little League World Series’ Only Perfect Game” [on Blackboard]
• post Reading Response #16 on our course blog by 8pm on Tuesday, 11/7

Wednesday, November 8th

• Quiz #10
• Discuss Final Personal Narrative
• Group Mural Drawings DUE
• Fabian Perez: The Perfect Game & “The Little League World Series’ Only Perfect Game”
• Homework
• view/print/read/bring the following for discussion to class on Monday
• Born in East L.A. (1987) [On Reserve@ UTRGV Library]
  
• Noriega, “Waas Sappening?”
• post Reading Response #17 on our course blog by 8pm on Sunday, 11/12

Reading Response #15: Regalado, “Invisible Identity” & Iber, “On-field Foes and Racial Misconceptions”

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1. Reading responses must be AT LEAST 200 words.
2. Include your full name at the end of your comments. Unnamed comments will be deleted.
3. From the "Comment As" drop-down menu, choose Anonymous, then click "Publish."
4. Reading responses are due by 8pm on the day PRIOR to our discussion of the required reading.

Reading Response #14: Vargas, “Cruzando Frontejas” & BIOGRAPHY Channel: Selena

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1. Reading responses must be AT LEAST 200 words.
2. Include your full name at the end of your comments. Unnamed comments will be deleted.
3. From the "Comment As" drop-down menu, choose Anonymous, then click "Publish."
4. Reading responses are due by 8pm on the day PRIOR to our discussion of the required reading.

Week 10 Agenda [Tentative]

Monday, October 30th

• Victor Gaytan & Michael Garcia: Chicano Park Documentary & Goldman, “Chicano Murals of California”
• Homework
• view/print/read/bring the following for discussion to class on Wednesday
• Vargas, “Cruzando Frontejas”
• BIOGRAPHY Channel: Selena
• post Reading Response #14 on our course blog by 8pm on Tuesday, 10/31

Wednesday, November 1st

• Quiz #9
• Sandy Martinez & Bruno Morales: Vargas, “Cruzando Frontejas” and BIOGRAPHY Channel: Selena
• Homework
• view/print/read/bring the following for discussion to class on Monday
• Regalado, “Invisible Identity”
• Iber, “On-field Foes and Racial Misconceptions”
• post Reading Response #15 on our course blog by 8pm on Sunday, 11/5

Reading Response #13: 'Chicano Park' & Goldman, “Chicano Murals of California”

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1. Reading responses must be AT LEAST 200 words.
2. Include your full name at the end of your comments. Unnamed comments will be deleted.
3. From the "Comment As" drop-down menu, choose Anonymous, then click "Publish."
4. Reading responses are due by 8pm on the day PRIOR to our discussion of the required reading.

Reading Response #12: 'Stand and Deliver' & Jaime Escalante Special

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1. Reading responses must be AT LEAST 200 words.
2. Include your full name at the end of your comments. Unnamed comments will be deleted.
3. From the "Comment As" drop-down menu, choose Anonymous, then click "Publish."
4. Reading responses are due by 8pm on the day PRIOR to our discussion of the required reading.

Week 9 Agenda [Tentative]

Monday, October 23rd

• Yadira De Leon & Alma De La Llana: Anzaldúa, Ch. 5 & Rodriguez, “Complexion”
• Homework
• view/print/read/bring the following for discussion to class on Wednesday
• Stand and Deliver [On Reserve@UTRGV Library]
• Jaime Escalante Special [On Blackboard]
• post Reading Response #12 on our course blog by 8pm on Tuesday, 10/24

Wednesday, October 25th

• Quiz #8
• Omar Hinojosa & Andrea Juarez: Stand and Deliver and Jaime Escalante Special
• Homework
• view/print/read/bring the following for discussion to class on Monday
• Chicano Park Documentary [on Blackboard]
• Goldman, “Chicano Murals of California” [on Blackboard]
• post Reading Response #13 on our course blog by 8pm on Sunday, 10/29

Reading Response #11: Anzaldúa, Ch. 5 & Rodriguez, “Complexion”

Post your reading response to all of the readings below. 

