In this lesson students will will explore how the life of Alicia Sanchez and her daughter, Eleanor Montour, influenced our 3rd grade community.
Created By: Di Morgan, Alicia Sanchez International
In this lesson students will will explore how the life of Alicia Sanchez and her daughter, Eleanor Montour, influenced our 3rd grade community.
Created By: Di Morgan, Alicia Sanchez International
In this lesson students will learn and practice how to get and interpret data using School Census information,and at the same time they will engage in learning about Latino history in Colorado.
In this lesson students will study the following inquiry questions, Who are you? What made you? Research and present three topics of interest from your/the past using La Raza videos and make connections with Boulder County Latino History. Beginning of the school year unit to get to know long term English Language Learner [ELL] students and have them get to know themselves.
In this lesson students will analyze the characteristics of influential people. The lesson begins with a brainstorm list of influential people in history. Students are then asked to analyze primary sources focused on one of two influential leaders in Boulder County (Esther Blazon or John Martinez). Finally, they will think about where they see themselves in history and create a “Time Magazine Most Influential Person of the Year” cover about their future selves. The assessment will be a written analysis of how the local leaders might be considered influential people in history.
Created By: Jessica Adviento-Mackey, Longs Peak Middle School
In this lesson students will discover how the Chicano walkouts and educational demands in Los Angeles in 1968 were similar to and different from those in Boulder County in the early 1970s.
Created By: Keri Dunphy, Peak to Peak Charter School
In this lesson students will be analyzing primary sources (photographs) orally and using a note-catcher
Created By: Hilary Barthel and Courtney Ferguson, Columbine Elementary School
In this lesson students will look through the lens of different perspectives of Latinos, Anglos, Native Americans, etc. These lessons focus on local Boulder County Latino History and can be integrated with other lessons. Therefore this unit is ongoing throughout the school year. We want students to build empathy and develop cultural sensitivity and awareness for themselves and others in order to build a greater understanding of what took place in this area. Students will describe interactions among people and cultures who have lived and currently live in Colorado. Students will focus on:
Created By: Sharon Trompeter, Emerald Elementary and Jeanette Scotti, Columbine Elementary
This lesson challenges students to view Civil Rights as a continuing process for marginalized groups. In particular, we will focus on Latinos in the Colorado educational system during the Civil Rights movement. When addressing the Civil Rights movement in American History, many students think of the courageous work done by African-Americans and other allied groups in the Southern United States (especially if they have taken a Civil Rights unit). This lesson expands their understanding to include Latinos. Students end the lesson by identifying other groups who may still be struggling with equal access to Civil Rights in American society, as focused on education.
Created By: Michael Codrey, New Vista High School
In this lesson students make personal connections to the concept of identity and the potential effects of external forces on identity, prior to transferring their analysis skills to interpreting the concept of identity as seen in literature. (The latter is not described in this lesson plans). Students will examine some of the various ways people identify […]