Weekly Concepts
Additional Concepts
Historical Events
People of History
They did what?!
100
The process of taking over other nations for wealth, power, and resources.
Imperialism
100
The process of acquiring our particular culture over time. The process of learning one’s culture.
Enculturation
100
Event that US held to show of their power and prestige in which they held different exhibits for indigenous groups.
1904 St. Louis Worlds Fair
100
Palestinian-American who focused his research on post-colonial studies. Coined the term "Orientalism"
Edward Said
100
What country colonized Mexico, Peru, Argentina, Chile and Cuba?
Spain
200
The Process of controlling other nations through oppression.
Colonialism
200
The process of actively evaluating information, concepts, and arguments to make informed decisions.
Critical Thinking
200
This event at San Francisco State University lead to the institutionalization of Ethnic Studies in schools
1968 BSU (Black Student Union) + TWLF (Third World Liberation Front) Strike
200
SFSU African American that was an anti-War organizer and English instructor. Additionally he was the minister of education for the Black Panther Party.
His firing led to the 1968 Strike
Professor George Murray
200
What country colonized India, Canada, Australia, Kenya, and Egypt.
England
300
The process of putting another down through cruel or unjust means
Oppression
300
Identification with one’s own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.
Nationalism
300
This war was protested by George Murray and when he talked about it in a negative light on public broadcast he was fired from his position at SFSU.
Vietnam War
300
This African American and I-Kiribati scholar received her Doctorate at UC Santa Cruz and coined the "Classroom as a Metaphorical Canoe"
Teresia Teaiwa
300
What country colonized Algeria, Tunisia, Guinea, Tahiti, and Haiti?
France
400
Sharing your own story and who you are
Narratives
400
The idea that one group is better than another, or has a right to control the other. Includes when the dominant group disrespects or mistreats individuals in the oppressed group, with harassment, violence, or stereotypes.
Interpersonal Oppression
400
Belgium’s King Leopold II decided to carve up the Africa continent into different territories, creating this event
Berlin Conference on West Africa
400
This Asian American Scholar was the author of Golden Children: Legacy of Ethnic Studies, and striker of the Ethnic Studies 1968 Strike that led to the institutionalization for Ethnic Studies.
Juanita Tamayo Lott
400
What country colonized Somalia, Libya, and Ethiopia?
Italy
500
The study of history, culture, and the dynamics of power in society.
Ethnic Studies
500
where a country produces one or more primary commodity became established, a practice that is still at the heart of international trade today.
Export monoculture
500
What was the event that empowered Latin@ students to make a change in their community.
Chicano Rights Movement
500
What's your teachers full name?
Lorenzo Finau-Cruz
500
What country colonized Samoa, Ghana in Africa, Togo, Papua New Guinea, and Tanzania?
Germany