This collection, created by Angela King of the Lewisville (Texas) Independent School District, provides an opportunity for students to analyze artwork, read background information, and connect art with historical events. At the heart of this activity is artwork created by Latino artist Carmen Lomas Garza. These paintings reflect the experiences of Garza's family and Latino life in 1980s America. In addition to image analysis, teachers could extend an opportunity for students to identify and discuss connections between Garza's art and the Mexican American experience from the 1960s to the present. This collection includes:

• A timeline of U.S.-Mexican American relations
• Video/audio of Reagan signing the 1986 Immigration Reform Control Act
• And an overview of immigration reform via ABC-CLIO (requires subscription). 

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From an immigration perspective, the collection prompts students to consider what conditions are like in the new land - how the environment in the new land might help or hinder newcomers’ inclusion, now newcomers come to understand the new land and their place in it over time, and how newcomers and the receiving community might balance their identities, cultural values, and world views as they interact with one another.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills Connections #TEKS

• 24A describe how the characteristics of and issues in U.S. history have been reflected in various genres of art, music, film, and literature;

Keywords: Re-imagining Migration