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Chicano Heritage coloring book, probably 1970s
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INTRODUCTION TO THE CHICANO HERITAGE COLORING BOOK This coloring book is intended as a medium for bicultural and bilingual educational experiences for young children. Specifically, it contains relevant pictures and activities for the culturally different Chicano* pre-school child. The teacher or parent can use this book to introduce, enrich and emphasize cultural self- awareness to the child. The Culturally Different Chicano For many years, the culturally different Chicano child has been treated as a problem child in the public school system . The programs that have been introduced to serve his special education needs have all been remedial programs, that is, they take the position that something is wrong with him and not with the public school. He has been penalised for speaking the language of his parents and for having a distinctive life style and values. The emerging bilingual /bicultural programs are not much different. They continue to view the culturally different Chicano as a child who needs to be corrected in order to make it in the "mainstream" of American society. This message is not lost on the child. He receives the messages verbally and non verbally that people think something is wrong with him. This of course is going to affect *see page 41 for explanation of terms. 35
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INTRODUCTION TO THE CHICANO HERITAGE COLORING BOOK This coloring book is intended as a medium for bicultural and bilingual educational experiences for young children. Specifically, it contains relevant pictures and activities for the culturally different Chicano* pre-school child. The teacher or parent can use this book to introduce, enrich and emphasize cultural self- awareness to the child. The Culturally Different Chicano For many years, the culturally different Chicano child has been treated as a problem child in the public school system . The programs that have been introduced to serve his special education needs have all been remedial programs, that is, they take the position that something is wrong with him and not with the public school. He has been penalised for speaking the language of his parents and for having a distinctive life style and values. The emerging bilingual /bicultural programs are not much different. They continue to view the culturally different Chicano as a child who needs to be corrected in order to make it in the "mainstream" of American society. This message is not lost on the child. He receives the messages verbally and non verbally that people think something is wrong with him. This of course is going to affect *see page 41 for explanation of terms. 35
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