Latinx Histories, Cultures, and Communities

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 26.02.06

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rationale:
  3. Background Knowledge And Content
  4. Teaching Strategies
  5. Cognates
  6. Scaffolding
  7. Vocabulary Builders/word Walls
  8. Journaling/flashcards
  9. Classroom Activities
  10. Resources/books To Use In The Classroom
  11. Implementation Of District Standards
  12. Notes

Migration and the Coming of Age Tradition of the Quinceañera

Joel Davila, Jr.

Published September 2026

Tools for this Unit:

Notes

[1] Kim, C. (2024). Globalization of Latin America and Migration to the U.S. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses.

[2] IBID, 5

[3] The Routledge history of modern Latin American migration /. (n.d.). New York, New York; London: Routledge,.

[4] Gonzalez, Juan. Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America. Penguin Books.

[5] IBID, 35

[6] IBID, 36

[7] IBID

[8] Okwumabua, T. M., Hyers, L. L., Watson, A. N., Walker, K. M., & Quiroz, C. (2016). Supporting Adolescent Daughters as They Come of Age: Latina Mothers’ Reflections and Recommendations. Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal, 33(2), 175–184. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-015-0407-3

[9] IBID, 176

[10] IBID, 176

[11] IBID, 176

[12] IBID, 176

[13] Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body American Folklife Center. La Quinceanera: A Coming of Age Ritual in Latino Communities. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -11-08, 2006. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687858/

[14] IBID

[15] IBID

[16] IBID

[17]Okwumabua, T. M., Hyers, L. L., Watson, A. N., Walker, K. M., & Quiroz, C. (2016). Supporting Adolescent Daughters as They Come of Age: Latina Mothers’ Reflections and Recommendations. Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal, 33(2), 175–184. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-015-0407-3

[18] IBID, 1.

[19] IBID, 1.

[20] IBID, 1.

[21] IBID, 1

[22] IBID, 176

[23] IBID, 176

[24] IBID, 176

[25] Santana, Krystle. "The Quincenera rising: self-discoveries on the heels of city and rural town." Human Architecture: Journal of the Sociology of Self-Knowledge, vol. 5, no. 2, spring 2007, pp. 83+. Gale Academic OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A227887783/AONE?u=29002&sid=bookmark-AONE&xid=bbf1075e. Accessed 9 July 2026.

[26] IBID, 7

[27] IBID, 7

[28] IDID, 8

[29] Dang, T. N. Y., Macis, M., & Aguilera-Munizaga, M. (2025). Spanish English cognates and false cognates in academic spoken vocabulary: Lexical coverage, orthographic, and phonological transparency, and frequency. Applied Linguistics. https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amaf041

[30] IBID, 3

[31] IBID, 3

[32] IBID, 3

[33] IBID, 3

[34] IBID, 13

[35] García, Georgia Earnest, Lena J. Sacco, and Beatriz Eugenia Guerrero‐Arias. “Cognate Instruction and Bilingual Students’ Improved Literacy Performance.” Reading Teacher 73, no. 5 (2020): 617–25. https://doi-org.yale.idm.oclc.org/10.1002/trtr.1884.

[36] IBID, 1

[37] IBID, 1

[38] IBID,1

[39] IBID, 1

[40] IBID, 3

[41] IBID, 8

[42] Gyllstad, H., Sundqvist, P., Sandlund, E., & Källkvist, M. (2023). Effects of Word Definitions on Meaning Recall: A Multisite Intervention in Language‐Diverse Second Language English Classrooms. Language Learning, 73(2), 403–444. https://doi.org/10.1111/lang.12527

[43] Lee Reynolds, B., & Shih, Y.-C. (2019). The learning effects of student-constructed word cards as homework for the adolescent English Language classroom. System (Linköping), 81(81), 146–162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2019.01.005

[44] IBID, 146

[45] IBID, 146

[46] IBID, 146

[47] IBID. 146

[48] IBID, 146

[49] IBID, 147

[50] IBID, 147

[51] IBID. 147

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