Month: April 2018

Experts in social media, journalism, and digital publishing join LAMP advisory council

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Photos (l-r): Shaun Arron Cassidy, Rocío Guenther, David Wogahn

The Lincoln and Mexico Project (LAMP) is proud to profile three more members of our international Advisory Council. Together, they add expertise to promote LAMP activities using social media, journalism, and digital distribution of Abraham Lincoln and Mexico.

Shaun Arron Cassidy, San Diego, California, advises the LAMP about social media marketing and is an associate editor of the Facebook page for Abraham Lincoln and Mexico (https://www.facebook.com/MexicoLincoln/). His company Cassidy Creative Solutions is a speaking, training, and consulting firm that helps professionals, nonprofit organizations and corporations leverage social media, internet sales and marketing strategies through storytelling across platforms. He holds professional and social media networks for over 500,000 people from within over 40 different countries around the world. His LinkedIn profile is listed within the top 1 percent of profiles viewed worldwide with over 30,000 first level professional connections, and his network is considered one of the largest global networks within LinkedIn. He has trained over 500 professionals and over 100 businesses and organizations on how to leverage the tool. See more at http://www.cassidycreativesolutions.com/index.php

Rocío Guenther, San Antonio, Texas, is helping LAMP connect with educational and civic leaders from San Antonio and advise on press strategies for Michael Hogan’s book, Abraham Lincoln and Mexico. She currently works as an International Relations Specialist with the City of San Antonio. She’s also a bilingual and bicultural journalist whose writing focuses on local politics, the U.S.-Mexico relationship, and immigration. Her work has been featured in the Rivard Report, DemocracyNOW!, PRI’S The World, Fusion, Buzzfeed, and Latino Rebels. She also works as a volunteer Spanish translator for National Geographic’s Out of Eden Walk, spearheaded by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Paul Salopek. Currently, Rocío is putting together an anthology of personal essays written by young Mexicans who deal with issues about identity, politics, borders, and being binational or bicultural. Rocío earned her B.A. in English and a minor in Political Science from Trinity University. See more at https://rocioguenther.com/

David Wogahn, Carlsbad, California, assists LAMP with digital publishing. His company programmed the award-winning eBook edition of Abraham Lincoln and Mexico and he advises LAMP on digital distribution methods for the eBook. He is president of Sellbox, Inc., the parent company of AuthorImprints, an award-winning independent publishing services company that helps authors and organizations publish books and metadata. AuthorImprints has launched over a hundred professional imprints, enabling the successful publication of 250 books and counting. He is the author of three books and two video courses, including “Distributing and Marketing eBooks” for Lynda.com, a LinkedIn Company. David is the author of Register Your Book: The Essential Guide to ISBNs, Barcodes, Copyright and LCCNs, and is a speaker for the Independent Book Publisher Association’s (IBPA) Publishing University. Prior to founding Sellbox in 2002, Wogahn worked at Times Mirror, a media holding company that included the Los Angeles Times. He also worked for the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee and co-founded the first online publisher of sports team branded websites, known today as CBS College Sports Network. Learn more at AuthorImprints.com and DavidWogahn.com .

We’re adding new Advisory Council members every month, and will profile more in coming weeks. Here’s the current list of members:

1.    Ronald Barnett, Ph.D. historian and former professor, Jocotopec, MX

2.    Shaun Arron Cassidy, social media marketing, San Diego CA

3.    Gen. Clever Chavez Marin, historian and Mexican military expert, Zapopan, MX

4.    Noor Chehabeddine, Advanced Placement US History (APUSH) student, American School Foundation of Guadalajara (ASFG), Guadalajara, MX

5.    Sylvia N. Contreras, businesswoman, history activist, and LAMP PR representative, Long Beach, CA

6.    Robert DiYanni, Ph.D. Professor, and instructional consultant, Center for the Advancement of Teaching at NYU, New York City

