Mathis High School Orange Grove Elementary School Sandia Elementary School
Mathis Ward School Orange Grove Ward School Sandia Ward School
Note: "Ward School" was the technical name of the time period for schools that were reserved for Mexican American Students
Critical Thinking Questions
1 When were these pictures taken? How do you know?
2 What is in these pictures?
3 Why might these schools in the same town look differently? Was this common of this time in other places?
4 What are 3 differences between the White schools (photos on the top) and the Ward schools (photos on the bottom)?
5 What role might race play in the differences?
6 Do you think people at the time felt it was right for the schools to be so different?
7 Dr. Hector P. Garcia took these pictures as a representative of the American GI Forum. Why might he have done this?
8 Pretend you are a member of the AGIF or someone from a Mexican-American community in Texas during 1940's. How would you fight for more equitable schools in your community?
2 What is in these pictures?
3 Why might these schools in the same town look differently? Was this common of this time in other places?
4 What are 3 differences between the White schools (photos on the top) and the Ward schools (photos on the bottom)?
5 What role might race play in the differences?
6 Do you think people at the time felt it was right for the schools to be so different?
7 Dr. Hector P. Garcia took these pictures as a representative of the American GI Forum. Why might he have done this?
8 Pretend you are a member of the AGIF or someone from a Mexican-American community in Texas during 1940's. How would you fight for more equitable schools in your community?