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Early history of language in America

  • North America is rich in indigenous language
    Jan 1, 1492

    North America is rich in indigenous language

    Language in this time is mostly body language due to the diversity of Indians, and British settlers, and inability to understand each other’s language.
  • Spain establish missions in what is now California

    Spain establish missions in what is now California

    Spanish rulers replace the indigenous language with Spanish.
  • US articles of confederation are Witten in English, French, and Germens.

    US articles of confederation are Witten in English, French, and Germens.

    Early acknowledgement of the many languages in America.
  • Europeans Americans settle Western U.S

    Europeans Americans settle Western U.S

    Mexicans and Indians are excluded from whites-only schools
  • U.S government sings a treaty with Cherokee tribes

    U.S government sings a treaty with Cherokee tribes

    U.S government recognizes the language rights of the Cherokee tribes.
  • Ohio adopts bilingual education

    Ohio adopts bilingual education

    Schools can operate in germen, and in English by parenteral request.
  • Mexican territory is annexed to the United States in the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

    Mexican territory is annexed to the United States in the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

    Mexican is appointed territory in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Utah and Nevada; they have the right to use Spanish in their courts, schools, and employment places every day.
  • Federal government forces Native Americans children to attend off-reservation schools

    Federal government forces Native Americans children to attend off-reservation schools

    Federal government forces Native Americans children to attend off-reservation schools
  • First anti-bilingual education legislation is passed

    First anti-bilingual education legislation is passed

    Wisconsin and Illinois is trying to develop English only schools.
  • U.S wins Spanish-American war and colonizes Puerto Rico and the Philippines

    U.S wins Spanish-American war and colonizes Puerto Rico and the Philippines

    Public and private schools are forced to use English as a language of instruction.
  • Congress passes English requirements for naturalized citizenship

    Congress passes English requirements for naturalized citizenship

    First national English-language requirement.
  • The governor of Iowa band the use of any foreign language in public.

    The governor of Iowa band the use of any foreign language in public.

    Germans are the target mobs ride schools to burn Germen textbooks; the 15th state legislate deems English as the basic language of instruction.
  • Ku Klux Klan members in Maine burn crosses in hostility to French Americans

    Ku Klux Klan members in Maine burn crosses in hostility to French Americans

    French is forbidden to be spoken in schools in Maine.
  • Meyer v. Nebraska

    Meyer v. Nebraska

    Supreme Court bands English only laws in a case brought by German only Americans.
  • Del Rio independent school district v. Salvatierra

    Del Rio independent school district v. Salvatierra

    Del Rio independent school district fights for Mexicans to not be segregates; however, the higher court rules that segregating is necessary to teach Mexican students English.
  • Lemon Grove v. Alvarez

    Lemon Grove v. Alvarez

    A state superior court states that segregation is illegal in the state of California.
  • Massive IQ test of Puerto Ricans in New York

    Massive IQ test of Puerto Ricans in New York

    Thousands of New your Puerto Ricans launch a campaign for bilingual education.
  • Japanese-language schools are closed.

    Japanese-language schools are closed.

    Japanese are incarcerated in internment camps with English-only schools.
  • Mendez v. Westminster School District

    Mendez v. Westminster School District

    The U.S. Ninth District Court applies the 14th amendment; Schools must be open to all children regardless of lineage.
  • Immigrants fleeing the Cuban revolution demanded Spanish- language schooling.

    Immigrants fleeing the Cuban revolution demanded Spanish- language schooling.

    Dude county Florida, immigrants stand together for rights for Spanish-English bilingual education.
  • The civil rights act: title VI

    The civil rights act: title VI

    Prohibits denial of equal access to education based on color, race, or national origin.
  • ESEA Title VII offers funding for bilingual educational programs.

    ESEA Title VII offers funding for bilingual educational programs.

    First bilingual kindergarten in New York City; first bilingual education major at Brooklyn College.
  • 10,000 Chicanos boycott schools in Los Angeles demanding bilingual education and more Latino teachers.

    10,000 Chicanos boycott schools in Los Angeles demanding bilingual education and more Latino teachers.

    Leaders of boycott was arrested; boycott spreads throughout the U.S
  • Bilingual programs research only one out of every forth Mexican-American student in the southwest.

    Bilingual programs research only one out of every forth Mexican-American student in the southwest.

    U.S Office of Civil Rights act begins enforcing competence with judicial mandates.
  • Serna v. Portales municipal schools

    Serna v. Portales municipal schools

    The first federal court orders for educational instructions to be in native language and couture as part of desegregation plan.
  • Keyes v. school district no. 1 Denver, Colorado.

    Keyes v. school district no. 1 Denver, Colorado.

    Mexican must be covered by brown v. board of education; Mexican must not be labels whites and used to create a falsely desegregated school with only blacks and Latinos.
  • Lau v. Nichols

    Lau v. Nichols

    U.S Supreme Court establishes the rightist for students who are treated different based on their language status.
  • Equal educational opportunities act

    Equal educational opportunities act

    No state shall deny opportunity to students on account of their race, color, sex, or natural origin; in addition educators must take action to overcome language barriers.
  • Lau remedies guidelines from the U.S. commissioner of education.

    Lau remedies guidelines from the U.S. commissioner of education.

    Standardized requirements for identifying, testing, and placement for bilingual programs.
  • Rios v. read

    Rios v. read

    Federal state court rules that bilingual programs must include culture.
  • Castaneda v. Packard

    Castaneda v. Packard

    The Fifth Circuit Court tests the 1974 EEOA stature outlining the three programs for EL students: the must be (1) sound educational theory, (2) implemented effectively, and (3) educated in overcoming language barriers.
  • Plyler v. Doe

    Plyler v. Doe

    The Supreme Court decides that children of illegal emigrants should have the opportunity to attend public schools.
  • Gomez v. Illinois state board of education

    Gomez v. Illinois state board of education

    State school boards must enforce, and be in compliance with the EEOA regulations; they must also serve English language learners.
  • Florida consent decree

    Florida consent decree

    The federal district mandates a teacher’s preparation school for English language learners.
  • California passes proposition 187 witch makes it legal to provide public education for illegal immigrants

    California passes proposition 187 witch makes it legal to provide public education for illegal immigrants

    Proposition was over turned because it violates Player v. Doe.
  • California’s voters approved unz initiative proposition initiative proposition 227

    California’s voters approved unz initiative proposition initiative proposition 227

    Requires that K-12 instructing be mostly in English restricting the use of primary language in Arizona, Massachusetts, and Maine.
  • individuals with disabilities education improvement act

    individuals with disabilities education improvement act

    Congress assigned educating for students with disabilities to be equal and accountable.
  • No child left behind act

    No child left behind act

    Federal funding is available for to support to educate English language learners
  • williams et al v. state of california

    williams et al v. state of california

    California schools must pervade access to textbooks, facilities, and teaching staff including teachers of English learners.