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Writing Mexican-Americans into Seventh Grade Texas HistoryLesson plans for classroom teachers
This initiative, "Writing Mexican-Americans into Seventh Grade Texas History, is part of the Andrew Pickett Mobley Scholar project, a multi-year project designed to provide opportunities for collaborative learning experiences in regional history between faculty members and students. For this project, the Austin College History Department, the Center for Southwestern Mexican Studies, and Austin Teacher Program worked together to create online lesson plans for teachers of seventh grade Texas history to tell the story of Mexican-Americans and their contribution to the history of this state. Austin College students studying Texas history developed lesson plans that highlight the following Mexican-Americans in Texas history: Four Austin College students participated in this project during January Term 2007 under the supervision of Professor Light T. Cummins: Katie Daitoku, Jacqueline Armstrong, Maria Vargas, and Jacqueline Welsh. Four distinguished educators served as members of the advisory panel for this project: Adan Benavides of the Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas at Austin, Dr. Carolina Castillo-Crimm of San Houston State University, Dr. J. f. de la Tega of Texas State University - San Marcos, and Dr. Teresa Lozano Long of Austin, Texas. Light T. Cummins, Professor of History, serves as the
Andrew Pickett Mobley Scholar and is the director of this project,
assisted by Heidi Rushing of the Regional Studies Office, along with
various faculty members from the History Department and the Center for
Southwestern and Mexican Studies. |