DBQ – Issues of Race in Boulder County, 1910-1935

In this lesson students will use the DBQ format to explore issues of race in Boulder County from 1910 to 1935. Topic: Race issues between white residents and Mexican migrants in Boulder County were due to existing racial tensions. Assess the validity of this statement as it pertains to the time period 1910-1935. In the 1910s and 1920s, Mexican migrant workers came to Boulder County to work in the fields and in the coal mines. These immigrants maintained their cultural identity by speaking Spanish, keeping their Catholic faith, and holding on to the customs and traditions of the Mexican people. These immigrants faced the challenge of fitting into a society that was decidedly “American,” and was supported by the Ku Klux Klan, an organization committed to the preservation of what they deemed were American ideals.

 

Created By: Martin Clark, Mead High School 

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DBQ – Latinos and the KKK in Boulder County

In this lesson students use primary sources to explore the role of the KKK in race relations with local Latinos. Topic: To what extent were race issues between white residents and Mexican migrants in Boulder County due to existing racial tensions? In the 1910s and 1920s, Mexican migrant workers came to Boulder County to work in the fields and to work in the coal mines. These immigrants maintained their cultural identity by speaking Spanish, keeping their Catholic faith, and by holding on to the customs and traditions of the Mexican people. These immigrants faced the challenge of fitting into a society that was decidedly “American,” and was supported by the Ku Klux Klan, an organization committed to the preservation of what they deemed were American ideals.

Create By: Martin Clark, Mead High School

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DBQ – Persecution of Boulder County Latinos by the Ku Klux Klan

In this lesson students will learn about the 1920s KKK persecution of Boulder County Latinos by reading and analyzing primary sources. Students will then create a modified DBQ that provides evidence of the Latino experience with the KKK.

Created By: Patty Sandoval – Angevine Middle School, Lisa Norton – Casey Middle School, Julie Lyddan – Coal Ridge Middle School

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Defining Culture: Boulder County Latinos

In this lesson students will exploring elements of culture in a larger integrated 9th grade English/World Studies Unit 1. Elements of the larger unit will be introduced as a way of understanding the necessary themes and content vocabulary which will be applied in the mini unit. By completing group and individual assignments in this mini-unit, students will gain a more complex understanding of culture and history within Boulder County. Students will be able to blend their understanding of local culture and history into their growing perspective of global culture and trends throughout the remainder of the unit and school year.

Created By: Carly Jiron, Longmont High School 

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Exploring Immigration Patterns of Latinos to Boulder County

In this lesson students will research and tell the story behind immigration patterns of Latinos to Boulder County from 1910-1940 using background information, research, BCLHP primary and secondary sources, additional images or video, and Google Tour Builder.

Created By: Patty Sandoval – Angevine Middle School, Lisa Norton – Casey Middle School, Julie Lyddan – Coal Ridge Middle School

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Family Customs: Expressing Vocabulary About Family Life by Exploring Primary Sources

In this lesson students will use primary sources to identify local latino customs. Students will then orally express their personal experience with customs in their own family/culture. Students will use key vocabulary and be able to express their tradition as they are able, based on their WIDA Can Do levels. Students will participate in conversation with others, applying both Speaking and Listening skills, in order to build understanding of other cultures and appreciation for similarities with their own customs. Students will use sentence stems to help express their ideas. Oral expression of cultural identity through discussion of family customs.

Created By: Amanda Cox, Twin Peaks Charter Academy

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Family Traditions and Culture: Comparing Local to Other Places

In this lesson students will compare traditions in their community to traditions outside their community. Students will use their personal experience to connect to the curriculum. They will share their family culture and traditions to understand how groups of people connect to the environment.

Created By: Ana Campos Davila, Indian Peaks Elementary School 

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Health and Medicine within the Latino community: A cultural comparison (remedios y curanderismo)- A Spanish Language Lesson

In this lesson students will use the five modes of communication(reading, writing, speaking, listening and movement) in the target language(Spanish) to explore health and medicine as practiced by the latino community. Students will also have the opportunities to culturally compare and contrast their means of health and medicine through primary sources dissecting leading socio-economic issues, values and traditions that contributed to the practice of curanderismo.

Created By: Evelyn Firman, Peak to Peak Charter School

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