Do You See Any Porters Anywhere?,
2012
Syracuse University
Do You See Any Porters Anywhere?, Richard Elman
Syracuse University Magazine
No abstract provided.
Lesson 4: Changing Demographics Means Changing Political Power,
2012
Stewart Middle Magnet School, School District of Hillsborough County
Lesson 4: Changing Demographics Means Changing Political Power, Amanda Colborne
Hispanic Heritage of Florida Conference 2012
The Hispanic population has been growing steadily in Florida for a number of years. In this lesson, students will consider how the U.S. government differentiates between “race” and “ethnicity” and will learn which countries of origin are represented most in Florida’s Latin American immigrants.
Lesson 3: The Seminole Wars - A Brief Overview And The Role Of Black Seminoles,
2012
Stewart Middle Magnet School, School District of Hillsborough County
Lesson 3: The Seminole Wars - A Brief Overview And The Role Of Black Seminoles, Amanda Colborne
Hispanic Heritage of Florida Conference 2012
The Seminole Wars in Florida were some of the costliest wars in American history. This lesson will explore those conflicts and will look specifically at the role Black Seminoles played during this time period.
Lesson 2: Tampa’S Cuban Sandwich,
2012
Bloomingdale High School, School District of Hillsborough County
Lesson 2: Tampa’S Cuban Sandwich, Samantha Cook
Hispanic Heritage of Florida Conference 2012
Some historians maintain that the Cuban sandwich has more to do with Tampa than with Havana. In this lesson, students will learn how, with the input of several immigrant groups in Tampa, the “mixto” became the iconic Cuban sandwich.
Lesson 1: Spanish Exploration Of Florida,
2012
Bloomingdale High School, School District of Hillsborough County
Lesson 1: Spanish Exploration Of Florida, Samantha Cook
Hispanic Heritage of Florida Conference 2012
Using Garner’s multiple intelligence learning theory, the Teachers Curriculum Institute’s visual discovery strategies, and CRISS reading strategies, students will become familiar with the exploration of Florida by Juan Ponce de León.
Lesson 2: St. Augustine’S Turn Around: From A Small Town To A Tourist Destination For Presidents,
2012
Stewart Middle Magnet School, School District of Hillsborough County
Lesson 2: St. Augustine’S Turn Around: From A Small Town To A Tourist Destination For Presidents, Amanda Colborne
Hispanic Heritage of Florida Conference 2012
Once a small town with few residents, St. Augustine went through remarkable changes in the beginning of the 20th Century, transforming into a major tourist attraction. This lesson explores the transformation of St. Augustine from small town to major tourist attraction in the beginning of the 20th century.
Lesson 1: Retracing The Steps Of De León And De Soto,
2012
Stewart Middle Magnet School, School District of Hillsborough County
Lesson 1: Retracing The Steps Of De León And De Soto, Amanda Colborne
Hispanic Heritage of Florida Conference 2012
Juan Ponce de León and Hernando de Soto both explored Florida in the 16th century. By reading short passages and annotating maps, students will learn more about these historic voyages.
Lesson 5: Spanish Explorers In Florida,
2012
Lawton Chiles Elementary, School District of Hillsborough County
Lesson 5: Spanish Explorers In Florida, Alesha Looper
Hispanic Heritage of Florida Conference 2012
Students will work in pairs to log facts about the Spanish exploreres and their personal background, sponsors, motives, dates, the route they traveled, and their impact on Florida today. Each pair of students will learn about their Spanish explorer and then will report out through creating a matrix.
Lesson 4: Spanish Ybor City In The 19th & 20th Centuries, Today, And Tomorrow,
2012
Lawton Chiles Elementary, School District of Hillsborough County
Lesson 4: Spanish Ybor City In The 19th & 20th Centuries, Today, And Tomorrow, Alesha Looper, Daryl Saunders
Hispanic Heritage of Florida Conference 2012
This lesson addresses the beginning years of the Spanish influence in Ybor City, its current status, and trends for the future.
Lesson 3: Operation Pedro Pan - How 14,000 Children Came To Live In America Without Their Parents,
2012
Lawton Chiles Elementary, School District of Hillsborough County
Lesson 3: Operation Pedro Pan - How 14,000 Children Came To Live In America Without Their Parents, Alesha Looper, Daryl Saunders
Hispanic Heritage of Florida Conference 2012
Operation Pedro Pan was the name given to the 22-month clandestine program involving the political exodus of more than 14,000 Cuban children to the United States in the early 1960s. Fearing communist indoctrination and the rumor of patria potestad — the government assuming legal guardianship of their children— Cuban parents sent their unaccompanied (minor) children to the United States.
Lesson 2: Life In Colonial Florida,
2012
Lawton Chiles Elementary, School District of Hillsborough County
Lesson 2: Life In Colonial Florida, Alesha Looper
Hispanic Heritage of Florida Conference 2012
Creating mental maps are useful tools for clarifying assumptions and comprehension of a given place. This lesson affords students the opportunity to reflect on their own neighborhood and consider how cultural, social, and economic components influence its composition. They will also learn how early Spanish settlers helped to contribute to the cultural, social, and economic dimensions of Florida.