7.    Heribert von Feilitzsch, historian, author, and business executive, Washington DC area

8.    Héctor García Chávez, Director, Latin American-Latinx Studies, Loyola University, Chicago IL

9.    Patricia Gonzalez, Director of Inclusion and Diversity, Emory & Henry College, Emory, VA

10. Emb. Carlos Gonzalez-Magallon, retired Mexican foreign service official, Ajijic, MX

11. Rocìo Guenther, freelance journalist, San Antonio, TX

12. Jorge Haynes, retired California State University administrator, Austin, TX

13. Janet Heinze, international education consultant, Guadalajara, MX

14. Javier Hernández, photojournalist and reporter, Chihuahua, MX

15. Cindy A. Medina Gallardo, history activist, genealogist, and LAMP senior PR representative, Austin, TX

16. Carlos Alberto Méndez Villa, Ministry of Culture, Chihuahua, MX

17. Luciana Mendez, computer sciences student at DePaul University, Chicago, IL

18. Liam O’Hara, high school Social Studies Department Head, ASFG, Guadalajara, MX

19. Stacy Lynn Ohrt-Billingslea, Theatre Director, ASFG, Guadalajara, MX

20. Brenda Prado, APUSH student, ASFG, Guadalajara, MX

21. Mark Sconce, author and retired businessman, Camarillo, CA

22. Jason Silverman, Ph.D. retired university history professor, Rock Hill, SC

23. Richard Stafford, retired journalist, Washington DC area

24. Philip Stover, historian and retired deputy superintendent of San Diego Unified School System, Chihuahua, MX

25. Isaias Torres, APUSH teacher, ASFG, Guadalajara, MX

26. Christena Wiseman, retired high school educator, Reno NV

27. David Wogahn, digital publishing executive, Carlsbad CA

2014 Survey Pinpoints 1821 Border Between USA and Mexico

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Slideshow includes photos from exhibition at Museo de las Artes, Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico, courtesy of the Delimitation Survey sponsored by the Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego, USA

Where was the original border between Mexico and the United States after Mexico gained independence from Spain in 1821?

To pinpoint the exact location, a team backed by a museum in San Diego and guided by GPS information spent weeks in 2014 traveling the original international border. Their findings fill in the blanks created by textbooks that omit or gloss over the boundary between the USA and Spain established by the Adams-Onís Treaty.

The project started with the question, “What would Mexico and the United States look like if that boundary had been fully realized?”

Along their route, team members erected 47 markers to show the original border. Marker #01 is on the Pacific Coast near the state line between California and Oregon. The team erected markers running along northern state lines of Nevada and Utah, across a lower portion of Wyoming, southward through Colorado, Kansas, and Oklahoma, and to Texas and Louisiana. Marker #47 is on the Gulf Coast near the state line between Texas and Louisiana.

During their journey, they encountered dozens of US residents curious about the project and eager to learn more about border history. All were friendly—one woman invited them to erect a marker in her yard, and one man gave them a place to stay one night. “Curious amazement best describes the reactions,” says team member David Taylor.

A narrative included in the exhibit states that only a few people the project team met seemed to grasp that Mexico once encompassed all of present day Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Texas, more than half of Colorado, and smaller portions of Wyoming, Kansas, and Oklahoma. One marker is near grain elevators on the edge of Dodge City, which might have become a border town today if not for the Mexican-American War. Who knew?

Many textbooks that marginalize the significance of the 1821 boundary also hide key aspects of the war that took about half of Mexico by military force—one of the largest land conquests in modern military history. This misleads many into thinking the land acquisition was something like the Louisiana Purchase.

“American students might be forgiven if they know little about the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848. It was a conflict not covered in high school history texts until recently,” writes historian and educator Michael Hogan[1]. “When it did finally appear in such texts as a subset of Westward Expansion, the result was to make it look like a fight for freedom on the part of patriotic Texans, migration to the territories, and the subsequent acquisition via the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.”

“In fact, the Mexican War was a preemptive invasion by US forces with the primary purpose of acquiring California and a land route across the Southwest,” Dr. Hogan continues.

Recently, Dr. Hogan visited the traveling San Diego exhibition in Guadalajara, Mexico, where he taught Advanced Placement US History for several years. Always the professor, he walked friends through the exhibit and discussed the historical significance of the San Diego border delimitation project. The exhibition is touring both the USA and Mexico, and you can click here to see background information.

To help educators and students better understand historical relations between the two countries from 1821-1867, the Lincoln and Mexico Project (LAMP) offers supplemental classroom materials. They include copies of archival documents from both countries that educators can use to facilitate classroom discussion. Many documents examine Abraham Lincoln’s opposition to the war as a one-term congressman, and his legacy of support for Mexico as president.

