Una exploración de la historia entre los EE.UU. y
México por música.
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Within just one art form, you can hear tales of heroes and bandits,
natural disasters, love, war, drug smuggling, betrayal, horse chases,
oppression, workers rights, immigration and much more. This art form, the corrido, is a "narrative song or
ballad, whose characters, events, and themes represent the values and history
of communities."[1]
Project Objectives
·
To learn about
important events in Mexican-American history.
·
To explore the
poetic structure, themes, and traditional elements of a corrido.
·
To develop your
ability to use the past (preterite and imperfect) tenses in Spanish.
·
To advance your
capabilities with written expression and speaking in Spanish.
Project Tasks
1.
Choose a corrido
about a famous character in Mexican-American history (including recent
history).
2.
Conduct research
on that corrido.
3.
Investigate the
person about whom the corrido was written and the major event(s) in which s/he
(typically he) was involved.
4.
Write a brief
report about the person in Spanish and English.
5.
Write your own
corrido[4]
about your chosen person or add several verses to the corrido that you studied.
6.
Read (or SING!)
and record your corrido.
7.
Build a website
(linked to a central class website) about your person including a link to the
recording of the original corrido AND a recording of you reading (or singing!)
your corrido.
Exhibition
The exhibition for this
project will feel similar to last year's Arte
y Lengua project. At the exhibition, you will have your laptop with your
website containing your report, the corrido you studied, and the corrido you
wrote (or verses you added). I also plan to have native Spanish speakers in
attendance to ask you about your corridos. Finally, I will solicit volunteers
to read (or sing!) their corridos during the course of the exhibition. I am hoping to have our final exhibition on
the evening of Wednesday, December 12th.
Important Steps &
Deadlines
*You will receive individual rubrics/descriptions of
each step as we approach the due date. This is a general overview. ***Dates are
subject to change.***
Task
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Description
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Due date
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Corrido Selected
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The "selección de un corrido" form has
been completed.
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11.8, emailed to Becca by 5pm.
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1st Draft person report
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Draft of your person report in Spanish and English.
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11.16, printed, ready
at beginning of class
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Final Draft person report
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Posted on website - due with
final website
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See website due date
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1st Draft corrido/verses
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Draft of your original verses or original corrido
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11.30, printed, ready
at the beginning of class
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Final draft corrido/verses
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Posted on website - due with final website
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See website due date
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Website skeleton created
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Template and placeholder for website items created
during Thanksgiving Break
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11.26 al principio de clase
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Final Website developed
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Website, including all components, ready.
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12.6 Link sent to Becca by the end of class.
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