Here are the guidelines:

1. Reading responses must be AT LEAST 200 words.
2. Include your full name at the end of your comments. Unnamed comments will be deleted.
3. From the "Comment As" drop-down menu, choose Anonymous, then click "Publish."
4. Reading responses are due by 8pm on the day PRIOR to our discussion of the required reading.

Week 8 Agenda [Tentative]

Monday, October 16th

• NO CLASS [STUDY DAY]
• Homework
• prepare for MIDTERM EXAM on Wednesday, 10/18

Wednesday, October 18th

• MIDTERM EXAM
• Homework
• view/print/read/bring the following for discussion to class on Monday
• Anzaldúa, Ch. 5
• Rodriguez, “Complexion” [on Blackboard]
• post Reading Response #11 on our course blog by 8pm on Sunday, 10/22

XTRA CREDIT Reading Response: Chicana Poetry

Post your reading response to all of the readings below. 

Here are the guidelines:

1. Reading responses must be AT LEAST 200 words.
2. Include your full name at the end of your comments. Unnamed comments will be deleted.
3. From the "Comment As" drop-down menu, choose Anonymous, then click "Publish."
4. This Reading response is due by 8pm on Tuesday, 10/17.

Week 7 Agenda [Tentative]

Monday, October 9th

• Guadalupe Cazares: Anzaldúa, Ch. 2
• Homework
• prepare for MIDTERM REVIEW on Wednesday, 10/11
• for xtra credit, post XTRA CREDIT Reading Response by 8pm on Tuesday, 10/17

Wednesday, October 11th

• Quiz #7
• Midterm Review
• Homework
• prepare for MIDTERM EXAM on Wednesday, 10/18

Reading Response #10: Anzaldúa, Ch. 2

Post your reading response to all of the readings below. 

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1. Reading responses must be AT LEAST 200 words.
2. Include your full name at the end of your comments. Unnamed comments will be deleted.
3. From the "Comment As" drop-down menu, choose Anonymous, then click "Publish."
4. Reading responses are due by 8pm on the day PRIOR to our discussion of the required reading.

Reading Response #9: Chicano! Episode 4: “Fighting for Political Power" & "The Case of La Raza Unida”

Post your reading response to all of the readings below. 

Here are the guidelines:

1. Reading responses must be AT LEAST 200 words.
2. Include your full name at the end of your comments. Unnamed comments will be deleted.
3. From the "Comment As" drop-down menu, choose Anonymous, then click "Publish."
4. Reading responses are due by 8pm on the day PRIOR to our discussion of the required reading.

Week 6 Agenda [Tentative]

Monday, October 2nd

• Ashley Escalante & Hector Chapa: Chicano! Episode 3: “Taking back the Schools” & Guajardo & Guajardo, “Impact of Brown on the Brown”
• Homework
• view/print/read/bring the following for discussion to class on Wednesday
• Chicano! Episode 4: “Fighting for Political Power"
• Marquez & Espino, "The Case of La Raza Unida”
• post Reading Response #9 on our course blog by 8pm on Tuesday, 10/3

Wednesday, October 4th

• Quiz #6
• Maria Leal & Ivan Lira: Chicano! Episode 4: “Fighting for Political Power” & "The Case of La Raza Unida"
• Homework
• view/print/read/bring the following for discussion to class on Monday
• Anzaldúa, Ch. 2
• post Reading Response #10 on our course blog by 8pm on Sunday, 10/8

Reading Response #8: Chicano! Episode 3: “Taking back the Schools” & Guajardo & Guajardo, “Impact of Brown on the Brown”

Post your reading response to all of the readings below. 

Here are the guidelines:

1. Reading responses must be AT LEAST 200 words.
2. Include your full name at the end of your comments. Unnamed comments will be deleted.
3. From the "Comment As" drop-down menu, choose Anonymous, then click "Publish."
4. Reading responses are due by 8pm on the day PRIOR to our discussion of the required reading.