If you’re an educator, we hope you’ll use the San Diego delimitation project to help your students learn more about US-Mexico border history. And we hope you’ll consider using the LAMP classroom materials to discuss past, present, and future bilateral relations. Just send a request to lamp@lincolnandmexicoproject.org, and we’ll send a complimentary package that includes lesson plans. We look forward to hearing from you.  

 

[1] Hogan, Michael. Abraham Lincoln and Mexico: A History of Courage, Intrigue and Unlikely Friendships. San Diego:  EgretBooks.com, 2016

Educators like LAMP classroom materials

 

 

 

 

Photos: APUSH students with historian/ educator Michael Hogan; Einstein quote; scene from play with President and Mrs. Lincoln befriending Mexican charge d’ affaires Matias Romero

We’re delighted that educators from the USA, Mexico, and abroad are beginning to use supplemental classroom materials from the Lincoln and Mexico Project (LAMP) to cover what history textbooks omit.

The materials are based on the book Abraham Lincoln and Mexico, which grew out of an Advanced Placement US History class taught by internationally-respected historian and educator Michael Hogan in 2013. Now, the book is in many university libraries across the USA and also in the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library.

LAMP offers educators a complimentary package of materials that includes a .pdf document or eBook version of Dr. Hogan’s book, a three-act play based on the book, and complete lesson plans based on the book and the play. The materials give educators and students access to archival documents examining Abraham Lincoln’s support for Mexico as congressman and as president to better understand historical relations between the USA and Mexico, and to facilitate discussion about current and future relations.

During the 2017-2018 academic year, one campus of the California State University system began using the paperback book in history courses. A high school in Mexico is using the book in an APUSH course, and one in Arizona is using the materials in social studies courses. If you know educators who might be interested in using the materials in the coming 2018-2019 academic year, just send their contact information to lamp@lincolnandmexicoproject.org and we’ll take it from there. Thanks.

Meanwhile, here’s a list of colleges, universities, and high schools where educators already have the materials.

USA

Alabama

  1. Judson College, Marion AL
  2. Montgomery Public Schools, Montgomery AL

Arizona

  1. Academy of Tucson High School, Tucson AZ

Arkansas

  1. Bauxite Public Schools, Bauxite AR

California

  1. Abraham Lincoln High School, San Diego CA
  2. California State Polytechnic University, Pomona CA
  3. California State University-Channel Islands, Camarillo CA
  4. California State University-Dominguez Hills, Carson CA
  5. California State University-Fullerton, Fullerton CA
  6. Chadwick School, Palos Verdes CA
  7. Consumnes River College, Sacramento CA
  8. Coronado Unified School District, Coronado CA
  9. La Sierra University, Riverside CA
  10. Long Beach College, Long Beach CA
  11. Long Beach Unified School District, Long Beach CA
  12. Los Angeles Mission College, Los Angeles CA
  13. Los Angeles Valley College, Valley Glen CA
  14. Mira Costa College, Oceanside CA
  15. Moreno Valley Unified School District, Moreno Valley CA
  16. Newark Unified School District, Newark CA
  17. Palomar College, San Marcos CA
  18. Parajo Valley Unified School District, Watsonville CA
  19. Pasadena Independent School District, Pasadena CA
  20. San Diego Unified Public Schools District, San Diego CA
  21. Spirit Christian Academy, Tustin CA
  22. Sweetwater Unified High School District, Chula Vista CA

Colorado

  1. Cherry Creek Schools, Denver CO

Connecticut

  1. Trinity College, Hartford CT

Florida

  1. Cypress Creek High School, Orlando FL
  2. Keys Gate Charter High School, Homestead FL
  3. Manatee Technical College, Bradenton FL

Georgia

  1. Chattahoochee Technical College, Rockmart GA
  2. Clayton State University, Morrow GA
  3. College of Continuing and Professional Education, Kennesaw GA
  4. University of Georgia, Athens GA

Illinois

  1. Acero Schools, Chicago IL
  2. Bogan Computer Technical High School, Chicago IL
  3. Heartland Community College, Normal IL
  4. University of Illinois, Bloomington/Normal IL
  5. Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago IL
  6. Saint Xavier University, Chicago IL

