I presented at the #AATSP17 conference in Chicago this week on:
"Discussing sensitive current issues in the Spanish classroom:
A Humane Education approach"
I've gathered some resources for inspiring empathy in civic dialogue when talking about political change and about immigration policy. Here are links to some activities and materials I have used in the Spanish language classroom to spark conversation and reflection.
VIDEOS
•Familias sin fronteras (3 min)
•A Family Endures the Tragic Side of Immigration
•Invisible Mexicans of Deer Canyon: (Trailer)
•Frontline: A Tale of Two Villages
•Buen Viaje – Immigration between Morocco and Spain (Film in Spanish without subtitles here)
•Dying to Live
•Victoria para Chino (in the textbook Rumbos with subtitles in English / Spanish)
•Life in the Deportee Slums of Mexico
•Sin nombre (full length feature film—use with reading Enrique’s Journey by Sonia Nazario)
BOOKS
•Cajas de Cartón: Memorias de un niño campesino de Francisco Jiménez
•Enrique’s Journey by Sonia Nazario
ORGANIZATIONS
•Deported Veterans Support House
•No más muertes / No More Deaths
•Radio Ambulante episodes on immigration
