Ethnic Voices

Open to: All grades and phases – ½ year course

Description: Students will learn about growing up and living in a multi-ethnic society through the voices of authors. African American authors as well as Hispanic American authors will be the main focus of the study. Course incorporates audio and visual mediums in addition to lecture and discussion.

Topics Covered: (Hispanic) immigration, cultural preservation, social issues

(African American) Slavery, Emancipation, Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Movement, Late Century

African American Authors: Frances Harper, Zora Neale Hurston, Toni Morrison, Langston Hughes, Terry McMillian, James Baldwin, Alice Walker, Maya Angelou, Wallace Thurman, Ernest Gaines

Hispanic Authors: Isabel Allende, Rudolpho Anaya, Julia Alvarez, Octavio Paz

Richard Rodriquez, Esmeralda Santiago, Luis Rodriguez, Jimmy Santiago Baca

Denise Chavez, Federico Garcia Lorca

Assessment: Tests, quizzes, papers, creative writings, projects, presentations.