Kansas

  1. Wichita Public Schools-USD259, Wichita KS

Louisiana

  1. Ouachita Parish School District, Monroe LA

Maryland

  1. University of Maryland Graduate School, College Park MD
  2. U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis MD

Massachusetts

  1. Boston Public Schools, Boston MA
  2. Boston University, Boston MA
  3. Norwood Public Schools, Boston MA
  4. Springfield Central High School, Springfield MA
  5. Summit Educational Group, Newton MA

Michigan

  1. Deerfield High School, Deerfield MI
  2. Lawrence Technology University, Southfield MI
  3. Michigan State University, East Lansing MI
  4. Muskegon Community College, Muskegon MI
  5. Saginaw Public School System, Saginaw MI

Minnesota

  1. Henry Sibley High School, Mendota Heights MN

Mississippi

  1. Forest High School, Forest MS

New Hampshire

  1. Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester NH

New Jersey

  1. Alvirne High School, Hudson NJ
  2. Monsignor Donovan High School, Toms River NJ
  3. Wayne Hills High School, Montclair NJ

New Mexico

  1. New Mexico Junior College, Hobbs NM
  2. Sandia Preparatory School, Albuquerque NM

New York

  1. Columbia University, Brooklyn NY
  2. New York Department of Education, New York NY
  3. Preston High School, Bronx NY
  4. Unatego Central School District, Unatego NY

North Carolina

  1. East Carolina University, Greenville NC
  2. University of North Carolina, Charlotte NC

Ohio

  1. Ohio State University-Newark Campus, Newark OH
  2. University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande OH

Pennsylvania

  1. Central Dauphin School District, Harrisburg PA
  2. Chester Senior High School, Chester PA
  3. Community College of Allegheny County Pennsylvania, West Mifflin PA
  4. Haverford School, Haverford PA
  5. U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute, Carlisle Barracks PA

Rhode Island

  1. Brown University, Providence RI
  2. Rogers High School, Newport RI

South Carolina

  1. Chester Senor High School, Chester SC

South Dakota

  1. Pierre School District, Pierre SD

Tennessee

  1. Sequatchie County Public Schools, Dunlap TN

Texas

  1. Aransas County ISD, Rockport TX
  2. Austin Community College-Pinnacle Campus, Austin TX
  3. Brookhaven College, Farmers Branch TX
  4. Goodrich Independent School District, Goodrich TX
  5. Houston Community College, Houston TX
  6. KIPP Houston Public Schools, Houston TX
  7. Lamar CISD, Rosenberg TX
  8. North Texas University, Dallas TX
  9. Pasadena Independent School District, Pasadena TX
  10. Round Rock ISD, Round Rock TX
  11. Sam Houston State University, Huntsville TX
  12. Terrill Independent School District, Terrell TX
  13. University of Houston-Downtown, Houston TX
  14. University of Texas-El Paso, El Paso TX

Virginia

  1. Chantilly High School, Chantilly VA
  2. Emory & Henry College, Emory VA
  3. George Mason University, Fairfax VA
  4. James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
  5. Miller School of Albemarle, Charlottesville VA
  6. Pulaski County High School, Dublin VA
  7. University of Virginia Center for Politics, Charlottesville VA

Wisconsin

  1. Viterbo College, La Crosse WI

Mexico

  1. American School of Durango, Durango MX
  2. American School Foundation of Guadalajara, Guadalajara MX
  3. American School Foundation of Mexico City MX
  4. American School Foundation of Monterrey, Monterrey MX
  5. American School of Puerto Vallarta, Puerto Vallarta MX
  6. Colegio Columbia, Tampico MX
  7. Colegia Ingles Americano, Monterrey MX
  8. Cornerstone Academy, Guadalajara MX
  9. Instituto Thomas Jefferson, Guadalajara MX
  10. International School of Cancun, Cancun MX
  11. The American School of Querétaro, Querétaro MX
  12. Peterson Schools, Mexico City MX

Abroad

  1. Nu’Uuli VoTech High School, Pago Pago
  2. Cheonga Dalton School, Cheonga South Korea