Biography Judy Baca - Mr. Posey

[Pages:24]Biography

Judy Baca

by Anna Harris

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Vibrant Los Angeles

STRATEGIES & SKILLS

Comprehension Strategy: Ask and Answer Questions Skill: Sequence

Vocabulary Strategy Compound Words

ELL Vocabulary neighborhood, program

Content Standards Social Studies Culture and Diversity

Vocabulary admired, classmates, community, contribute, practice, pronounce, scared, tumble

Word count: 828**

Photography Credit: Cover "Judith F. Baca at the Great Wall of Los Angeles" 2005. Courtesy of SPARC ().

**The total word count is based on words in the running text and headings only. Numerals and words in captions, labels, diagrams, charts, and sidebars are not included.

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Genre Biography

Essential Question

How do people from different cultures contribute to a community?

Judy Baca

by Anna Harris

Chapter 1 Young Judy Baca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Chapter 2 The Great Wall of Los Angeles . . . . . . 8

Chapter 3 More Recent Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Respond to Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

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Vibrant Los Angeles . . . . . . . .16

Glossary/Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Focus on Social Studies . . . . . . . . . . . 20

CHAPTER 1

Young Judy Baca

Judy Baca is an artist from Los Angeles. She paints murals. Murals are paintings on large walls.

Judy was born in 1946. Her family is from Mexico. As a young girl, Judy lived with her mother, two aunts, and a grandmother.

A mural is a piece of art painted on a wall.

mural

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When Judy was six years old, she moved to a new neighborhood in Los Angeles. Judy had always talked in Spanish. At the new school, she wasn't allowed to talk in Spanish. Judy had few Mexican American classmates.

At first, it was difficult for Judy to pronounce and understand English words. Her teacher let Judy draw and paint when she couldn't understand the lessons. Judy began to love painting. Later, she studied modern art in college.

Judy is the subject of the sentence. What is the predicate?

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Mountain High Maps/Digital Wisdom

After college, Judy worked for the city of Los Angeles. She worked in a neighborhood called Boyle Heights. She taught art classes in the parks. Groups of teenagers hung out in the parks. The groups did not get along. Judy asked the teenagers to help her paint a mural. She wanted the teenagers to get along.

When the mural was finished, people in the community loved it. The mural was called Mi Abuelita. It showed a Mexican American grandmother. She looked as if she was giving a hug. Many Mexican Americans lived in Boyle Heights. The mural appealed to the people's Mexican heritage or traditions. The mural became a symbol of unity.

gathered together. En espa?ol, hung out quiere decir pasaban el tiempo.

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A view of the 13' x 2,400'"Great Wall of Los Angeles" mural located in the Tujunga Wash, a flood control channel. Judith F. Baca 1976. Courtesy of SPARC ()

Mi Abuelita means "My Grandmother." The mural was painted in a park in Boyle Heights.

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After the success of Mi Abuelita, Judy started a citywide mural program. She hired many young people to paint murals. They created about 500 murals in Los Angeles. In 1976, Judy helped start a new group called the Social and Public Art Resource Center, or SPARC. This group makes art for people of many different cultures.

Artist Rip Cronk painted this mural for SPARC in 1989.

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