Dolores Huerta addresses the audience after the Delano grape march, State Capitol, Sacramento, California.

Mini-Unit

Latinx Rights in 1960s California

Explore two pivotal moments in the Latinx rights movement in California: the East LA school walkouts and the first year of the Delano grape strike.

Published: March 16, 2020

Mini-Unit

Language

English — US

Subject

History
Social Studies

Grade

9–12

Duration

Three or more 50-min class periods

Democracy & Civic Engagement
Human & Civil Rights

Overview

In the 1960s, historically marginalized groups across the United States organized to claim the rights they had long been denied. The lessons below help educators and students explore two pivotal moments in the Latinx rights movement in California: the East LA school walkouts in 1968 and the Delano grape workers’ strike that began in 1965.

This mini-unit supports a three 50-min class periods exploration of Latinx Rights in 1960s California. It includes:

2 lessons
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Lesson

Students learn about education, identity, and activism through an exploration of the East Los Angeles school walkouts, when thousands of students protested unequal educational opportunities for Mexican American students.

John Ortiz, Mexican-American student leader at James A. Garfield High School, addressing assembled students during a walkout.

Lesson

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.

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The 1968 East LA School Walkouts

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