Spanish 3 · Week 22 · Trabajo, comunidad y futuro
Las manos del valle
Learning about Coachella Valley farmworkers and the UFW, students recognize the labor behind the food they eat.
- Students will
- Students use the present perfect and agriculture vocabulary to describe the labor behind food and the work of farmworker leaders "Dolores Huerta" and Larry Itliong.
- SEL skill
- Express gratitude and empathy for the labor behind food
- What it looks like
- Students recognize the labor behind their food and practice gratitude and empathy for farmworkers.
- Content focus
- Present perfect; agriculture vocabulary; "Dolores Huerta" and Larry Itliong
- Format
- Collaborative analysis
Social awareness
Social awareness is seeing situations through other people's eyes and caring about them, including people whose backgrounds differ 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
- WL.CM1.I: Communication Standard 1, Interpretive Communication (Intermediate range)
- WL.CL2.I: Cultures Standard 2, Cultural Products, Practices, and Perspectives (Intermediate range)
- WL.CN2.I: Connections Standard 2, Diverse Perspectives and Distinctive Viewpoints (Intermediate range)
- National (ACTFL World Readiness): Acquiring Information and Diverse Perspectives, Cultural Comparisons, Interpretive Communication, Relating Cultural Products and Practices to Perspectives
- Proficiency range: Intermediate
Fits these textbook chapters
- Auténtico 3, Capítulo 5: Trabajo y comunidad
- Realidades 3, Capítulo 5: Trabajo y comunidad
- Realidades 3, Capítulo 10: ¿Cuáles son tus derechos y deberes?
- EntreCulturas 3, Unidad 6: Una mano ayuda a la otra
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More social awareness activities for Spanish 3
- Mi valle, muchas historias Social awarenessReading about Cahuilla and farmworker histories of the valley, students narrate how other people experienced the same place.
- Los murales cuentan historias Social awarenessStudying Chicano murals in Coachella's "Pueblo Viejo", students infer the stories and struggles the artists wanted told.
- Te recomiendo que Social awarenessStudents give advice with the subjunctive only after listening fully to a peer's problem and reflecting it back.
- Servir a mi comunidad Social awarenessStudents identify a local need by listening to what neighbors say and plan a small service project in Spanish.
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