We have two reading activities to prepare for our visit to Chicano Park. The first is an article from a book entitled Signs from the Heart: California Chicano Murals. The article is entitled "Murales del Movimiento: Chicano Murals and the Discourses of Art and Americanization," and it provides the cultural and political background behind Latino/Chicano murals in Southern California: Download signsfromheart.pdf
The second resource is a San Diego State Chicano Park website that provides a collection of photos with background information for some of the most famous murals. You may also find the Wikipedia page on Chicano Park interesting.
Finally, I have also included a link to some of my own photos of the park. That's not required, but you might find it interesting.
Works Cited
Sanchez-Tranquilino, Marcos. "Murales Del Movimiento: chicano Murals and the Discourses of Art and Americanization." Signs from the Heart: California Chicano Murals. Eds. Eva Sperlin Cockcroft and Holly Barnet-Sanchez. University of Mexico Press, 1993.
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