Focus: Art, music, and photography about the border; ecological, financial, political, and human impact of a wall
Student Activities
Activity 1
Lesson 2 Activity 1 Teacher Instructions: Exploring the Wall
Lesson 2 Activity 1 Part 1: Exploring the Wall
Lesson 2 Activity 1 Part 2: Exploring the Wall: Border Stories
Extra Resources
Border Report: The mission of BorderReport.com is to provide real-time delivery of the untold local stories about people living, working and migrating along the U.S. border with Mexico. The information is gathered by experienced and trusted Nexstar Media Group journalists hired specifically to cover the border. Includes regions, hot topics, live camera, and border report tour. (English/Spanish) Winner of the Edward R Murrow Award for Excellence in Innovation.
PBS: Daring Artist Who Created Memorable (and Controversial) Art at the U.S.-Mexico Border: Even the fence itself has become a canvas for powerful paintings and installations, but other border art uses the wall and the people who cross it as a concept, creating performance pieces or other multimedia works meant to challenge perceptions of it.
USA Today Map: A look at the ongoing border wall at the US-Mexico Border, including current & new construction of the border wall under the Trump Administration. You can explore the map and even look at different parts of the border wall in different zones or states. It will even show you current gaps in the existing wall in certain areas.
USA Today Border Virtual Reality: The task was massive. We flew the entire border, drove it too. More than 30 reporters and photographers interviewed migrants, farmers, families, tribal members — even a human smuggler. We joined Border Patrol agents on the ground, in a tunnel, at sea. We patrolled with vigilantes, walked the line with ranchers. We scoured government maps, fought for property record.
USA Today Border Wall Project: listen to podcasts of stories behind the stories that journalists share when they returned from assignments
Activity 2
Lesson 2 Activity 2:Across the Borderline with Gaby Moreno
Extra Resources
Across the Borderline: ”When you reach the broken promised land Every dream slips through your hands and you'll know it's too late to change your mind.
NPR Borderland: Dispatches From The U.S.-Mexico Boundary:
NPR Borderland Project PBS Report: April 3, 2014 • The Border is not a line. It's a place. A place where cultures cross and mingle. We drove the entire thing, learning what it means to live there. ~ Steve Inskeep
Activity 3
SPANISH ACTIVITY SHEET: Lesson 2 Activity 3 La Frontera: Artists Along the U.S.- Mexico Border Spanish Activity Sheet
Extra Resources
La Frontera: artists along the U.S.- Mexico border See border cities, La Frontera: Artists along the U.S.- Mexico border New York City based photographer STEFAN FALKE has visited over 200 artists who live and work on both sides of the 2000 miles long U.S.- Mexico border to document the vibrant culture of the region for his ongoing project.Artists are listed by border city. - https://borderartists.com/ ; See border cities - https://borderartists.com/bordercities/
La Frontera at CEART Mexicali (March 2017): Images and video of La Frontera exhibition
The Border is Not a Line (English activity sheet)
NPR-BORDER STORIES Special Series Borderland: dispatches from the U.S. Mexico Boundary: “We spent two weeks driving through the region where the U.S. and Mexico meet. We sought tales of people and of crossing. You may have heard the radio series. Here are a few more stories — in pictures, maps, words and numbers.