This essay is a part of our series, Borders in the Classroom -- for more information, please see HERE.
Border Life as Seen Through Rural Schools in Southern Arizona
Short Title: Rural Schools in Southern Arizona
Abstract: Coyote School News is the fictional story of a fourth-grader’s experiences in a rural school in Arizona. Author Joan Sandin was inspired by the stories in the Little Cowpuncher, a real school newspaper. These two sources are ideal for K-12 education about life on the U.S.-Mexican border in the 1930s.
Keywords: pedagogy, U.S.-Mexican border, rural schools, ranch life, Mexican Americans, Arizona
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Edited by Benita Heiskanen, Andrae M. Marak, and Jeanne E. Grant
(c) 2014 The Middle Ground Journal, Number 8, Spring, 2014. See Submission Guidelines page for the journal's not-for-profit educational open-access policy.