tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001490151752578263.post2548631379150381305..comments2024-03-28T23:57:29.061-05:00Comments on Spanish & Illinois: Lesson Plan with Music Videos about ImmigrationAnn Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02845784986631091647noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001490151752578263.post-83397017770522634842013-03-05T11:14:29.343-06:002013-03-05T11:14:29.343-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08217066450703009772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001490151752578263.post-77102486723152456772012-09-13T00:13:53.468-05:002012-09-13T00:13:53.468-05:00What are the "estrellas--de una a cinco?"...What are the "estrellas--de una a cinco?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001490151752578263.post-52118652776652028312011-03-31T17:16:57.999-06:002011-03-31T17:16:57.999-06:00Thank goodness you went back to that topic. How co...Thank goodness you went back to that topic. How could anyone even imagine teaching Spanish in the US without bringing up immigration? And college is exactly the time and place in which we should help students tackle controversial topics.<br />I'm glad to see that many of my Anglo students understand racial profiling and other topics once the facts are presented to them. But if we don't present those topics to them, who will?<br />Thanks for your comment, Sarah!Ann Abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02845784986631091647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001490151752578263.post-18947816357729616002011-03-31T15:31:15.206-06:002011-03-31T15:31:15.206-06:00I wrote a lesson plan using Arjona's song &quo...I wrote a lesson plan using Arjona's song "Mojado" at a previous institution. The chair asked me not to discuss immigration in the classroom. (Too controversial). The next semester at that school, I didn't ask, I just brought up the topic. In a racially diverse community, the first thing the three African-American students said when I explained Arizona's governor's stance was "that's racial profiling!"Sarah Degner Fieldshttp://www.spanishsi.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com