Geography · Week 10 · Physical Systems and Human Populations
The Bracero Journey
Tracing the routes and agreements of the Bracero Program from 1942 to 1964 and considering how workers kept connections with families across borders.
- Students will
- Students trace routes from Mexico to California farm towns, explain how the 1942 agreement between two governments changed where people lived and worked, and describe how workers stayed connected to family across the border.
- SEL skill
- Choose clear, caring ways to communicate with someone far away
- What it looks like
- Students practice building and keeping relationships across distance by naming clear, caring ways to communicate.
- Content focus
- The Bracero Journey
- Format
- Partner exchange
Relationship skills
Relationship skills mean building and keeping healthy relationships through clear communication, careful listening, cooperation, and working through conflict. More relationship skills 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
- NGS.9: National Geography Standard 9
- NGS.11: National Geography Standard 11
- CA HSS Analysis Skill: HI1 Show the connections between particular historical events and larger social, economic, and political trends. (Historical Interpretation)
- C3 Framework (national): D2.Geo.5.9-12 Evaluate how political and economic decisions over time have influenced the cultural and environmental characteristics of places and regions.
- Literacy in history: RH.9-10.6 Compare the point of view of two or more authors on the same or related topics.
More relationship skills activities for Geography
- Drawing Regions Relationship skillsDefining regions by climate, language, and economy in small teams and negotiating together where boundaries belong.
- Borders and Cooperation Relationship skillsStudying how the United States and Mexico share rivers and a border through treaties such as the 1944 Water Treaty and practicing steps to rebuild trust after a disagreement.
- Gratitude for Place Relationship skillsStudents write thank you notes to a place and to a person in the valley that shaped their sense of belonging this semester.
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RoseThread Connect activities are drafted with the help of AI and shaped by educators. Students never have to share anything personal. Our five SEL skills are informed by CASEL's SEL Framework; RoseThread Learning is not affiliated with or endorsed by CASEL.