How youth deal with trauma

Last year there was an increase in unaccompanied minors (also called undocumented youth), and some even came to Pittsburgh.

In this blog post there are two different audio stories. One about the lives of girls who stay in Central America, and another about the lives of youth who make it to the United States

Hot Tamale Activities

Select one of the stories and answer the questions related to it in a new blog post on your Spanish Blog Portfolio.

Listen or read about how unaccompanied minors are doing in the United States public school systems.

• What are some issues that the youth who have come to the United States face?
• What is a difficult issues that the school system faces in order to service the youth?
• What makes learning English easier for Victor?

Listen or read about what life is like for 15 year olds girls in El Salvador. Trigger warning - this report deals with difficult issues of violence. The prior article might be a better choice for some students.

• Summarize this story in your own words.
• If you were living in El Salvador, how would you have to change what you normally do now?
• What are some reasons girls face danger?