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Cherokee Tribe has language rights recognized in US Treaty
The Cherokee's then went on to establish a 21 school system that used Cherokee Syllabary to achieve a 90% literacy rate in native language. Caption: This represents the sucess of the students after the Cherokee's were given the rights to teach in their native language. -
Ohio became 1st state to adapt a Bilingual education Law
As requested by parents, they authorized German-Englsih instruction. Caption:The Ohio flag represents Ohio as a state, and the importance they had on the history of bilingual education. -
The Territory of New Mexico
The territory of New Mexico authorized Spanish-English bilingual education. Caption: The picture represents English and Spanish becoming a part of a the bilingual education taught in New Mexico. -
The Federal government forced Native American Children off reservation
Children were forced to attend off reservation English only schools where they were punished for using their native language. Caption:The picture represents the Native American child being forced to learn in a language they didn't know, and forced not to use their native language without punishment. -
Study of foreign language ban struck down
This allowed children and others the opportunity to again study non English languages. Caption: The picture represents the ban, that restricted anyone, especially children from studying a language that was non Enlgish. -
Del Rio Independant School District V Salvantierra
Texam Superior court finds that the Del Rio Independant School district cannot segregate Mexican students, but a higher court then ruled that the segregations is necessary to teach English to Mexican students. Caption: The picture represents the power of the higher court in this case which over turned the inital sentence regarding the school's segregation. -
Lemon Grove V Alvarez
A state superior court rules that school segregation is against the law in the state of California. Caption: The picture represents the town/school system in which the court case was held against. -
Mendez V Westminster School district
The US north district applies the 14th Amendment to schools, insisting that "schools must be open to all children regardless of lineage." Caption:This picture represents the segregration that might have been allowed to occur becfore this case. After this case school's no longer had the right to do something of this sort! -
Lau V Nichols
Required schools to take affirmative steps to overcome language barriers. Caption: This picture represents all languages being able to come together and be appreciated and represented within the education system. -
Equal Opportunites for ESL
Civil Rights laws require educational programs which offer equal opportunites for ESL children. Caption: This picture represents all races and languages being able to come together in the world and be given equal opportunites to learn other languages and have bilingual education included in their schooling. -
SUMMARY PARAGRAPH Part 1
It is very important, especially for an educator to understand the historical and legislative foundations of multilingual copetency in the United Statesf for several reasons. We are going to be teaching ELL throughout our careers, and to better teach them and understand how ELL will work best we need to understand how it came to be, and what has worked in the past, as well as what has been fought for in the past. -
SUMMARY PARAGRAPH part Two
If we look back in history we will be able to see what an important subject this has been to the field of education for many years. We have seen the evidence that teaching ELL in English while maintaining their native language will help them thrive, and how much sucess a student can have in other areas of their life if they are given a proper ELL education. We need to remember what rights are given to these students, and why and incorporate them into our teaching.
