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Direct linkAitken, Stuart C.; Jokisch, Brad D.; Boone, Christopher G. – Journal of Geography, 2003
With this paper, I elaborate the use of the movies "American History X" and "Mi Familia" in classroom settings to highlight issues of ethnicity and the social construction of identity through families and communities. Taken together, these movies draw attention to racial geographies of Los Angeles but in very different ways. I…
Descriptors: United States History, Teaching Methods, Films, Ethnicity
