1. Ernesto Galarza
Barrio Boy

2. Prueba! 1. How does the author describe Jalcocotan?
2. When did the author’s family move to Jalcocotan? Why did his father stay in Miramar?
3. What was the arrangement between his father and mother?
4. What is the author’s responsibility as a child in the town?
5. Who are the three pets and their names?
6. What happened to Colonel at the end of your reading?
Prueba!

3. Expectivas Summary for each reading section
Identify and write down words you don’t know in English and Spanish
Summaries will be graded and returned. Please keep them!
Expectivas

4. Sobre el Autor Born August 15, 1905 in Jalcocotan (in Mexico)
Immigrated to Sacramento California with his mother and two uncles
Studied at Occidental College, Stanford University, and Columbia University
Worked with the Pan-American Union (what is it called now?)
Worked as a labor organizer, key figure in the California farm labor movement
Organized unions for farm laborers
Helped create the first multiracial farm worker union
Also wrote Merchants of Labor about the bracero program
Awarded the Bolivian Order of the Condor of the Andes
Sobre el Autor

5. Literature written by Mexican Americans in the United States
Some trace it back to the Mexican American war, others to the sixteenth century
Cultural hybrid of a Mexican (or Mexican American’s) experience in the US
Focuses on identity, discrimination, culture, history, migration, living in two worlds (using both English and Spanish), border between the US and Mexico
Major Figures: Sandra Cisneros, Gary Soto, Tomas Rivera
Chicano Literature

6. Origins of Chicano Literature
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo signed in 1848-ended the war between Mexico and the United States
Drew a new boundary between Mexico and the US, Mexico ceded (gave up) almost half of its territory to the US
Present day Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah
Mexican residents residing in this territory became permanent residents of the United States
Chicano dramatist Luis Valdez “We did not in fact come to the United States at all. The United States came to us.”
Chicano Movement: socio-political civil rights movement of the mid-1960s
Origins of Chicano Literature

7. Mexican Revolution

8. Where is JalcocotÁn? Video link:
Distance between Jalco and Sacramento: 1,844 miles (30 hours!)
Where is JalcocotÁn?

9. Key Terms Chicano Literature Mexican Revolution
Bracero System-system of laws and agreements between the US and Mexico in 1942 for temporary contract laborers
Strikes caused by lack of Mexican gov labor inspectors, pay and working conditions, job instability
Similar to the Guest Worker program
Pan American Union
Founded in 1948, now known as the Organization of American States
Regional solidarity and cooperation among member states
Headquartered in DC
35 member states
Key Terms

10. Spanish Words used in the text
Barrio
Pueblo
Burro
Brecha
Cerros
El monte (el bosque)
No es nadie y es de todos
El gato montes
Palo blanco, palo negro, palo Colorado, palo de piedra
Colorado vs rojo
zopilotes
Plaza mayor
Plaza de armas
Jaclocotecanos
Subir al monte
Tapanco
Spanish Words used in the text

11. MÁs Palabras Jefe de familia alcancia Al tapanco, alzar la cama
Juan, Neto, Chuy, Melesio
Si, señora
Ya vengo
Voy
Qué pasó?
Machetero
Candil
Saludo
Muy gallo
MÁs Palabras