Early Latino Struggles
Latinos in the Americas have always placed a high value upon (BLANK) as a means of economic, political, social, and upward mobility.
education
Remote States in the U.S. like New Mexico and Colorado experienced Americanization and English Only policies at a . . .
slower rate
Mexican American children in Southwestern and Midwestern states such as Iowa and Kansas, were placed in (BLANK) classrooms
Mexican
Puerto Rican teachers were required to teach
the English language and teach American History
Many Mexican American communities formed in the Midwest and West along
the railroad lines
Most schools during the Mexican Independence period were
Catholic
These States Experienced rapid Americanization and English Only policies
Texas and California
Historians have found that as late as the (BLANK) Mexican American students can be found in “Mexican Schools”
mid-1960s
Segregation of Mexican American students came outside the legal structure unlike
African American students
Latinos have often had to exercise their (BLANK) for relief from the government to secure equity in schooling
First Amendment rights to free speech, peaceful assembly, and to petition
When Mexico gained independence from (BLANK) the schooling opportunities diminished
Spain
With fear of Anglo-Protestant “race suicide” this, in turn, prompted (BLANK) measures against immigrants
segregation / xenophobic
The justification for segregating students was a result of . . .
English Language deficiencies
A judge declared that segregation of Latinos to be unfair and ruled that separating Spanish-Speaking children from their English-speaking classmates denied them the ability
To learn English
Latinos see Education as a key step in climbing
in social and economic mobility
Early ways of receiving “equal education” for Latinos was through
independent private schools and the creation of advocacy organizations
The U.S. believed that Latinos did not value education and eventually led to the (BLANK) which replaced the old way of schooling
public-school reform
Even recently the number of Latino faculty at Universities has remained below
4%
Massive Walkouts occurred in four LA high schools they demanded
better counselors, Latino teachers, Mexican American history class, and bilingual classes
One of the most symbolic improvements was federal recognition of Mexican Americans as an
identifiable ethnic group
Latino unions in California lead the (Blank), possibly the largest agricultural strike at that point in history, to protest the declining wage rate for strawberry pickers.
What is El Monte Strike?
An ideology among the white elite that Mexican American children belonged to a different and lower-class system based upon
the political economy of the Southwestern agricultural system.
(blank)% of Hispanic and Latino/a attended public 2 year colleges.
What teaching PHILO did I use for this Teaching Assignment
Behaviorism
One of the main factors of stress for young latino/a
What is translating to non-english speaking parents, family, and friends?