Read and view representative texts of contemporary authors and explain their historical background. Integrate current news from the region with classroom learning. Find and analyze news from Mexico as found on the World Wide Web and use this medium to communicate with others in the learning community. This course relies heavily on literary and historical texts to understand these different Mexicos. See selection 32 in the Reading Packet for criteria.
Films are an important component of a vision of contemporary Mexico.
The other two films we will see in class. The class Web bulletin board will be the vehicle for these discussions. Approximately every 3 weeks we will post a new question for you to consider on the board. As part of this class you are required to post at least one link to a Web site for each question and you are required to post at least one comment per week to the board. Quality and quantity of comments will be considered while assessing the grade.