In the English Journal article "Developing Critical Consciousness: Resistance literature in a Chicano Literature class" Curtis Acosta, the teacher and creator of the Mexican American Studies curriculum, outlines the class curriculum he used [REF].
The classes offered for High School students through the Mexican American Studies Department were American Government/Social Justice Education Project, American History/Mexican American Perspectives, Art Beginning and Art Advanced- Chicana/o Art, and Latino Literature [REF].