Topic 2: Mexican Americans and the cultural impact on traditions
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The document discusses the influences of Mexican Americans in Ruidoso, New Mexico across several areas: 1) Religion - Ruidoso has a mix of Christian denominations including Baptist and Catholic churches reflecting its diverse population. 2) Food - Mexican American cuisine heavily influences local restaurants, which typically serve dishes like rice, beans, tacos, and sopapillas for dessert. 3) Traditions - Mexican American traditions celebrated in Ruidoso include Cinco de Mayo, Dia de los Muertos, and Quinceaneras. 4) Schoolwork - The local high school offers extra English classes and requires all students to take two years of Spanish language courses.
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Imagine yourself walking into a 21st-century early childhood classroom in the United States. A group of chatty youngsters happily greets you at the door. Some are tall and lean, others are short and stocky. You squat down so that you are eye to eye with them. The first girl who hugs you is wearing thick glasses and hearing aids. The children are ethnically diverse—Latino, Black, Somali, Hmong. Most of them shout, "Good morning!" but a few chime in with "¡Buenos dias!" You greet each of them in their native language as they run into your arms for hugs. You notice a boy lingering on the outskirts of the group. He is attentive, but quiet, and he's not making direct eye contact with you or the other children. He appears to have something to say, but he can't seem to find the words.
Clearly, the children in the classroom represent different cultural backgrounds and have different levels of English-language skills. This imaginary classroom depicts the wide range of cultural diversity found in today's early childhood education programs. How can you, as a teacher, best incorporate your children's cultural experiences and their diverse language skills into the classroom learning environment?
This chapter will lay the foundation for early childhood teachers as they prepare to educate today's diverse student population. First, we will describe the recent rise in cultural diversity across the United States, especially among the preschool and school age population. Next, we define the key concepts of culture and cultural diversity, and discuss why they are important. Third, we describe the value of language in various cultures, its important role in teacher-child interactions, and how it affects teachers' relationships with culturally diverse children. Lastly, we discuss some ways in which early childhood educators can help prepare this upcoming generation of culturally diverse children to succeed in school.
1.1 Cultural Diversity Among Children Ages 0–8
Before we discuss the rising cultural diversity within the United States, we must understand the key concepts of culture and cultural identity. Culture consists of the social practices, beliefs, values, and behaviors that intentionally—and unintentionally—shape human communication, interactions, and preferences. Culture is evident in how humans do things, and it explains why we want (or feel the need) to do these things. Cultural heritage and traditions shape children's communication practices, interests in instructional activities, and classroom behavior.
We each have a cultural identity that can be defined by various demographic, geographic, religious, or social indicators, and people can belong to several different cultural groups. For example, a child may be culturally defined as an Israeli boy from an upper-income Jewish family living in New York City, or an early childhood teacher might culturally identify with Southern African Americans from the Pentecostal Christian denomination. .
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Topic 2: Mexican Americans and the cultural impact on traditions
- 1. Focusing On: Mexican Americans And Their Influences
- 2. Influence On Religion New Mexico is a cultural melting pot and due to this we were unable to obtain what percentage of Mexican Americans belong to each religious denomination. In Ruidoso we have a majority of Christian churches including Baptist, Catholic, Presbyterian etc. We truly are a mixed society for many different ethnic, socio-economic, and religious groups.
- 3. Influence On Food Mexican American’s have a huge influence on local cuisine. In Ruidoso we have about 17 Mexican restaurants where a typical meal would consist of: Rice and Beans Chicken or Beef (tacos,gorditas,etc.) Chips with salsa or guacamole Sopapillas for dessert
- 4. Influence On Traditions Cinco De Mayo Spanish for “5th of May” celebrates the Mexican’s unlikely victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla (May 5th 1862) Dia de los Muertos “Day of the Dead” November 2nd celebrates friends and family who have died Quinceanera is a coming of age ceremony held on a girl’s 15th birthday
- 5. Influence On Schoolwork In our high school (Ruidoso High School) we have extra classes so that people that do not speak English can have help in learning it There are quite a few people that speak Spanish in New Mexico. So for those that do not speak Spanish we are required to take 2 years of a foreign language. And since the only one offered is Spanish…… That’s the one we take!
- 6. Influence On Attendance Here at RHS attendance is very important varying from day to day there is a broad spectrum of cultural groups who do not attend school for the day or are tardy to school. During each semester we are only allowed to miss 10 days of school before our parents are summoned by the court system to explain.
- 7. Influence On Learning English In Schools In Ruidoso Mexican-American children are taught English early during their school years. In kindergarten there are bilingual classes to help the Spanish speaking children learn English. Before this they are taught Spanish in their homes as their first language. By the time they reach around fourth grade they speak Spanish and English fluently.