By utilizing the testimonial narrative of Rigoberta Menchú—a Mayan-Quiché of Guatemala and winner of the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize—teachers in this volume engage students in vital and relevant cross-cultural learning in a variety of locations, disciplines, and levels. Teaching and Testimony tells teachers' stories of using Menchu's testimonial in their classrooms, and invites reflection on the transformative possibility of integrating previously marginalized voices. Energized by the teaching of Menchu's testimonial narrative, I, Rigoberta Menchú, these teachers let their guard down, wrestle with the immediate difficulties and possibilities of multicultural teaching, and speak with passion about the importance of what they and their students are learning.

Table of Contents:
INTRODUCTION 1. Transformative Voices Allen Carey-Webb 2. Culture Shock and I, Rigoberta Menchú Stephen Benz CONTROVERSIAL FIGURE 3. From Peasant to National Symbol Arturo Arias 4. Why Dinesh D'Souza Has It in for Rigoberta Menchú Gene H. Bell-Villada TEACHING THE LATIN AMERICAN CONTEXT 5. Me llamo Rigoberta Menchú: Autoethnography and the Recoding of Citizenship Mary Louise Pratt 6. Creating a Context for Rigoberta Menchú Gene H. Bell-Villada 7. The Testimonial of Rigoberta Menchú in a Native Tradition Luis O. Arata 8. Official Violence and Folk Violence: Approaching I, Rigoberta Menchú from the Perspectives of Folklife and Peace Studies William Westerman 9. Literature from the Land Between: A High School Unit on Central American Literature Judith E. Petersen 10. The Testimony of Rigoberta Menchú in the Foreign Language Curriculum Sharon Ahern Fechter RIGOBERTA MENCHÚ AND WHITE, MIDDLE-CLASS STUDENTS 11. Writing Their Way to Compassionate Citizenship: Rigoberta Menchú and Activating High School Learners June Kuzmeskus 12. The Freshman Experience at Willamette University: Teaching and Learning with Rigoberta Menchú Catherine Ann Collins and Patricia Varas 13. Having to Read a Book about Oppression: Encountering Rigoberta Menchú's Testimony in Boulder, Colorado Robin Jones 14. Worlding Students Steve Mathews 15. Passion and Politics: Teaching Rigoberta Menchú's Text as a Feminist Stacey Schlau RIGOBERTA MENCHÚ AND MINORITY/NONTRADITIONAL STUDENTS 16. Rigoberta Menchú's Testimony: Empowering ESL Students to Write David Blot 17. Testimony in a Adolescent Day Treatment Center: Rigoberta Menchú and At-Risk Youth Angela Wilcox Moroukian TESTIMONIAL CONSTRUCTIONS 18. Testimonial Dictionary to the Reading of Me llamo rigoberta Menchú y asi me nacio la conciencia: In Search of Our Voice Rino G. Avellaneda, Ksenija Bilbija, Laura G. Gutierrez, Myriam Osorio, Stacey D. Skar, Angela G. Wasia 19. Rigoberta's Earrings: The Limits of Teaching Testimonio Tace Hedrick 20. Not Just Plain English: Teaching Critical Reading with I, Rigoberta Menchú Clyde Moneyhun 21. "This is My Testimony": Rigoberta Menchú in a Class on Oral History Meri-Jane Rochelson COMPARATIVE STRATEGIES 22. Rigoberta Menchú's Testimony as Required First-Year Reading Jonnie G. Guerra and Sharon Ahern Fechter 23. A Window of Opportunity: An Ethics of Reading Third World Autobiography Janet Varner Gunn 24. Supplementing the Standard Curriculum: Twain's Connecticut Yankee and Menchú's Indian Woman of Guatemala Geraldine T. Rodriguez REFLECTIVE TEACHING 25. Bridging the Gap: Modes of Testimony and Teaching Central American Politics Daniel Goldrich 26. Rigoberta Menchú and Latin American Cultural History: A Professor's Journal Teresa Longo 27. Training Teachers with Rigoberta Menchú: A Computer Conference Allen Carey-Webb 28. Rigoberta Menchú's Secret: Culture and Education John Willinsky Appendix 1 Teaching Materials for I, Rigoberta Menchú Appendix 2 Film/Video Resources Appendix 3 Guatemalan Resources/Activism Contributors Bibliography Index