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PRLS 1001: Introduction to Puerto Rican and Latin@ Studies (Santiago)

Updated Spring 2024 Originally created Fall 2023 OER Santiago

Course Schedule: Fall 2024 PRLS 1001

COURSE SCHEDULE AND ASSIGNMENTS  

*Subject to change, due to current events. You will be notified in advance of any changes. 

 

WEEK #

DATE

READINGS DUE

ASSIGNMENTS DUE

Week 1



 

8/28

WELCOME & COURSE OVERVIEW

  • Introductions

  • Expectations & Review of Syllabus

  • Walkthrough of BB

  • Questions

  • Def Poetry- Lemon and Flaco- “Boriquas

Writing Assignment 

on BB

 

Due by 3:00 PM on Wednesday

Week 2



 

9/4

LAS RAÍCES & TERMINOLOGY

 

LATINX-ETHNIC STUDIES & POLITICAL ATMOSPHERE 

  • Chapter 9- Brooklyn College: An Activist in Academia in Nieto, Sonia, Brooklyn Dreams: My Life in Public Education.

In class film: Making the Impossible Possible: The Story of Puerto Rican Studies in Brooklyn College 

 

In class film: Precious Knowledge

Writing Assignment 

on BB

 

Due Tuesday 9/3, 

11:59 PM

Week 3




 

9/11

RACE, COLORISM, & AFRO-LATINIDAD

In class video- 'Corazón de América’ examines colorism in the Latino community | ABC News

Writing Assignment 

on BB

 

Due Tuesday 9/10, 

11:59 PM





 

Week 4

9/18

AMBIGUOUS BORDERS

  • Chapter 2 & 5 “Borderwall as Architecture” 

 

MEXICO, MEXICANS

  • Chapter 1 & 2 in “The homeland, Aztlán/El otro México” Anzaldúa, G. (1987). 

  • Borderlands: la frontera (Vol. 3). San Francisco: Aunt Lute. 

 

IMMIGRATION POLICY, DETENTION CENTERS, & UNACCOMPANIED MINORS

  • Immigration and Customs Enforcement “Who Are We” and “What We Do” page. (Students to use online resource to locate).  

In class film: Lost in Detention (PBS)

Writing Assignment 

on BB

 

Due Tuesday 9/17, 

11:59 PM

Week 5

9/25

PUERTO RICO, PUERTO RICANS

  • Puerto Ricans by Maria Perez Y Gonzalez

  • Essay: The Law That Made Puerto Ricans U.S. Citizens, Yet Not Fully Americans by Dr. Charles Venator. 

  • Podcast: Latino USA “Why Ricky Resigned” 

In class film: Puerto Rico: America’s Forgotten Territory

 

Review of Research Paper Expectations (Step 1)

Writing Assignment 

on BB

 

Due Tuesday 9/24, 

11:59 PM

Week 6

10/2

NO CLASSES SCHEDULED

 

Week 7

10/9

PUERTO RICO, PUERTO RICANS CONT’D

In class film: Antonia Pantoja: Presente!

Writing Assignment 

on BB

 

Due Tuesday 10/8, 

11:59 PM

Week 8

10/16

MUSIC, BELONGING, AND CONNECTION

In class film: The Latin Explosion: The New America

In class film: The Latino List

In class film: Mambo to Hip Hop

Submit Research Paper Topic (STEP #1)

for Approval 

Week 9

10/23

US IMPACT ON LATIN AMERICA

  • Fleeing a Hell the US Helped Create: Why Central Americans Journey North

In class film: Harvest of Empire

Writing Assignment 

on BB

Due Tuesday 10/22, 

11:59 PM

Week 10

10/30

MIDTERM ASSESSMENT

Research Topic Intros

Research Paper

Proposal (STEP #2)

Due

Week 11

11/6

RESILIENCE, LANGUAGE & EDUCATION

  • Chapter 16- Latin@ Languages & Identities in Suárez-Orozco & Páez, Latinos Remaking America. 

In class film: Walkout

Writing Assignment 

on BB

 

Due Tuesday 11/5, 

11:59 PM

Week 12

11/13

CENTRAL AMERICA-AMERICANS

SOUTH AMERICA-AMERICANS

Chapter 5 in Zatz & Rodriguez, Dreams and Nightmares: Immigration Policy, Youth, and Families 

Writing Assignment 

on BB

 

Due Tuesday 11/12, 

11:59 PM

Week 13

11/20

FAMILIES, GENDER & LATINIDAD 

  • She Was There Too

In class film: Dolores: Rebel. Activist. Feminist. Mother.

Writing Assignment 

on BB

Due Tuesday 11/19, 

11:59 PM

Week 14

11/27

CLASSES FOLLOW A FRIDAY SCHEDULE

 

Week 15

12/4

IDENTITY, INCLUSION, EMPOWERMENT & PUERTO RICAN RESISTANCE

In class film: Takeover

Writing Assignment 

on BB

 

Due Tuesday 12/3, 

11:59 PM

 

Research Paper 

Due

Week 16

12/11

REFLECTIONS AND ASSESSMENT 

  • On Becoming by Nelly Rosario

 

FINAL EXAM REVIEW

Writing Assignment 

on BB

 

Due Tuesday 12/10, 

11:59 PM


 

Week 17

12/18

FINAL EXAM 

THURSDAY: 6:00 PM- 8:00 PM

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