11.28.16+and+11.29.16

Turn in Talk Back Poems, Artist Statement (in your folder is fine), and graphic organizers to gather quotes for "Struggle" and "Museum Indians".


 * Warm-Up: Borderlines (Pick one of the following to respond to) **

A borderline is a constructed line creating a boundary between two places, often between countries or states.

Are there borders or borderlines in Portland? Lincoln?

Even if this line is imaginary, what power does it have over a person or a group of people? Is this power good or bad? What conflicts might arise in finding oneself stuck on one side of a border, or between two places?

Do we need borders or borderlines? If so, why or why not?


 * Analyze/discuss: "Self-Portrait Along the Borderline Between Mexico and the United States" by Frida Kahlo**

Link to painting: [|__http://www.wikiart.org/en/frida-kahlo/self-portrait-along-the-boarder-line-between-mexico-and-the-united-states-1932#supersized-artistPaintings-184967__]

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 * 1)  Catalogue painting with T-chart: US side/Mexican side
 * 1)  Discuss:

What do we learn about Frida Kahlo in this painting?

What elements/colors/images does she create to represent the two countries in her painting? How does she feel about each place?

What conflicts/tensions does she create within and between each place?

What does this painting reveal about cultural borders/boundaries? Conflicts?

How does our understanding of her change knowing she painted this herself?

Why does she place herself on the border, and what do you notice about her body language?

Why do you think Kahlo felt the need to paint this?

This was painted in 1932--does the time period affect the subject matter? What was happening in Mexico during that time? In the US?

Look at/Discuss: National Geographic: “ This Is What the U.S.-Mexico Border Wall Actually Looks Like” [|__http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/03/160304-us-mexico-border-fence-wall-photos-immigration/__]

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 * 1)  What do the different images make you think about?
 * 1)  What do you notice about the different sides of the walls/fences in the different images?
 * 1)  Is this what you think of when you hear about the border between the US and Mexico?

HW: Read and answer the corresponding questions for the two excerpts https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yh5lN-9ecUfD3j941xXxWu1ssJKdcWbeL45X938FpEk/edit?usp=sharing

This, and our discussion today, will inform our discussion of our first poem from the Latino/Chicano Writer's Unit we're beginning.