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CHICANO

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Last Modified April 8, 2021
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Mini-Lesson

Why Do People Migrate?

In this mini-lesson, students reflect on stories of migration and learn about migration from El Salvador to the United States as a means of exploring the underlying factors that drive migration.

Photo of Central American Migrants.
Reading

Background on the Chicano Movement

Learn about the Chicano Movement of the 1960s and 1970s with this historical overview.

Members of MEChA protesting for free college tuition at the Colegio César Chávez in Mt. Angel, Oregon.
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Lesson

California Grape Workers’ Strike: 1965–66

Students explore the first year of the Delano grape strike, when grape workers in California's San Joaquin Valley went on strike to demand higher wages and better work conditions.

Dolores Huerta and others hold up "Huelga" signs as part of the grape strike.