Reading Response #7: Corky Gonzales, “I am Joaquín;” Chicano!, Episode 1: “Quest for a Homeland;” and “I am Joaquín” (Film)

Post your reading response to all of the readings below. 

Here are the guidelines:

1. Reading responses must be AT LEAST 200 words.
2. Include your full name at the end of your comments. Unnamed comments will be deleted.
3. From the "Comment As" drop-down menu, choose Anonymous, then click "Publish."
4. Reading responses are due by 8pm on the day PRIOR to our discussion of the required reading.

Week 5 Agenda [Tentative]

Monday, September 25th

• Ingrid Davila: Valdez's “Plan of Delano;" “Las Dos Caras del Patroncito;" and “Notes on Chicano Theatre”
• Homework
• view/print/read/bring the following for discussion to class on Wednesday
• Corky Gonzales, “I am Joaquín”
• Chicano!, Episode 1: “Quest for a Homeland”
• “I am Joaquín” (Film)
• post Reading Response #7 on our course blog by 8pm on Tuesday, 9/26

Wednesday, September 27th

• Quiz #5
• Brandi Rodriguez & Stephanie Cantu: Corky Gonzales, “I am Joaquín;” Chicano!, Episode 1: “Quest for a Homeland;” and “I am Joaquín” (Film)
• Homework
• view/print/read/bring the following for discussion to class on Wednesday
• Chicano! Episode 3: “Taking back the Schools”
• Guajardo & Guajardo, “Impact of Brown on the Brown”
• post Reading Response #8 on our course blog by 8pm on Sunday, 10/1

Reading Response #6: Valdez's “Plan of Delano;" “Notes on Chicano Theatre;” and “Las Dos Caras del Patroncito”

Post your reading response to all of the readings below. 

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1. Reading responses must be AT LEAST 200 words.
2. Include your full name at the end of your comments. Unnamed comments will be deleted.
3. From the "Comment As" drop-down menu, choose Anonymous, then click "Publish."
4. Reading responses are due by 8pm on the day PRIOR to our discussion of the required reading.

Reading Response #5: Garcia, “Dolores Huerta: Woman, Organizer, and Symbol”

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1. Reading responses must be AT LEAST 200 words.
2. Include your full name at the end of your comments. Unnamed comments will be deleted.
3. From the "Comment As" drop-down menu, choose Anonymous, then click "Publish."
4. Reading responses are due by 8pm on the day PRIOR to our discussion of the required reading.

Week 4 Agenda [Tentative]

Monday, September 18th

• Adrian Martinez & Michael Gonzalez: Chicano!, Episode 2; Cesar Chávez readings; and Acuña, pgs. 301-309
• Homework
• read/bring Garcia, “Dolores Huerta: Woman, Organizer, and Symbol” to class on Wednesday for discussion
• post Reading Response #5 on our course blog by 8pm on Tuesday, 9/19

Wednesday, September 20th

• Quiz #4
• Victoria Galvan & Aurora Garcia: Garcia, “Dolores Huerta: Woman, Organizer, and Symbol”
• Homework
• view/print/read/bring the following for discussion to class on Monday:
• Valdez, “Plan of Delano” (Blackboard)
• Valdez, “Las Dos Caras del Patroncito” (Blackboard)
• Valdez, “Notes on Chicano Theatre” (Blackboard)
• post Reading Response #6 on our course blog by 8pm on Sunday, 9/24

Reading Response #4: Chicano!, Episode 2; Cesar Chávez readings; and Acuña, pgs. 301-309

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1. Reading responses must be AT LEAST 200 words.
2. Include your full name at the end of your comments. Unnamed comments will be deleted.
3. From the "Comment As" drop-down menu, choose Anonymous, then click "Publish."
4. Reading responses are due by 8pm on the day PRIOR to our discussion of the required reading.

Reading Response #3: Anzaldúa, Ch. 1: The Homeland, Aztlán

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1. Reading responses must be AT LEAST 200 words.
2. Include your full name at the end of your comments. Unnamed comments will be deleted.
3. From the "Comment As" drop-down menu, choose Anonymous, then click "Publish."
4. Reading responses are due by 8pm on the day PRIOR to our discussion of the required reading.

