Misappropriated Images

Misappropriated
Images
By
georgina cecilia pérez
THE DANGERS OF MISAPPROPROATED IMAGES
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When our students view images on television, movies, commercials, magazines and/or text books, do
they see themselves in a positive light?
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When the faces reflected on the screen or in print are shown in a negative light (i.e., gang members,
drug dealers, prisoners, etc.), do our students identify with these images in a positive way?
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When we analyze text books, do the images and authors reflect the student body, of the school or
classroom? Are these images positive?
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If our students cannot identify with positive images from history and positive writings by authors
which reflect them, their families and their communities, who and what are they identifying with?
This lesson will allow students to analyze what they hear and see. Students will have the opportunity to
write their own story, in a positive and self-reflecting assignment.
Focus
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Critical Reading, Comprehension, Fluency, Analyze, Discuss, Debate, Compare/Contrast,
Creative and Critical Writing, Self-Reflective Writing, Poetry, Creative Project
Family & Community Participation
As educators, we have a responsibility to provide warm, welcoming and safe learning environments –
from the classroom to the community. We accomplish this by using self-identifying curricula and
culturally responsive pedagogy.
georgina cecilia pérez
www.TuLibro915.com
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MISAPPROPRIATED IMAGES
What is misappropriation?
BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE
Which stories about La Llorona and/or El Cucuy have your
students heard?
The two examples on this slide are both books by Joe Hayes
COMPARE / CONTRAST
Project Prietita and the Ghost Woman, read aloud
List similarities and differences you notice when you look at La Llorona by Joe Hays
and La Prietita and the Ghost Woman by Gloria Anzaldua.
Please note: Anzaldua researched the traditional stories of “La Llorona” for over 30
years. This book depicts the original, indigenous cuento.
Project Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote, read aloud
List similarities and differences you notice when you look at El Cucuy by Joe Hays and
Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote by Duncan Tonatiuh.
Additional information about Pancho Rabbit
http://duncantonatiuh.wordpress.com/2014/01/15/pancho-rabbit-and-the-coyote/
georgina cecilia pérez
www.TuLibro915.com
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COMPARE / CONTRAST
List / Discuss the similarities and differences you notice when
you look at El Cucuy by Joe Hayes and the images to the right.
SUGGESTED HANDOUTS / CLASS DISCUSSION
Handouts are modifications from
“Reading, Writing & Rising Up” by Linda Christensen
See http://www.tulibro915.com/teacher-resources.html
georgina cecilia pérez
www.TuLibro915.com
[email protected]
SUGGESTED ASSIGNMENTS / PROJECTS
Student Portfolio
Student Portfolios help students to systematically organize as they learn.
Portfolios become a testimony of individual learning and are a record of
each student’s growth. Portfolios are also beneficial to parents because
they provide information regarding student’s progress in creative writing,
illustrating, recording, critical thinking, and organization skills.
Interactive Notebooks are designed to utilize the students’ visual and
linguistic intelligences; both types of learners will improve their creative
writing skills by putting ideas into their own words, searching for
implications or assumptions, transforming words into visuals and exploring
varying perspectives.
Xican@ Pop-Up Book
Writing your own story provides an opportunity for students to become empowered. Putting your voice
on paper reaffirms that your life is not only worth writing about, but also worth living to its fullest. When
students see themselves in their learning, they are actively engaged in their education and become lifelong learners.
georgina cecilia pérez
www.TuLibro915.com
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SUGGESTED ASSIGNMENTS / PROJECTS
Vocabulary of Image
When students self-identify with images in recent
magazine publications, it is very telling. Not only of
their self-image but also the influence of media in
their home lives and education.
After students have written about their picture
selections and personal connections, allow
students to comment on each other’s image
selections.
In Cuicat In Xochitl
(Flor y Canto)
Poesia
Background info
PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT
Encourage students to participate in a Gallery Night.
Parents walk through a museum-like setting view and
discuss the student projects.
georgina cecilia pérez
www.TuLibro915.com
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georgina cecilia pérez
Director and Creator of Tu Libro
Educational Consultant, Barrio Pedagogy
Educator, Social Justice & Dignity Activist
Community Organizer
2013 Racial Justice Ambassador
Librotraficante "La Vecina"
Georgina Perez, Xicana/o Culture, Literature & Social Justice
Educator, Cultural Education and Empowerment Activist, focuses on
the protection of Precious Knowledge. Born and raised in El Paso,
Texas, Georgina is an advocate of grassroots organizing and
community empowerment. She works in partnership with Centro Sin Fronteras Border Agricultural Workers Project
providing and participating in dignity and social justice workshops for farmworkers. She is also a partner of the
Xicana/o Institute for Teach and Organizing (XITO), providing conferences in culturally responsive curriculum,
pedagogy, materials and resources. Georgina also teams up with local women's organizations such as La Mujer
Obrera and Taller Collibri, offering literacy events for children and their families, fund raising events, poetry nights
and "Pelicula y Platica" cultural film screenings in order to keep the message on the forefront.
Georgina is engaged in educational and community development through advocacy efforts, to include organizing
events, presentations, workshops, rallies and protests to address political attacks on education, to include: Texas
House Bill 1938 and Texas Senate Bill 1128 which aimed at effectively dismantling Ethnic Studies and Women's
Studies in Texas education. Some of her proudest endeavors include her efforts which resulted in the
implementation of Native American, Mexican American, African American and Asian American Studies courses at
the Texas School Board of Education, which allow all Texas school districts the opportunity to create customized
cultural studies courses for all grade levels at all campuses.
Empowering students, parents, communities and educators to defend our culture from the classroom to the
courtroom.
Additional Materials & Resources
All Examples on the Lesson, and More, Can be Found Using the Links Below ~
Teaching & Learning Workshops
http://www.tulibro915.com/teachinglearning-workshops.html
Lessons
http://www.tulibro915.com/lessons.html
Teacher Resources
http://www.tulibro915.com/teacher-resources.html
georgina cecilia pérez
www.TuLibro915.com
[email protected]