Borderlands La Frontera: The New Mestiza Lesson Plan

Trauma and the Coatlicue State

Kind of Activity:

Research

Objective:

Students will read excerpts from Resmaa Menakem's book, My Grandmother's Hands, as well as conduct their own research to contextualize Anzaldúa's work within the framework of trauma.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.7, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.8, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9

Structure:

For this activity, students will research collective, intergenerational, racial trauma and...