Instruction
Essay: Using all the readings from Week 5 & 6 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?