Using Retablos to learn about Culture through individual tales Before we begin, note a few big events, turning points, or definitive moments from your life. Please write them down. As we look at some examples of Retablos, note common threads, tie them to what’s going on in that ‘where’ and ‘when’…

RETABLOS – The Story of Migration through religious folk art

A dónde se fueron: Migration Policy Institute RETABLOS – The Story of Migration through religious folk art

Mexican Retablos – Few forms of religious folk art are as abundant or expressive Commonly found in western Mexico Small, colorful paintings on sheets of tin dedicated to Christ or the Virgin and left in shrines as tokens of thanks Stories of delivery from threatening events through holy intervention Retablos – Migration Gallery:

Retablos – Migration Gallery: RETABLOS – The Story of Migration through religious folk art Retablos – the Growth Years – Retablos – the Modern Era – s Retablos – the Bracero Years – 1940s Retablos – the Later Bracero Years – Retablos – the Early Years –

The “Early Years” coincided with: World War I and Prohibition FDR The Roaring Twenties The Great Depression The Dust Bowl

Retablos – Migration Gallery: Retablos – the Early Years –

Retablos – Migration Gallery: Retablos – the Early Years –

Retablos – Migration Gallery: Retablos – the Early Years –

Retablos – the Bracero Years – 1940s to 1964 The “Bracero Years” coincided with: The Zoot Suit Riots and The Bracero Program (2M workers for field labor) and Mass deportation of Mexicans 500,000+ (Depression), 1M in 1954 w/ “Operation Wetback”… 3M doc and undoc deported ’39-’54 by INS Rise of the Civil Rights Movement

Retablos – Migration Gallery: Retablos – the Bracero Years – 1940s

Retablos – Migration Gallery: Retablos – the Bracero Years – 1940s

Retablos – Migration Gallery: Retablos – the Bracero Years – 1940s

Retablos – Migration Gallery: Retablos – the Later Bracero Years –

Retablos – Migration Gallery: Retablos – the Later Bracero Years –

Retablos – Migration Gallery: Retablos – the Later Bracero Years –

Retablos – Migration Gallery: Retablos – the Later Bracero Years –

A common patron saint for many Retablos: Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos La Virgen de San Juan de los Lagos San Juan is Located in Jalisco, 76 mi NE of Guadalajara Second most visited pilgrimage shrine in Mexico (second to Basilica de Guadalupe in Mexico City) 1542 – Spanish Priest brought statue of Virgin of Immaculate Conception to town; 1623 – peasant girl ill, parents prayed for health, miraculous recovery… Statue has been venerated since.

Retablos – the Growth Years – The “Growth Years” coincided with: Population Boom in Mexico Civil Rights Movements Chicano Movement +Mexican+Migration&source=bl&ots=WM8JstkvLT&sig=lMtQ5HbYd0BlVzWAN52SqK7sGug&hl=en&ei=WsZKSr2xMJLilAeB_qQL&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7 p Mexican+Migration&source=bl&ots=WM8JstkvLT&sig=lMtQ5HbYd0BlVzWAN52SqK7sGug&hl=en&ei=WsZKSr2xMJLilAeB_qQL&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7 Women’s Movement Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta Vietnam (escalation, end) MLK LBJ Cold War Politics Immigration and Nationality Amendment

Retablos – Migration Gallery: Retablos – the Growth Years –

Retablos – Migration Gallery: Retablos – the Growth Years –

Retablos – Migration Gallery: Retablos – the Growth Years –

The “Modern Era” includes: The 1980s Reaganomics Rise of the Sun Belt The end of the Cold War/Berlin Wall and swoosh22.com/berlin/details/009.html The L.A. Riots and NAFTA/TLC Retablos – the Modern Era – s

Retablos – Migration Gallery: Retablos – the Modern Era – s

Retablos – Migration Gallery: Retablos – the Modern Era – s

Retablos – Migration Gallery: Retablos – the Modern Era – s

Retablos – Migration Gallery: Retablos – the Modern Era – s

RETABLOS – The Story of Migration through folk art How can your classroom use Retablos? What can we learn from Retablos? How can you help your students make cultural connections, synthesize and create? If you were to create your very own Retablo, what would it look like? Tell YOUR story!

Refer back to the few big events turning points, or definitive moments from your life that you wrote down… …and now create a Retablo to tell YOUR story and give thanks for success at a definitive moment…

Here are a few ideas on how to use Retablos in the classroom*… Please share other ideas! Students adopt a historic figure and create a Retablo for them Students create a Retablo for a current social activist/leader Create Retablos to practice certain grammar points (pret/imp) *See NOTE next slide…

*Note – We as educators must recognize that students come from different faiths, and some don’t follow any religious system. Recommend that students go with whatever belief system works for them (Christian, Islamic, Buddhist, Jewish, none at all)… but to express thanks in a way that is respectful and appropriate to their beliefs. Whatever backgrounds students come from, they should be encouraged to celebrate them.

Great resources to learn and do more: Mexican Migration Project Latin American Migration Project National Institute for Migration (Mex) or in English: Migration Information Source  Thinkfinity – type ‘migrant’ into ‘search’ America on the Move Sin Fronteras La Jornada