Students will discuss poverty in the United States and learn how
one of the poorest communities in the country has been able to overcome
what they lacked in city services such as water, sewer and electricity.
All of the answers to these questions can be found in The Forgotten
first 15 minutes include a definition of colonias and some
detailed statistics about colonia residents; the second 15
minutes include more specific demographic information, economic
data, and information about children and schools; the third 15-minute
segment includes specific information about concerns that residents
have such as water and sewer system problems, and health problems;
and the last 8-minute segment provides information about how colonia
communities were organized to bring about change and the results
of those efforts.
TheForgotten Americans film and the PBS Web site
to find information.
media literacy skills.
a willingness to discuss and learn about another culture.