chicano park mural discussion forum assignment 1
History 115—section 3277
Fall semester 2019
Professor Oscar Cañedo
Guidelines for Chicano Park Discussion Forum
For this assignment, we will utilize a discussion forum, and we will devote some time discussing some of the themes and topics from the murals of San Diego’s iconic Chicano Park. After we observe the Chicano Park film during module 3 of this semester, each of you will then be selected to one mural and provide a critical thinking analysis of that mural. I will provide more details on what you need to discuss in just a few moments, but first let me provide you with some nuts-and-bolts details about posting your observations.
The due date for posting your initial comments is Friday, November 19. Please post your observations inside this Chicano Park mural discussion forum. I will provide the first discussion post, and all of you please follow my example. After you post your comments, please be sure to reply to at least two of your classmates, and to me as well before December 1. As for choosing the specific mural you wish to discuss, here are several websites as well as the 1988 documentary devoted to the Chicano Park murals for reference. This is the documentary film that we will watch during the third module of the semester.
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The History of Chicano Park (Links to an external site.)
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Chicano Park Mural Restoration Project (Links to an external site.)
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Chicano Park Mural Map (Links to an external site.)
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The Murals of Chicano Park (Links to an external site.)
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Chicano Park documentary (Links to an external site.)
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Only one person per mural please. Your forum comments (including your replies to your classmates and to “el maestro”) will count as 15% of your overall class grade.