Connect: Read the article. Analyse the content using the Thinking Hats tool on the right. Select one colour and summarise the article only focusing on the area of the hat. For extra help look at the questions for the different hat colours. Post your responses on the class Menti.
Activate: Watch the PBS documentary about the Chicano movement and answer the following questions;
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Demonstrate:
In 1969 Time magazine likened Cesar Chavez to Martin Luther King Jr and put him on its 4th July 1969 cover. Read the article about Cesar Chavez by the Smithsonian. In pairs discuss the following; - How important was the role of Chavez in stimulating a Chicano civil rights movement? - Compare and contrast the roles of Cesar Chavez and Martin Luther King Jr in their respective movements. |
Useful Websites & Resources
Website for the League of United Latin American Citizens: https://lulac.org/ Historical sources on Chavez: http://www.chavezfoundation.org/ PBS website that accompanies the six-hour documentary on Latino Americans: http://www.pbs.org/latino-americans/en/about/ |
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Lesson Activities
Connect: Analyse one of the political cartoons. Consider what the main messages of the cartoon were and why they were published. Activate: Complete the worksheet attached below to assess the extent to which Latino Americans achieved equality. Demonstrate: Debate - This House believes affirmative action is no longer necessary in the USA. |
Additional Resources
An article published in the NY Times about the New Mexico editor apologising for the publication of a cartoon. BBC article on affirmative action NY Times article on affirmative action |
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