Abstract
The 2012 National Endowment for the Humanities- sponsored “From Porciones to Colonias: Inserting the “Hispanic” in a Hispanic Serving Institution through Curriculum Innovation” brought together faculty at the largest Hispanic Serving Institution in Texas, the University of Texas-Pan American (UTPA), and public school teachers to create place-based curriculum. Using the natural landscape and cultural history of one of the most dynamic borderlands in the world as the main classroom laboratory, faculty housed in the CHAPS program (Community Historical Archaeology Project with Schools) challenged elementary, middle, and high school teachers in the sciences, social sciences and humanities to create in their students historically literate citizens who are aware of their local cultural and natural history. The following briefly encapsulates the conducted activities.
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2014
Publisher Statement
Copyright © 2014, The University of Texas-Pan American. This chapter first appeared in From Porciones to Colonias: The Power of Place-and Community-Based Learning in K-12 Education---A Case Study From the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas.
Please note that downloads of the book chapter are for private/personal use only.
Purchase online at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
Recommended Citation
Alfaro, Edna C., Dorsey, Margaret, Hernandez, Sonia and Skowronek, Russell K. "From Porciones to Colonias: Curriculum Development in K-12 Education---Methodology and Program Development." In From Porciones to Colonias: The Power of Place-and Community-Based Learning in K-12 Education---A Case Study From the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas, 25-30. Edinburg, Texas: The University of Texas-Pan American, 2014.