Ethnic Studies · Week 10 · Histories and Movements in California
Voices of the Bracero Program
Comparing government records with bracero oral histories from 1942 to 1964 and listening for experiences that official documents leave out.
- Students will
- Students compare official records of the Bracero Program (1942 to 1964) with workers' oral histories and explain what each source shows and what it leaves out.
- SEL skill
- Listen for another person's experience and paraphrase it before adding a question
- What it looks like
- Students practice listening to another person's experience and name what they understand about it that a document alone could not tell them.
- Content focus
- Voices of the Bracero Program
- Format
- Partner exchange
Social awareness
Social awareness means understanding how other people see and experience the world, including people whose lives are very different from yours. More social awareness activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- ESMC.History and Movement: California Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum theme, History and Movement
- CA HSS Analysis Skill: HREP4 Construct and test hypotheses using multiple primary and secondary sources and present findings orally and in writing. (Historical Research, Evidence, and Point of View)
- C3 Framework (national): D2.His.10.9-12 Detect possible limitations in different kinds of historical evidence and in differing secondary interpretations.
- Literacy in history: RH.9-10.6 Compare the point of view of two or more authors on the same or related topics.
More social awareness activities for Ethnic Studies
- The Meaning of a Name Social awarenessExploring how names carry family history and culture and practicing pronouncing and honoring classmates' names with care.
- First Peoples of the Desert Social awarenessLearning Cahuilla history and present day tribal sovereignty through sources created by Cahuilla people, and practicing listening to a community describe itself in its own words.
- Chinese Workers and Exclusion Social awarenessStudying Chinese workers who built the transcontinental railroad and the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 through primary sources, and honoring the persistence of communities who challenged exclusion in court.
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