What's The Plan?
I believe in working with students toward a successful outcome. As a first generation college student, I understand how balancing work, family and school can deplete our energy. Yet, as a freshman level course, we can be inspired to develop our scholastic abilities and learn how to enhance our academic performance.
*Further details on all activities (deadlines, directions, links, online content) are provided in our Canvas course. All reading materials will be embedded in our Canvas site, so there will be no textbook to purchase. To find help in logging into Canvas, go to the GCC Canvas Login Guide for Students.
Week 1 is our Orientation Week. Week 1 is vital for your enrollment status. GCC requires me to drop students who do not complete the orientation "check-in" activities. Expect lots of reminders. I really want you to be in the class.
Unit 1: History Matters
Weeks 2-3
The unit content will challenge the "single story," the "master narrative" to reveal how Mexcian Americans were marginalized socially, economically, politically & culturally. The unit will demonstrate how deception and betrayal played a key role in igniting resistance from rural and urban Mexican American communities.
Unit 2: Idenity Matters
Weeks 4-5
The unit will demonstrate why Chicanx aesthetics play a crucial role in preserving cultural identity, promoting self-expression, fostering a sense of community, and challenging stereotypes and marginalization. Chicanx aesthetics can serve as a powerful tool for challenging stereotypes, misconceptions, and the marginalization of Chicanx individuals in mainstream society.
Unit 3: Self Determination
Week 6-7
Unit 3 will reveal how contemporary Chicano movements continue the tradition of grassroots activism and advocacy that characterized the Chicano Movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Although the specific issues may have evolved over time, the goal of fighting for social justice, equality, and representation remains at the heart of these movements.
Final Student Self Evaluation
Week 8
Students are enabled to reflect back on their academic performance throughout the session. Students will advocate for their grade. Performance evidence in their growth, competency, excellence and risk-taking will justify their "earned grade." What does a self evaluation look like? Visit Student Self Evaluation page.
"I am Joaquín, lost in a world of confusion, caught up in the whirl of a gringo society, confused by the rules, scorned by attitudes, suppressed by manipulation, and destroyed by modern society..."
-from the poem I Am Joaquin by Corky Gonzalez