TEACH CHIAPAS: Autonomy and teaching about the Zapatistas

TEACH CHIAPAS features delightful stories and snappy videos, interactive timelines and colorful maps, primary source Zapatista materials and photo galleries, social media and up-to-date newsletters, plus lesson plans and classroom activities. Much of the English language content, classroom videos, photos, and lesson plans have never been available before…certainly there’s never been an English language resource like TEACH CHIAPAS.

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¿Quiénes son los Zapatistas? ~ Celebrando el Día de los Pueblos Indígenas

Para celebrar el Día de los Pueblos Indígenas 2014, Escuelas para Chiapas tiene el orgullo de anunciar el lanzamiento de nuestro nuevo video educativo “¿Quiénes son los Zapatistas?” (Para inglés, haz click aquí/For English, click here) “¿Quiénes son los Zapatistas?” es un video corto para estudiantes y educadores que ofrece una introducción clara y básica sobre el movimiento Zapatista en Chiapas, México. Forma parte de la serie de videos educativos llamada “Enseñe Chiapas”. En tan solo 8 minutos de tiempo en el aula, tus estudiantes aprenderán: La historia del levantamiento zapatista de 1994. Cómo los Zapatistas están construyendo un mundo

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Justice for the student teachers of Ayotzinapa.

Ayotzinapa: Zapatistas support student teachers

To the students of the Escuela Normal of Ayotzinapa, Guerrero, Mexico, and to your family members, classmates, teachers, and friends, we simply want to let you know that:

You are not alone. / Your pain is our pain. / Your dignified rage is ours also.

To the compañeras and compañeros of the Sixth in Mexico and the world, we call on you to mobilize, according to your means and ways, in support of the community of the Escuela Normal in Ayotzinapa, and in demand of true justice.

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Teach September 16! El Grito de Dolores, Mexican independence, and the Zapatistas

September 16 is the anniversary of “El Grito de Dolores”, a speech made in 1810 by the catholic priest, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, in the town of Dolores located near Guanajuato in the center of Mexico. Hidalgo’s speech urged a “resistance” to the “bad government” and helped ignite a process which finally led to the “Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire” on September 28, 1821.

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