All the work should be plagiarism free with original work. Read and watch these sources in order to do the essay. 1- Into the West, Part 5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdCxTF3o9qs 2- file:///home/chronos/u-68c16665cbb1d18b7074376a63039e8698b4afca/MyFiles/Downloads/RethinkingSchools.pdf 3- file:///home/chronos/u-68c16665cbb1d18b7074376a63039e8698b4afca/MyFiles/Downloads/HemphillBlakely.pdf 4-file:///home/chronos/u-68c16665cbb1d18b7074376a63039e8698b4afca/MyFiles/Downloads/Acosta.pdf 5- Summary of Precious Knowledge- is in Instruction section. Read all these artciles and watch videos to do the essay.

Essay: Using all the readings from this week and both films (Into the West & Precious Knowledge), type a 3-4 page essay on the following themes: 1) the colonial formation, impacts, and living legacies in education for Native Americans and Xicanx students. 2) Decolonial, resistance, liberation, and democracy within the context of the MAS program of Tucson and the maestrxs (teachers) and youth. Include a socio-historical analysis using the reading, "Narratives of Progress and the Colonial Origins of Schooling" and "Rethinking" article. Include your understanding and perspective of the banning of Mexican American Studies in Tucson and how the maestrxs (teachers) and youth resisted and continue to resist today. How have they engaged in decolonial education? PRECIOUS KNOWLEDGE EXAMPLE-The film Precious Knowledge was very informative, it especially showed how ignorant and set in there ways some people are in the government and in general. This was showing overwhelmingly with the ban on Mexican American studies. To think that learning anything from another country is anti-American is just insane, they were saying that any other country's history contradicts American history. Considering this country was built by people from other countries, this statement is extremely unintelligent. Teachers are type casting their "minority" students as dysfunction learners and it makes them feel as if they are not even wanted which leads to them dropping out. The idiot superintendent Tom Horne wouldn't even go to the classrooms to see what was actually being taught, and when John Huppenthal actually went to the classroom, he already had his mind made up and it was all a stunt so he could say he went. It was even making some students think that some of the ethnic studies weren't even true. I think the banning of the Mexican American studies was ignorant, racist, and just flat out wrong. The historical connection between colonialism and the banning of the Mexican American Studies is evident in many different ways, to be honest it seems just like the way that Junipero Serra was forcing Christianity to the indigenous people in California and making them work in his missions. The indigenous people that lived on this land were being force fed views and beliefs just like the Arizona government is doing by banning the Mexican American studies. There is a 100% historical connection to colonialism and the banning of Mexican American Studies. The United States government has been doing it since the beginning and will continue to do it unless there is more push back by people of all races. By standing together and voting these ignorant, racist, and unintelligent people out of office is the best way to create change in this country. I feel indifferent about the recent victory for ethnic studies. I mean it's great that other school districts adopted ethnic studies, but that's not enough. I expect it from places in California, but places like Arizona need to add it to their school systems so that we can try and dwindle down the racist population. The kids in the Mexican American studies classes had an extremely high graduation rate, 93%. Being able to learn about your own culture as well as others helps you connect with all cultures and would hopefully promote more understanding and peace. As long as there are still people (especially government) out there thinking that ethnic studies creates young radicals and can endanger white students we are a long way away from victory. Once these close minded people in government actually see the positive messages that are presented in these classes, we will still have to fight for this cause, speak up about it, stand together, show the proof in the expanded knowledge, and show the higher graduation rates we won't have a real victory.