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. 

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

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 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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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 #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.
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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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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 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