Introduction to Mexican American identity

UNIT GOAL: Define central terms and evaluate basic issues and themes.

Today’s Objective After participating in and PHILOSOPHICAL

CHAIRS DISCUSSION, students will be able to use academic behaviors and practice discourse of scholarship to discuss PERSPECTIVES of the CONQUEST and evaluate its importance to the study of Mexican American cultural identity.

Philosophical ChairsDirections: Read the following

statements and rate your level of agreement from AGREE TO DISAGREE.

Prepare to discuss you answer by writing a brief explanation of your opinion on the lines which follow.

Before we begin: Circle your Mastery Target

Learning about the first people of the

Americas is important to understand

Mexican American identity and culture.

Overall, the Spanish conquest had a

positive effect on Mexican American

identity.

Traditions and cultures of

indigenous should be relearned and revisited in order

for Mexican Americans to have a positive self image.

Schools should do more to help

students understand the

perspectives and appreciate

contributions of indigenous people.

By forgetting about indigenous cultural

heritage, individuals are becoming the coyotes

Dona Luz warns about in her poetry and betraying the community that they

come from.

The casta system which Paul Apodaca

introduced us to continues to have

an effect on Mexican American

identity.

After Discussion: Identify the Mastery Level

Accomplished

Whip Around• I liked when _______ said __________

because _______________.• An interesting idea _______________• Something I learned from the

discussion ______________________.• I still don’t understand

_____________.