| Student Updates: Wednesday, September 26th Week 7, 11 to go! August 20-24 ----Heartfelt Welcome! ----History, Historiography, Approaches to History Please prepare 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. For students who want to go the extra mile, you can read the introduction from the Portable Greek Historians available in any public library. August 22--All required texts are now available at the SWC bookstore: From Indian to Chicanos: The Dynamics of Mexican American Culture, by Vigil Cesar Chavez and La Cause, by Dan La Botz Los Braceros, by Rodolfo Jacobo Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriquez, by Rodriquez August 27th: Continuing with "history defined." Please familiarize yourself with the course requirements. August 28th: Scantron Quiz 882E MWF Class this Friday, August 31 TTh class next Tuesday, September 4th September 4: Please review the readings on our webpage; Legacy of Spain and England;19th Century Mindset and Expansion (Library Reserve Readings: Horseman and Barrera) 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 returned this past week. Students are invited to discuss your results with me. We will review the conquest of the Aztecs and introduce Spanish institutions. Please continue reviewing Vigil, the website, and the reserved readings in the library: Horsman and Barrera September 10: Please check out the PowerPoint presentation on BlackBoard Cafe Club: Fernando wants anybody who is interested in the Cafe Club to contact him at: honda_civic_hybrid@hotmail.com September 12: Please review your notes in preparation for a quiz on: Precolumbia to the Conquest September 14: Please review Blackboard for updates... Join me Monday, September 17, 11am Cafeteria: Constitution Day click here... |
| Mexican American Studies 142 Contact: vchavez@swccd.edu 610.421.6700 x5438 Office: 450B Syllabus Topics/Readings |
| September 18: Please go to SWC Blackboard for updates. Also, feel free to click here for your Virtual Handout on the Precolumbians. September 21: We will finish the video SEGUIN on Monday and begin to discuss Horsman and Barrera for the entire week. Please prepare for round-table format--DISCUSSION! September 26: All students should identify at least four issues from each article for class discussion 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 |