Lesson 1: Juan Ponce De León The Explorer,
2012
Lawton Chiles Elementary, School District of Hillsborough County
Lesson 1: Juan Ponce De León The Explorer, Alesha Looper, Bárbara C. Cruz, Daryl Saunders
Hispanic Heritage of Florida Conference 2012
The purpose of this lesson is for students to learn who Ponce de León was, why he is an important figure in Florida’s history, and what an explorer is and does.
Forging Alliances Across Fronteras: Transnational Narratives Of Female Migration And The Family,
2012
University of New Mexico
Forging Alliances Across Fronteras: Transnational Narratives Of Female Migration And The Family, Vanessa De Veritch Woodside
Spanish and Portuguese ETDs
This dissertation examines the effects of transnational migration on women with particular attention to the (re-)negotiation of personal and cultural identity resulting from the adoption of novel roles within Chicana narratives of Mexican migration. Chapter One offers a historical background regarding the U.S.-Mexico border, (im)migration, and more specifically, women and migration, as well as an overview of pertinent Chicano migrant literature that serves as an appropriate point of departure for discussion of Chicana re-writings of such texts. This discussion offers border feminism as a framework for analyzing the representation of evolving feminine roles and familial configurations in the context of …
La Herida De Moctezuma,
2012
Buffalo State College
La Herida De Moctezuma, Mark K. Warford
Spanish Model Lesson Plans
A Sociocultural Model Lesson Plan centered on a folktale about the demise of Moctezuma. La Herida de Moctezuma comes from John Bierhorst's Cuentos Folclóricos Latinoamericanos. A Google search will yield an excerpt, but it is recommended that you use the entire tale. Targeted to Intermediate-High learners.
Héroes Y Corridos,
2012
Buffalo State College
The Afro-Brazilian Speech Of Calunga: Historical, Sociolinguistic, And Linguistic Considerations,
2012
University of New England
The Afro-Brazilian Speech Of Calunga: Historical, Sociolinguistic, And Linguistic Considerations, Steven Byrd
Society, Culture and Languages Faculty Publications
Calunga is an Afro-Brazilian speech spoken primarily in and around Patrocínio, Minas Gerais, a rural town located in the western region of the state known as the Triângulo Mineiro. In the early 21st century, this Afro-Brazilian speech exists in a moribund state. The present article is an attempt to provide a basic overview regarding some of the historical, sociolinguistic, and linguistic considerations of this Afro-Brazilian speech community, and how it fits into the larger picture of the African legacy in Brazil in terms of language and culture.
Review Of Building Nineteenth-Century Latin America: Re-Rooted Cultures, Identities, And Nations,
2012
Claremont McKenna College
Review Of Building Nineteenth-Century Latin America: Re-Rooted Cultures, Identities, And Nations, Lee Joan Skinner
CMC Faculty Publications and Research
Recent years have seen the publication of several excellent collections of essays devoted to nineteenth-century Latin American cultural studies. Works such as Beyond Imagined Communities: Reading and Writing the Nation in Nineteenth-Century Latin America, edited by Sara Castro-Klarén and John Charles Chasteen, and special numbers of journals such as Revista Iberoamericana’s issue on cultural change and periodical reading in nineteenth-century Latin America (January–March 2006), to adduce but two examples, have amplified our understanding of the complex ways in which hegemonic and nonhegemonic discourses functioned in the nineteenth century and how the divisions between elite and popular cultures were …
The Legal And Social Repercussions Of The Media On The Sleepy Lagoon Trial And The Zoot Suit Riots,
2012
Scripps College
The Legal And Social Repercussions Of The Media On The Sleepy Lagoon Trial And The Zoot Suit Riots, Lori Romero
Scripps Senior Theses
People v. Zamora was a case that was decided on January 12, 1943, which led to the conviction and sentencing of five defendants guilty of assault, nine guilty of second degree murder, and three of first degree murder. This equals a total of seventeen convictions for the murder of one man, out of twenty two who were arrested. Along with those convictions, five women were arrested and, due mainly to their refusal to cooperate were sent to a woman’s reformatory (Barajas, 36). Yet there emerged many different problems that were relevant in this trial, which were brought about by both …
"La Venus Se Fue De Juerga Por Los Barrios Bajos": Nacho López, Mass Culture, And Modernity,
2012
University of Connecticut
"La Venus Se Fue De Juerga Por Los Barrios Bajos": Nacho López, Mass Culture, And Modernity, Jenifer L. Caneschi
Master's Theses
No abstract provided.
Re-Imaginando La Literatura Chicana En El Siglo Veintiuno: La Conciencia Mestiza Y “The People Of Paper” De Salvador Plascencia,
2012
University of Texas-Pan American
Re-Imaginando La Literatura Chicana En El Siglo Veintiuno: La Conciencia Mestiza Y “The People Of Paper” De Salvador Plascencia, Jose R. Flores
Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA
La literatura chicana ha evolucionado significativamente en narrativa y forma desde mediados del siglo veinte. Esta evolución problematizó el concepto de lo que se consideraba como “literatura chicana”. De modo que a raíz de la compleja problemática de catalogar un texto como “chicano”, este estudio pretende analizar algunos parámetros empleados para definir el canon literario chicano e indagar sobre el posicionamiento del texto The People of Paper de Salvador Plascencia dentro de dicha literatura. Asimismo, se analizará el texto The People of Paper desde un marco teórico chicano. Así pues, se opta por el acercamiento crítico de Gloria Anzaldúa y …
