1. 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’…

2. RETABLOS – The Story of Migration through religious folk art http://www.historia-antiques.com/new_gallery_page.php?web_cat=Retablos http://www.vanderbilt.edu/clas/in_the_news http://www.downtownaustin.com/news/thisweek/?1210143600

3. http://migracion.jornada.com.mx/migracion A dónde se fueron: Migration Policy Institute http://www.migrationinformation.org/datahub/whoswhere.cfm RETABLOS – The Story of Migration through religious folk art

4. 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: http://mmp.opr.princeton.edu/expressions/gallery-en.aspx

5. Retablos – Migration Gallery: http://mmp.opr.princeton.edu/expressions/gallery-en.aspx RETABLOS – The Story of Migration through religious folk art Retablos – the Growth Years – 1965-80 Retablos – the Modern Era – 1980-90s Retablos – the Bracero Years – 1940s Retablos – the Later Bracero Years – 1950-64 Retablos – the Early Years – 1900-1940

6. The “Early Years” coincided with: World War I http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade10.html and http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade10.html http://www.lonesentry.com/unithistory/23rd-infantry/index.html Prohibition http://www.winecommonsewer.com/the_wine_commonsewer/2008/12/repeal-day.html http://www.winecommonsewer.com/the_wine_commonsewer/2008/12/repeal-day.html FDR http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/extra/images/medium/jan-june09/fdr_lg.jpg http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/extra/images/medium/jan-june09/fdr_lg.jpg The Roaring Twenties The Great Depression The Dust Bowl http://www.csub.edu/library/special/dustbowl/dustbowl.shtml http://www.csub.edu/library/special/dustbowl/dustbowl.shtml

7. Retablos – Migration Gallery: http://mmp.opr.princeton.edu/expressions/gallery-en.aspx Retablos – the Early Years – 1900-1940

8. Retablos – Migration Gallery: http://mmp.opr.princeton.edu/expressions/gallery-en.aspx Retablos – the Early Years – 1900-1940

9. Retablos – Migration Gallery: http://mmp.opr.princeton.edu/expressions/gallery-en.aspx Retablos – the Early Years – 1900-1940

10. Retablos – the Bracero Years – 1940s to 1964 The “Bracero Years” coincided with: The Zoot Suit Riots http://unitproj.library.ucla.edu/special/sleepylagoon/sldc11.htm and http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/zoot/eng_timeline/index.html http://unitproj.library.ucla.edu/special/sleepylagoon/sldc11.htm http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/zoot/eng_timeline/index.html The Bracero Program (2M workers for field labor) http://www.pbs.org/kpbs/theborder/images/ and http://fairimmigration.wordpress.com/2009/03/17/ http://www.pbs.org/kpbs/theborder/images/http://fairimmigration.wordpress.com/2009/03/17/ Mass deportation of Mexicans 500,000+ (Depression), 1M in 1954 w/ “Operation Wetback”… 3M doc and undoc deported ’39-’54 by INS http://www.fundthedream.org/en/articles/exposing-self-evident-truths http://www.fundthedream.org/en/articles/exposing-self-evident-truths Rise of the Civil Rights Movement

11. Retablos – Migration Gallery: http://mmp.opr.princeton.edu/expressions/gallery-en.aspx Retablos – the Bracero Years – 1940s

12. Retablos – Migration Gallery: http://mmp.opr.princeton.edu/expressions/gallery-en.aspx Retablos – the Bracero Years – 1940s

13. Retablos – Migration Gallery: http://mmp.opr.princeton.edu/expressions/gallery-en.aspx Retablos – the Bracero Years – 1940s

14. Retablos – Migration Gallery: http://mmp.opr.princeton.edu/expressions/gallery-en.aspx Retablos – the Later Bracero Years – 1950-64

15. Retablos – Migration Gallery: http://mmp.opr.princeton.edu/expressions/gallery-en.aspx Retablos – the Later Bracero Years – 1950-64

16. Retablos – Migration Gallery: http://mmp.opr.princeton.edu/expressions/gallery-en.aspx Retablos – the Later Bracero Years – 1950-64

17. Retablos – Migration Gallery: http://mmp.opr.princeton.edu/expressions/gallery-en.aspx Retablos – the Later Bracero Years – 1950-64

18. A common patron saint for many Retablos: Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos http://www.virgendesanjuan.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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.

