| Student Updates: Wednesday,September 26th Week 7, 11 weeks to go! August 20-24 ----Welcome! ---- History, Historiography, Approaches to History Please prepare yourselves for an objective (true/false) scantron quiz on this subject by next week. You are solely responsible for the terms and concepts on this handout. Take aggressive notes from my lectures and those student who want to go the extra mile you can read the introduction from the Portable Greek Historians available in any public library. August 22: The required text is now available at the SWC Bookstore: From Indians to Chicanos: The Dynamics of Mexican American Culture, by Vigil August 27-- We are continuing with th "meaning of history"---history, historiography, approaches to history August 28 Scantron Quiz (882E) this Friday September 4: Please focus on the web readings: New World Legacy September 5: Some student expressed interest in forming a Scholars Cafe Club. I attended a meeting on Tuesday to learn about becoming an advisor to a student club. Here is the info: Students must take the initiative to Charter a Club. You can do so by picking up a Charter application at the Student Center. Then you must write a Constitution and By-Laws for the club;Officers must be selected. If you do this, then the club will receive: funding and an office in the Student Center. Does anyone want to be President, Vice-president, Treasurer, and Secretary for the Club? Please email as soon as possible...oh by the way, we need at least 10 students. September 8: All quizzes were return this past week. You are invited to discuss your results with me in my office. We will continue our discussion of the Precolumbians. Review the websites and chapter one in Vigil. September 14: Please review SWC Blackboard for current updates.. Join me Monday, September 17, 11am in Cafeteria: Constitution Day...click here! |
| Mexican American Studies 141 Contact: vchavez@swccd.edu 610.421.6700 x5438 Office: 450B Syllabus Topics/Readings |
| September 18: We are continuing with Teotihuacan, Maya, Toltecs, and Aztecs. Quiz 2, Monday, September 24--Please click here preparation for a quiz on the following: Human Origins, Agricultural Revolution, Olmec, Teotihuacn and the Maya |
| September 21: Review the slides in Blackboard to prepare for the Quiz this Monday September 26: Quizzes will be return on Wednesday. We will continue with the Toltecs and Aztecs Please be advised that as of September 26 I will solely use Blackboard for class updates & assignments. Continue to use this website for course requirements and readings |