Big Ideas/Topics to be Addressed, including Key Concepts and Terms The Young Lords  Macheteros  Chicano Movement Los Macheteros  Wells Fargo Heist Example 

Big Ideas/Topics to be Addressed, including Key Concepts and Terms Timeline of the History of the Latino Civil Rights Movement Political and Social Conflicts Contributions of Latinos during the African-American Civil Rights Movement  Civil Rights Movements Warriors: Cesar Chavez  Dolores Huerta  Herman Badillo  Rita Moreno Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Roberto Clemente  Julia Avarez Sonia Sotomayor  Sylvia Mendez Luis Gutierrez Nydia Velazquez Vocabulary: Political Conflict, Social Conflict 

Big Ideas/Topics to be Addressed, including Key Concepts and Terms Past and present of Arts as a form of protest in the Latino community  Latinos use different types of art to hold leaders responsible for their actions History of how different types of art came to be the medium by which Latinos protest peacefully  Latino artists who use their art as a form of protest in the U.S. and in Latin America 

Big Ideas/Topics to be Addressed, including Key Concepts and TermsSongs as a form of protest and resistance in Puerto Rico and in the U.S.Art as resistance to the current colonial status in Puerto RicoArts as affirmation of Puerto Rican identity in Puerto Rico and in the U.S.How have Latinos used music to resist and protest? Vocabulary: Reggaetón Syndrome

In this unit, students will:● Explore the Latinos’ fight for independence against Spain● Explore the nationalist movements against dictatorial/non-democratic leaders in the 20th century● Analyze the power structures within the United States that influence oppressing the people and voices of the Latino world● Examine the arts as a form of resistance, strength, and communityCompelling question: With the diaspora in mind, how has the theme of resilience been illustrated in the past and present history of Latinos’ battle for equity?Pre-Assessment: Students popcorn-out what they already know about Latin American revolutions

Big Ideas/Topics to be Addressed, including Key Concepts and Terms Consequences and impact of the arrival of colonizers Encomienda System  Inequality vs. Inequity Women’s roles Vocabulary: Conquistadores, Encomienda System, Inequality, Inequity, Single Story 

Big Ideas/Topics to be addressed, including Key Concepts and Terms  Impact of the system of labor that existed among Indigenous, enslaved Africans, and “free people.” Slave trade in Latin America and the Caribbean for Africans and the Indigenous populations (e.g., Tainos) Which group of people supplanted the decrease in the Taino population? Vocabulary: Plantation society, supplant, Spanish Colonial period

Big Ideas/Topics to be Addressed, including Key Concepts and Terms Caste? Social Hierarchy? or Racial Hierarchy  Gradation of Browns - colorism within Brown people Analyze the process by which “race” comes into being over the course of the 16th and 17th centuries in Spanish America Culture shapes how humans see the world Race in Latin America in a “Post Racial Society”? Vocabulary:  Caste System, Culture, Race 

Big Ideas/Topics to be Addressed, including Key Concepts and Terms Historical chronology of ethnic groups that arrived in Latin America and in the Caribbean  Identities created, re-created, or a new one?  Social Structure of the evolved identities Ethnic Identity  Social Identity  Gender roles Indigenismo, Mestizaje, and “Blackness” Afro-Latinos Afro-Puerto Ricans Garifunas-Afro Latinos  Vocabulary:  Ethnic Identity, Social Identity, Indigenismo, Mestizaje,  

Big Ideas/Topics to be Addressed, including Key Concepts and Terms U.S. views of Latin America U.S. “Interventions” Latin America views on the U.S. U.S. policy in the region (e.g., Monroe Doctrine, Good Neighbor policy)  Economic development of Latin America  Vocabulary: policy, intervention 

Big Ideas/Topics to be Addressed, including Key Concepts and Terms Definition of the Real Cedula de Gracia (Royal Decree of Graces) Impact that Cedula de Gracia had of the Economy of Puerto Rico  

Big Ideas/Topics to be Addressed, including Key Concepts and Terms Interest of United States in Puerto Rico  Beginning of the U.S. colony era U.S. governing style in Puerto Rico (Military rule of Puerto Rico) 

Big Ideas/Topics to be Addressed, including Key Concepts and Terms Citizenship Foraker Act  Jones Act 936 Section of the IRS Immigration guidelines for Puerto Ricans’ Supreme Court 1902 Insular case Example: Puerto Rican Farm Worker  Vocabulary:  disenfranchised 

Big Ideas/Topics to be Addressed, including Key Concepts and Terms Understanding of Puerto Rico as a nation  U.S. impact on Puerto Rico’s identity as a nation Understanding of the Commonwealth (Associated Free State) of Puerto Rico Continued influence of legacy of Colonialism Understanding the conundrum of citizenship for Puerto Ricans on the island  Supreme Court definition of Puerto Rico legal status History of the referendum in Puerto Rico  Citizenship in Puerto Rico differs from citizenship in the U.S. 

Big Ideas/Topics to be Addressed, including Key Concepts and Terms Operation Bootstrap impact to the economy   The PROMESA and the Junta  The PROMESA and its relationship to Puerto Rico’s Colonial status  Economics of Hurricane Maria  

Big Ideas/Topics to be Addressed, including Key Concepts and Terms Timeline of Puerto Rican migration to the U.S. and to Connecticut  Analysis of how Puerto Ricans impact the U.S. economy Puerto Rican migration to the U.S. and Connecticut (choice/group decision-making) Economic Reasons for migration (apple orchards, tobacco) Puerto Rican Political Action Committee 

Big Ideas/Topics to be Addressed, including Key Concepts and Terms The immigration of individuals from other Latin American countries to Connecticut Economic, political, social reasons Similarities, differences of reasons for immigration Vocabulary: Migration, Immigration

Big Ideas/Topics to be Addressed, including Key Concepts and Terms Brief History of Latinos in the Military  Borinqueneers  Latinas in the Military 

Big Ideas/Topics to be Addressed, including Key Concepts and Terms Latino/Latina Inventors Latino/Latina student inventors (invention convention) Music contributions in the U.S. Arts contribution in the U.S.  

Big Ideas/Topics to be Addressed, including Key Concepts and Terms National Community Organizer State Community Organizer History of Community Organizers  National and Local Community Organizations  Political, economic, cultural successes