Course Description: Covers the story of indigenous peoples of the southwestern United States: Aztlán, the Spanish colonial period, the Mexican period, and the acquisition and settlement by the United States. Seeks the exposition of indigenous and Hispanic historical and cultural foundations of the region and the confluence with other Asian and European influences.
In the Spring of 2016 I took this online course, which covered the history as well as the culture of Aztlan. Although all our required work was via online this class was full of extensive class discussions in form of online posts. At first I was hesitant to take an online class because I felt that it wouldn’t be as useful as an actual classroom, however this class has been one of my most productive classes in regards to learning more about Spanish culture and history. Dr. Adrian Andrade provided a simple chronological order to the extensive history of Aztlan, which was helpful in facilitating an accurate learning of the culture and history of Aztlan. For the class, we had to learn about a new topic and create presentations on it. One of the most important projects was the final project and I decided to complete mine on a topic that we learned about in class and I enjoyed, The Chicana Feminist Movement.
Final Project: Annotated Bibliography, The Chicana Feminist Movement