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Border Studies Curriculumby Jeff BarnetThe New Mexico State University Center for Latin American and Border Studies, with a grant from the federal Title VI program, has developed an integrated curriculum unit focusing on the US-Mexico borderlands. The twenty online lessons are aimed primarily at a high school audience, for use as an adjunct in the study of US history, border state history, or world history. However, the lessons can also be adapted for middle school classrooms. The Border Studies Curriculum (BSC) is ready-to-use in that the materials necessary to teach the lessons are almost entirely contained in the lessons as written. Although the BSC makes extensive use of the Center's Frontera NorteSur (FNS) news website, which has been covering the US-Mexico border and in particular the Paso del Norte region online since 1996, the teacher will find that other than downloading a few Internet items most lessons are ready-to-go with just a few common materials readily available in the classroom. The decision was made not to rely on books or outside resources due to the realities of public school budgets. However, for some lessons, books and other outside resources are recommended in case the teacher is interested in pursuing the subject more thoroughly. Keywords Global Regions: Latin America , North America Countries: Mexico , United States U.S. Regions: Southwest Centers: New Mexico State University, Center for Latin American and Border Studies Universities: New Mexico State University Recommended by: Steven C. Williams Year Produced: 2000 Basic Concepts: Culture and Society, Globalization, Human RightsDisciplines: Arts, Foreign Languages, History and Social Studies, Language Arts & Literature, Mathematics Fields: Curriculum Time Periods: Contemporary, Modern Instructional Strategies: Role Play/Perspective-Taking Levels: High School (9-12) |
