US History · Week 28 · Postwar America and Civil Rights

Huelga: The Farmworker Movement

Students learn how Filipino and Mexican American farmworkers led by Larry Itliong and Dolores Huerta, with the union cofounded with César Chávez, organized from Delano to the Coachella Valley and practice building unity across differences.

Relationship skillsGrade 11About 20 minutesGrade 11

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Students will: Students explain how Filipino and Mexican American farmworkers organized the Delano grape strike, and use a timeline to show how unity across differences won national support.
SEL skill: Identify what lets a group work together across differences
What it looks like: Students practice teamwork across differences and name what makes a group work together.
Content focus: Huelga: The Farmworker Movement
Format: Group roles share

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Standards

11.6.5: CA History Social Science Content Standard, Grade 11: United States History and Geography: Continuity and Change in the Twentieth Century (standard 11.6, item 5)
11.10.5: CA History Social Science Content Standard, Grade 11: United States History and Geography: Continuity and Change in the Twentieth Century (standard 11.10, item 5)
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.Civ.14.9-12 Analyze historical, contemporary, and emerging ways people change societies, promote the common good, and protect rights.
Literacy in history: RH.11-12.7 Integrate quantitative or technical analysis, such as charts and maps, with information in a text.

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