Storytelling & The Power of Your Narrative

Assignment One: The Story of Colors/ La Historia de los Colores

Watch this video with a brother, sister, cousin, parent or anyone in your home.  Make sure it is someone who lives in your home because I do not want you to leave your house during these dangerous times. 

TO GET CREDIT...
1. Subscribe to La Trenza Channel on YouTube which is where the video is, Take a Picture
2. Take a picture or video of you and your family members watching the video and discussing the book. 
3. Write on the following prompt: Why do you think someone would want this book to be banned?  Go online and do some research; I give links and ideas on the comments of the Youtube video. Your response should be one-page.

Assignment Two: Going Down Home With Daddy
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Watch this video with a brother, sister, cousin, parent or anyone in your home.  Make sure it is someone who lives in your home because I do not want you to leave your house during these dangerous times. 

TO GET CREDIT...
1. Take a picture or video of you and your family members watching the video and discussing the book Going Down Home With Daddy. Post.
2. Do one of the activities I talk about after the book is in the video is over. Take a ONE-Minute Video of you doing the activity with your family. 
3 Write on the following prompt: What is family tradition that you love and want to continue? Why? Your response should be one-page.

Assignment Three: Simply Maria or the American Dream

Watch this video where I give background the play "SIMPLY MARIA OR THE AMERICAN DREAM"

TO GET CREDIT...
1. Read the play, take a video of yourself reading on Scene of the play, any scene you want. 
2. Answer the following questions on a Google Doc, copy & paste these questions 
• What does Maria want for herself?
• What do Maria’s parents want for her?
• What does Maria’s mother mean when she says, “You’re a Mexican woman, you’re different from other women, try to accept that.”?
• Are women you know expected to fulfill traditional or cultural roles?
• How does the production use symbolism to convey ideas?
• How is satire used to bring a point across?
• How does Josefina López use the convention of the standard wedding vows to target the themes of her play?
• Can you identify with any of Maria’s problems or dilemmas?
• Have you ever felt that you needed to free yourself from a gender or cultural stereotype? 
Your response should be one-two pages.

Link to the play in PDF format: "Simply Maria or the American Dream"