Slavery and Latin America: Exploring the Afro-Latino Dr. Chris Busey Assistant Professor of Middle Level & Social Studies Education Texas State University Department of Curriculum and Instruction

Agenda  Critical Thinking Through Maps  Analyzing Music for Afro-Latin Themes  Who are  Timeline for the Abolishment of Slavery in Latin America  Examining Sources –Images –Graphs and Charts –Film  Resources/Questions

Map Analysis  What are three things in this map that you think are important?  What information does this map add to pre-existing knowledge? Textbook information.  Does the information in the map support or contradict information that you have read about this event in the past?

Celia Cruz Afro-Cuban singer and song writer.

Quiénes son Who are  More than 12 million slaves were brought to the New World from Africa through the slave trade. 1  Of the more than 12 million slaves who were brought to the New World, about 91% were taken to present day Latin America. 2  Immediately mestizaje (race mixing) contributed to diversity in Latin America, but also has contributed to the erasure of Blackness in Latin America. 3

Image Analysis  List all of the people, objects and activities taking place in the image.  What inferences can you draw from the image?  What questions arise from the image?  Now take on the perspective on one person from the image. What is your perspective on what is happening? Tell a story.

Critical Thinking Questions  How might slavery in Latin America be similar to chattel slavery in the United States?  In what ways have Latin America been more progressive in race relations since the abolishment of slavery than the United States? Have not?

Assessment Ideas  Document Based Question (DBQ) Essay  Biographical Writing  Research Reports on Slavery and the Abolishment of Slavery in Individual Countries  Constructing Museum Exhibits

Benefits  Provide a more global perspective of social studies curriculum.  Provide socio-cultural learning opportunities for English Language Learners from Latin America.  Expand the extant narrative on Black history and the African Diaspora.  Students have the opportunity to engage in critical thinking skills as well as social study skills (i.e.: analyzing primary sources) and do so in a way that is tied to the curriculum.

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