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Homework: Chicanx Walkout Educational Justice Essay

Prompt: Confronting Institutions of Power

Purpose/Goals

This homework will help students exercise the course Student Learning Objectives, as listed on the course syllabus:

A. Use literary terminology and basic critical theory to discuss, analyze, synthesize, and interpret Chicano literary works in various genres.
B. Write evidence-based literary analyses of Chicano literature demonstrating close reading and interpretive skills, logical reasoning, and argumentative strategies.
C. Analyze how Chicano/a literary texts portray struggle, resistance, social justice, solidarity, and/or liberation, and how the texts engage with anti-racist issues, practices, and movements to build a diverse, just, and equitable society.

Instructions

From the list of the following texts choose 1 to 2 assigned reading(s) to answer ONE of the following questions to address and answer in 3 to 5 pages essay.

Texts for Essay 1: Choose 1 to 2

I. Film: Walkout
II. Film: Mi familia/My Family (Will also be included as a possible text for Essay 3)
III. Film: Spanglish (Will also be included as a possible text for Essay 3)
IV. "We Shall Overcome, 1965" by Cesar Chavez
V. "Jesus's Friendship" by Cesar Chavez
VI. "What Is Democracy?" by Cesar Chavez
VII. "A Conversation with
Dolores Huerta"
VIII. "How to Overcome Apathy and Find Your Power" by Dolores Huerta
IX. "A Flawed Hero: The Complex Legacy of César Chávez"
X. The Lost Dreamer by Lizz Huerta

Prompt Questions: Choose ONE

I. What personal or contemporary connections can you make to your chosen text(s) and how do these connections help you better understand the text and/or the Chicanx experience?

II. What does your chosen text(s) reveal about the unique interplay and/or conflict(s) between people of Chicanx identity and some institutions of power and oppression (e.g. patriarchy, government, education, police, capitalism, mainstream society, etc)?

III. What does your chosen text(s) say about the process of creating a more just and equitable society? Consider what, if anything, we can apply to our own lives.

IV. How is the adolescent experience shaped by the conflicts brought on by unjust systems of power and how can such an influence shape a culture/future generations?

V. What role do borders (figurative and/or literal) play in your chosen text(s) and how is that relationship related to or central to a Chicanx identity?

VI. What is your chosen text(s) main contribution as a work of Chicanx literature? Make sure to explain why this contribution matters.

VII. Draft and answer your own question about how your chosen text(s) relates to the Chicanx identity or experience. I suggest you run ideas by me so we can work together to create a clear focus for your essay.

VIII. CREATIVE OPTION: Create an artistic piece (short story, poem, song, painting, sculpture, any other artistic creation) that connects to any of the ideas or themes covered in our Unit 2 readings-you can collaborate with me for the submission process. Along with your creation, you are required to submit a 2 or more page reflection describing how your creation connects to any of the readings from this unit.

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