19. Retablos – the Growth Years – 1965-80 The “Growth Years” coincided with: Population Boom in Mexico http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=386 http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=386 Civil Rights Movements http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade60.html http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade60.html Chicano Movement http://books.google.com/books?id=_62IjQ-XQScC&pg=PA151&lpg=PA151&dq=1965-1980+- +Mexican+Migration&source=bl&ots=WM8JstkvLT&sig=lMtQ5HbYd0BlVzWAN52SqK7sGug&hl=en&ei=WsZKSr2xMJLilAeB_qQL&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7 p153 http://books.google.com/books?id=_62IjQ-XQScC&pg=PA151&lpg=PA151&dq=1965-1980+- +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 http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade70.html http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade70.html Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta Vietnam (escalation, end) MLK LBJ Cold War Politics http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade60.html http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade60.html Immigration and Nationality Amendment http://www.fundthedream.org/en/articles/exposing-self-evident-truths http://www.fundthedream.org/en/articles/exposing-self-evident-truths

20. Retablos – Migration Gallery: http://mmp.opr.princeton.edu/expressions/gallery-en.aspx Retablos – the Growth Years – 1965-80

21. Retablos – Migration Gallery: http://mmp.opr.princeton.edu/expressions/gallery-en.aspx Retablos – the Growth Years – 1965-80

22. Retablos – Migration Gallery: http://mmp.opr.princeton.edu/expressions/gallery-en.aspx Retablos – the Growth Years – 1965-80

23. The “Modern Era” includes: The 1980s Reaganomics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Official_Portrait_of_President_Reagan_1981.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Official_Portrait_of_President_Reagan_1981.jpg Rise of the Sun Belt http://www.hks.harvard.edu/taubmancenter/pdfs/sunbelt.pdf. http://www.hks.harvard.edu/taubmancenter/pdfs/sunbelt.pdf The end of the Cold War/Berlin Wall http://history1900s.about.com/library/time/bltime1980.htm and swoosh22.com/berlin/details/009.html http://history1900s.about.com/library/time/bltime1980.htmswoosh22.com/berlin/details/009.html The L.A. Riots http://www.emergency.com/la-riots.htm and http://www.paranormalknowledge.com/articles/tag/white-americans http://www.emergency.com/la-riots.htm http://www.paranormalknowledge.com/articles/tag/white-americans NAFTA/TLC http://www.fas.usda.gov/itp/Policy/nafta/nafta.asp http://www.fas.usda.gov/itp/Policy/nafta/nafta.asp Retablos – the Modern Era – 1980-90s

24. Retablos – Migration Gallery: http://mmp.opr.princeton.edu/expressions/gallery-en.aspx Retablos – the Modern Era – 1980-90s

25. Retablos – Migration Gallery: http://mmp.opr.princeton.edu/expressions/gallery-en.aspx Retablos – the Modern Era – 1980-90s

26. Retablos – Migration Gallery: http://mmp.opr.princeton.edu/expressions/gallery-en.aspx Retablos – the Modern Era – 1980-90s

27. Retablos – Migration Gallery: http://mmp.opr.princeton.edu/expressions/gallery-en.aspx Retablos – the Modern Era – 1980-90s

28. 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!

29. 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…

30. 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…

31. *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.

32. Great resources to learn and do more: Mexican Migration Project http://mmp.opr.princeton.edu/home-en.aspx Latin American Migration Project http://lamp.opr.princeton.edu/home-en.htm National Institute for Migration (Mex) http://www.inm.gob.mx/ http://www.inm.gob.mx/ or in English: http://www.inm.gob.mx/EN/index.php http://www.inm.gob.mx/EN/index.php Migration Information Source http://www.migrationinformation.org/index.cfm  Thinkfinity www.thinkfinity.org – type ‘migrant’ into ‘search’ www.thinkfinity.org America on the Move http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/themes/story_51_3.html Sin Fronteras http://www.sinfronteras.org.mx/ http://www.sinfronteras.org.mx/ La Jornada http://migracion.jornada.com.mx/migracion http://migracion.jornada.com.mx/migracion