All six of New Haven’s 21st Century Competencies, which are a graduation requirement for our students, are addressed within this curriculum:
- Problem Solving and Critical Thinking:
- Reason effectively
- Make insightful judgments and decisions
- Solve problems
- Accessing and Analyzing Information:
- Use research tools to access and evaluate information from multiple sources
- Organize and synthesize information using multiple methods
- Communication and Collaboration:
- Articulate ideas clearly to a variety of different audiences using multiple modes
- Communicate effectively and work productively with others
- Creativity and Innovation
- Demonstrate originality and inventiveness in work
- Initiative, Self-Direction, and Accountability
- Set and meet high standards and goals for one’s self and others
- Manage time and resources to produce high quality results in a timely manner
- Take responsibility for one’s own learning
- Citizenship and Responsibility
- Exercise empathy and respect for diverse cultures and perspectives
- Contribute to and take responsibility for the larger community
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1 Mize, Latina/o Studies, 1.
2 Pew Research Center, “What Census Calls Us: A Historical Timeline”
3 Mize, Latina/o Studies, 3.
4 Ibid, 4.
5 Ibid, 6.
6 Ibid, 10-12.
7 Gutierrez and Almaguer, The New Latino Studies Reader, 23.
8 Fernández, 50 Events That Shaped Latino History, 4.
9 Ibid, 20.
10 Katz, “Feb. 2, 1512: Taíno Leader Hatuey Executed in Cuba.”
11 Foner, Voices of Freedom, 10.
12 Fernández, 50 Events That Shaped Latino History, 27-28.
13 Fernández, 50 Events That Shaped Latino History, 75.
14 Mize, Latina/o Studies, 19.
15 Fernández, 50 Events That Shaped Latino History, 84.
16 Fernández, 50 Events That Shaped Latino History, 79.
17 Zinn, A People’s History of the United States, 149-151.
18 Gutierrez and Almaguer, The New Latino Studies Reader, 99.
19 Flores and Rosaldo, eds. A Companion to Latina/o Studies, 315.
20 Ortiz, An African American and Latinx History of the United States, 40.
21 Fernández, 50 Events That Shaped Latino History, 329-332.
22 Ibid, 500-503.
23 Ibid, 152-156.
24 Ibid, 196-199.
25 Anzaldua, Borderlands/ La Frontera, 19-20.
26 Fernández, 50 Events That Shaped Latino History, 418-420.
27 Song-Ha Lee, Building a Latino Civil Rights Movement, 188.
28 Ibid, 7-8.
29 Alvarez, The Power of the Zoot, 5.
