MAS y Menos
Value of Ethnic Studies
Hidalgo to Hopwood
Before Brown, After Brown
Chicano Sociopolitical History
and Brown v. Brown
100
What is MAS?
Mexican American Studies
100
True or False. Current textbooks perceive racism as a tragedy of the past.
True. Textbooks generalize and pin-point individuals as cultural heroes.
100
What argument did the plaintiffs of Independent School District v. Salvatierra make, based on the Texas Constitution, that segregation of Mexican American students was illegal?
Segregation laws specified segregation between White and "colored" children whereas "colored" meant "Negro".
100
Which Alabama governor famously stated, "In the name of the greatest people that have ever trod this earth, I draw a line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny! And I say, Segregation now! Segregation tomorrow! Segregation forever!" in 1963?
George Wallace
100
Urban youth are inscribe by stigmatizing images of gangs and the so-called inner city that produces social pathology by ________?
Answer: the media
200
Two central questions that were asked in the MAS program analysis.
What is the relationship between taking MAS courses and education and are these relationships consistent for different cohorts.
200
Who benefits from Ethnic Studies?
Both students of color and White students benefit from Ethnic studies.
200
What was the MAES Report?
The Mexican-American Education Study Report conducted by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and published in the early 1970s.
200
Name three of the seven "Cs" that the Trenholm High School community attributed their schools success to.
Competence, caring, character, commitment, curriculum, community and cooperation
200
Identify one context of the term Chicano.
1) To describe one's political identity. 2) To define one's socio-ethnic identity.
300
The junior and senior years of high school.
What are the years when MAS courses were offered?
300
Identify three overlapping effects of Ethnic Studies on students.
Ethnic Studies curricula have been studied in relationship to three overlapping effects on students: 1) academic engagement 2) academic achievement 3) personal empowerment
300
What was the first legal challenge to school segregation?
Alvarez v. Lemon Grove
300
What was the ultimate fate of Trenholm High School after desegregation?
It was demolished.
300
Write one way that describes how we can educate Latinos and other poor youth of color to make it possible and impactful.
Answers may include one or more of the following: 1) Strong administrative leadership. 2) High expectations from students. 3) Safe and orderly environment. 4) Emphasis on academic literacy skill development. 5) Frequent monitoring of teacher and pupil progress. 6) Support for and implementation of a culturally relevant critical pedagogy.
400
Why are MAS courses relevant?
Answers may vary. There are many correct answers.
400
Dramatize or Sketch how curricula that teaches directly about racism differs from that that only represents race.
Curricula that teach directly about racism makes a stronger impact than that that only infuses representation.
400
To what can the rise in Mexican-American college attendance in the mid-1940's be attributed?
The G.I. Bill.
400
Explain the meaning behind the quote, "Whites took the concept of integration and hijacked it... It was like turning to the fox that had been stealing the chickens and then saying, 'Fox, develop a plan to secure the chicken house'".
Possible answers may talk about the ways in which African American students were then subjugated to direct racism in institutional settings, or the ways in which African American communities lost tangible symbols of the communities in the form the schools and their mascots.
400
Describe the ways the policies like NCLB are duplicitous in their treatment of Chicanos.
They purport to be a way for students to "rewrite society's negative imagery", but actually "keep them in their place" via policies like tracking systems.
500
After evaluating the these findings, develop a question you might include if the writers were to conduct this research again.
Possible answers may include: 1) What is it about the classes that make them effective? 2) Is there a threshold in terms of the number of classes taken where the largest effects are seen? 3) What is the relationship between MAS participation and rates of absenteeism?
500
Compare how students of color would interpret the Bill of Rights with how White students might view it.
Students of color and white students interpret what they are taught in school differently.
500
What are some reasons that public schools that served Mexican-American student somewhat more successful in the 1848-1890's than latter on?
Possible answer: Public schools in the American southwest that served Mexican-American students were at least somewhat more successful in the second half of the 1800's due to many things including the use of Spanish in the classrooms, they were controlled by members of local communities, and the inclusion of culture important to Mexican-Americans in curriculum.
500
In what ways were pre-desegregation schools more successful for African-American students that segregated ones?
They were controlled by the communities that they served and acted as point of pride for those communities. Similarly, they offered students a safe environment in which to learn.
500
Explain the relevency of the Du Bois quote that, in regards to history and history education, "...We must forget that George Washington was a slave owner... simply remember the things that we regard as creditable and inspiring... it paints the perfect men and noble nations, but it does not tell the truth," applies to Chicano students.
Possible answer: It is a cogent remind that "oppressive relationship between Chicanos and American institutions is frequently minimized or bypassed altogether".
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