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This document provides an overview of an interdisciplinary project between Spanish and Humanities classes. Students will create children's books telling overlooked stories from history to bring more voices and perspectives to how the past is understood. In Humanities, students will critically examine early colonial history from multiple sources and accounts. In Spanish, students will improve their language skills while exploring the history and cultural impact of language. The goals are for students to determine important stories worth sharing and to publish their books by December 20th to broaden how history is discussed.

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This document provides an overview of an interdisciplinary project between Spanish and Humanities classes. Students will create children's books telling overlooked stories from history to bring more voices and perspectives to how the past is understood. In Humanities, students will critically examine early colonial history from multiple sources and accounts. In Spanish, students will improve their language skills while exploring the history and cultural impact of language. The goals are for students to determine important stories worth sharing and to publish their books by December 20th to broaden how history is discussed.

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2018 INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECT SPANISH & HUMANITIES FRIAS/GRAJEDA/NIKIOLOVA

AT THE
INTERSECTION
OF HISTORY

INTERRUPTION, INTERJECTION,
INTERWOVEN

OVERVIEW: History is told by the victorious--a PRODUCT: Students will determine a story
practice inevitably leading to biased accounts worth telling. This story will come to life in a
and a skewed perception of the past. True children's book, designed to bring the
history is the tangled mess of competing opportunity for dialogue about the diverse
voices and ideologies out of which we create stories of the past. The books will be
meaningful narratives. Our goal is to create published and read during our December 20th
the opportunity of hearing and representing Exhibition. These historical accounts will live
as many unique and diverse stories as on at our new library space. 
possible. 

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS: Who tells history? How do we reflect on critical past experiences
and how do we view them through multiple lenses? Who determines meaning and
importance of historical events, human interactions, conflicts? Who decides to migrate?
Why? How do we form relations with people?

In Humanities, this project will begin with a careful In Spanish, students will delve into language
and critical examination of early Colonial history as it learning and how we make meaning.  As language
affected both settlers and natives of the American learners, we navigate and expand our cultural
continent. Students will evaluate multiple accounts knowledge as well as our awareness of multiple
of history and the credibility of sources.  perspectives.  The history of language is rich with
stories of time, place, and culture.  Students will
Students will also learn about the process of story- grow their oral communication, written expression,
telling and how to most effectively give individuals and comprehension skills through daily practice of
voice and agency through the written word.  the Spanish language.  

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