Historias Americanas: Implementing Mexican American Studies in K-12 Social Studies Curriculum in the Rio Grande Valley

Authors

Maritza De La Trinidad, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow
Stephanie Alvarez, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow
J. Joy Esquierdo, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow
Francisco Guajardo, Museum of South Texas History

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-3-2021

Abstract

This essay contributes to the growing literature on Mexican American Studies in K-12 within the broader field of Ethnic Studies. While most of the literature on the movement for Ethnic Studies within Texas and across the nation mainly focuses on the impact of Ethnic Studies courses on students’ academic success, this essay highlights a professional development program for K-12 social studies teachers in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas entitled Historias Americanas: Engaging History and Citizenship in the Rio Grande Valley, funded by a federal grant. This essay provides an overview of Historias Americanas, the objectives and structure of the program, and the ways in which the program contributes to the discourse on Mexican American Studies in K-12. It also describes the frameworks that form the crux of the professional development process: place-based education and culturally relevant pedagogical frameworks.

Comments

Association of Mexican American Educators (AMAE) Journal © 2021

Recommended Citation

Trinidad, M. D. L., Alvarez, S., Esquierdo, J., & Guajardo, F. (2021). Historias Americanas: Implementing Mexican American Studies in K-12 Social Studies Curriculum in the Rio Grande Valley. Association of Mexican American Educators Journal, 15(2), 36–63. https://doi.org/10.24974/amae.15.2.422

Publication Title

Association of Mexican American Educators Journal

DOI

10.24974/amae.15.2.422