Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · Cal-GETC Area 6 · IGETC Area 4F · IGETC Area 4C · IGETC Area 7 · CSU GE Area D6 · CSU GE Area D3 · CSU GE Area F · CSU GE Area DDescriptionThe History of the Mexican American people spans centuries, beginning with the Olmec civilization in the second millennia BCE, and ending with the experiences of Mexican Americans/Chicanos living within the U.S. in the 20th and 21st centuries. The Olmec, Maya and Teotihuacan are examined as foundational civilizations in world and Mexican history, and as progenitors of Mexican and Mexican American identity and culture. Beginning in 1519 with the Spanish in Mexico, and continuing to our modern period, students study themes such as race, ethnicity, imperialism, syncretism and colonialism. Students analyze the rising power of the United States in the 19th century and how the US affected and shaped the history of Mexican Americans. Through the analysis of original source documents, art, music, literature and social structures, students examine race, ethnicity, white supremacy, nativism, immigration, gender, racism; an understanding of the human condition and agency are sought through the voices of Mexicans, Mexican Americans and Chicanos, who lived through pivotal historical moments. 