MLO 3: Secondary Culture
3.1 Students describe concepts of culture and use that understanding in their comparison of the target culture with the second culture.
3.2 Students will analyze and make connections among the ways of thinking and perspectives, behavioral practices and cultural products of a second culture.
MLO3 was a particularly interesting MLO as it only took one class to fulfill. I took SPAN308, which covered the history of the Southwestern United States, starting with the indigenous peoples who originally lived there. Aside from brief discussions regarding the Mexican-American war, and some knowledge of Aztec lore, I had never explored that part or place in history before. The class was an online set up, and had one textbook. Each week, we read a certain chapter, and each week we had to discuss through forums what we thought of that part of history, or answer certain questions. At certain parts during the semester, we also had to complete research projects and build presentations to show our progress. My projects covered Mexican-American heroes, such as Eusebio Fransisco Kino, while my final research project covered organized crime in Mexican-American communities (I have included an annotated bibliography of the works I used in writing it below). Although we covered an incredible amount of information in a short amount of time, this class reshaped my perspective of the Southwestern U.S., including the area I live in.
Classes that fulfill this MLO:
SPAN308: History/Culture of Aztlan: Southwest United States
3.2 Students will analyze and make connections among the ways of thinking and perspectives, behavioral practices and cultural products of a second culture.
MLO3 was a particularly interesting MLO as it only took one class to fulfill. I took SPAN308, which covered the history of the Southwestern United States, starting with the indigenous peoples who originally lived there. Aside from brief discussions regarding the Mexican-American war, and some knowledge of Aztec lore, I had never explored that part or place in history before. The class was an online set up, and had one textbook. Each week, we read a certain chapter, and each week we had to discuss through forums what we thought of that part of history, or answer certain questions. At certain parts during the semester, we also had to complete research projects and build presentations to show our progress. My projects covered Mexican-American heroes, such as Eusebio Fransisco Kino, while my final research project covered organized crime in Mexican-American communities (I have included an annotated bibliography of the works I used in writing it below). Although we covered an incredible amount of information in a short amount of time, this class reshaped my perspective of the Southwestern U.S., including the area I live in.
Classes that fulfill this MLO:
SPAN308: History/Culture of Aztlan: Southwest United States
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