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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Staging the Compelling Question: The Farm Worker Movement
This lesson introduces students to the compelling question of the Sowing Change Inquiry: The Delano Grape Strike and Boycott.
California Farm Worker Labor and Living Conditions: Supporting Question 1
This lesson explores the question, “What conditions led migrant farm workers in 1960s California to build a movement for change?"
Motivations for the Delano Grape Strike: Supporting Question 2
This lesson explores the question, “What motivated farm workers in Delano, CA, to go on strike in 1965?"
Building and Sustaining Unity in the Farm Workers Movement: Supporting Question 3
This lesson explores the question, “What strategies did farm workers use to build and sustain unity during the Delano grape strike?”
Building Support for the Farm Workers Movement: Supporting Question 4
This lesson explores the question, “How did the farm workers movement gain popular support from people across the country in the 1960s?”
The Challenges and Possibilities of Building a Movement: Supporting Question 5
This lesson explores the question, “What do the experiences of Delano grape strike participants reveal about building solidarity in a movement for change?"
Summative Assessment & Taking Informed Action
This lesson culminates the Sowing Change inquiry with a C3-aligned Summative Performance Task and Taking Informed Action project.
Sowing Change Inquiry: The Delano Grape Strike and Boycott
This C3-aligned inquiry explores the compelling question: "What can the history of the Delano grape strike and boycott teach us about what it takes to build solidarity in a movement for change?"
Inquiry Blueprint | Sowing Change Inquiry: The Delano Grape Strike and Boycott
This blueprint provides an at-a-glance view of the Sowing Change inquiry.
Map of California Produce and Migrant Farm Work Patterns
This map shows the relationship between the migration patterns of farm workers and where different types of California produce are grown.
California Agricultural Labor (1860s-1960s)
This timeline documents significant events and societal shifts that impacted California agricultural labor between the 1860s and 1960s.