Week 3 Agenda [Tentative]

Monday, September 11th

• Discuss Acuña, Chs. 1-4 & Other Readings
• Homework
• read/bring Anzaldúa, Ch. 1: The Homeland, Aztlán to class on Wednesday for discussion
• post Reading Response #3 on our course blog by 8pm on Tuesday, 9/12

Wednesday, September 13th

• Quiz #3
• Mayra Saldana: Anzaldúa, Ch. 1: The Homeland, Aztlán
• Homework
• view/print/read/bring the following for discussion to class on Monday
• Chicano!, Episode 2: “Struggle in the Fields” (Link to video in Blackboard)
• Chávez, “What is a Movement?”
• Chávez, “Why Delano?”
• Chávez, “Peregrinación, Penitencia, Revolución”
• Chávez, “The Dignity of a Farmworker”
• Chávez, “Nothing Has Changed”
• Acuña, pgs. 301-309
• post Reading Response #4 on our course blog by 8pm on Sunday, 9/17

Reading Response #2: Acuña, Ch. 4

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1. Reading responses must be AT LEAST 200 words.
2. Include your full name at the end of your comments. Unnamed comments will be deleted.
3. From the "Comment As" drop-down menu, choose Anonymous, then click "Publish."
4. Reading responses are due by 8pm on the day PRIOR to our discussion of the required reading.

Week 2 Agenda [Tentative]

Monday, September 4th

• LABOR DAY HOLIDAY [NO CLASS]

Wednesday, September 6th

• CLASS CANCELLED
• Homework
• print/read/bring the following to class on Monday, 9/11, for discussion:
• Acuña, Ch. 4: Remember the Alamo: The Colonization of Texas
• post Reading Response #2 on our course blog by 8pm on Sunday, 9/10

Reading Response #1: Acuña, Cortés, Del Castillo, & Las Casas Readings

Post your reading response to all of the readings below. 

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1. Reading responses must be AT LEAST 200 words.
2. Include your full name at the end of your comments. Unnamed comments will be deleted.
3. From the "Comment As" drop-down menu, choose Anonymous, then click "Publish."
4. Reading responses are due by 8pm on the day PRIOR to our discussion of the required reading.

XTRA CREDIT Reading Response: Precious Knowledge & "Mex Amer Studies & TUSD"

Post your reading response to Precious Knowledge and "Mex Amer Studies & TUSD" below. 

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1. Reading responses must be AT LEAST 200 words.
2. Include your full name at the end of your comments. Unnamed comments will be deleted.
3. From the "Comment As" drop-down menu, choose Anonymous, then click "Publish."
4. Reading responses are due by 8pm on the day PRIOR to our discussion of the required reading.

Week 1 Agenda [Tentative]

Monday, August 28th

• Introductions & Syllabus
• Homework
• buy/rent textbooks
• print/read course syllabus; bring a copy and any questions to class on Wednesday

Wednesday, August 30th

• Quiz #1
• Answer Syllabus Questions
• Class Screening of Precious Knowledge (2011)
• Homework
• finish watching Precious Knowledge
• post XTRA Credit Reading Response on our course blog by 8pm on Tuesday, 9/5
• print/read/bring the following for discussion in class on Wednesday, 9/
• Acuña, Chs. 1-3
• Cortés, “What greater grandeur” (Blackboard)
• Del Castillo, “Greater than Constantinople & Rome" (Blackboard)
• Las Casas, “In Defense of the Indians” (Blackboard)
• post Reading Response #1 on our course blog by 8pm on Tuesday, 9/5

Bienvenidos a MASC 2301!

The purpose of this blog is to provide an online space where all of our class materials will be available. 

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• Weekly agendas & Homework
• Reading Responses

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• My contact information
• Our course syllabus
• Discussion Leader Schedule
• UTRGV Links
• Blog Archive

Essentially, if you need information about this course, you need only visit this blog and it's likely you'll find your answers. So, browse around and get to know the blog well. 

I'm looking forward to a fun and meaningful semester!