Cypress College Exploring Analyzing & Relating to Calpulli Life History Essay

Introduction

Yourintroduction should be a brief overview of your paper and labeled”Introduction.” Make sure to briefly and clearly state the purpose ofthis paper, who your chosen Calpulli member is, how their historyrelates to yours, and the main Latinx/Chicanx themes/similarities youhave identified in your calpulli history. Make sure to include why yourcalpulli history is important/significant within the larger narrativeof history. Your introduction should be at least 1/2 a page.

Calpulli History

Make sure tolabel this section “Calpulli History.” In this section, you willdescribe your Calpulli History. Who, what, when, where, why, how, etc.Be as clear, descriptive, and concise as possible. Assume that yourreader knows nothing about your Calpulli History. Provide the readerwith all the information they will need to know when you startexplaining how your Calpulli history relates to the historical themes ofthis class. This is a space for you to formally share your individual,meaningful, and beautiful history. Regardless of how dominant societyhas characterized your history, your history is beautiful andmeaningful. Ethnic Studies is about honoring that and unlearningeverything we know or have been formally taught about our ancestors.Feel free to quote your Calpulli member in their nativelanguage/colloquialisms to maintain the originality of your culture andhistory. This section should be at least 1 page.

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeAnalysisLabel thissection “Analysis.” This is where things get fun and you get to providean analysis of your Calpulli history! In this section, you will clearlystate and explain two themes you have identified form this class thatrelate to your Calpulli history. You will then explain how these themesrelate and clearly highlight the parallels between your Calpulli historyand the two themes you identified. Specifically, you will state the twothemes you chose (one-by-one), define them, and explain how we can seethem working within your Calpulli history. It is okay if you minimallyrepeat some of the context in your Calpulli Life History section.However, this section needs to be mainly displaying your knowledge ofhistorical themes. This section should be around 2 pages. Make sure tobold and italicize the historical themes you have identified.

4 Pages Double Spaced: Your paper has to be 4 pages double-spaced at minimum

Your paper may be longer than 4 pages if necessary, but it MUST be AT LEAST 4 FULL pages.