How Is the Presence and History of Mexico Taught in Los Angeles?

Mexico and the United States share more than 1,954 miles of border. As neighbors, we interact through work, family and friends, schools, universities, travel, food, landscape, environment, commerce, culture, and many other ways. 

This presentation explores ideas for using literature to teach Mexican history in Los Angeles at the K-12 levels. Fabiola García-Rubio will provide resources and examples for educators to engage with literary texts to generate conversations and plant seeds for students to want to learn more.

Presenter: 

Fabiola García-Rubio
Director of Educational Cooperation at the Consulate General of Mexico in Los Angeles 

Fabiola is a historian who is committed to the teaching of history and the promotion of the Mexican history in the United States. In Mexico, she served as Academic Coordinator of the Specialty in Teaching History of Mexico at the Open and Distance University of the Ministry of Public Education. It is an educational program taught online in Mexico that seeks to improve the teaching of history. She has taught Mexican history, the history of the United States, and the history of the border between our countries, from elementary school to undergraduate level, for more than 20 years. She has also written several books for children and teenagers, including Cuaderno de Tonatiuh Xocoyotzin. Diario de un niño mexica, Mexico, Calandria ediciones, 2004, which was reprinted in 2009 and 2010 and selected to be part of the classroom library of 2nd grade in the 2009-2010 school year. She is also the author of La época liberal 1855-1876, Mexico, Nostra Ediciones, 2008 (reprinted in 2011).

 

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