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Dolores Huerta: The Life and Work of a 20th Century Activist

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Extra! Extra! High schoolers read about Dolores Huerta, the social activist who helped organize the United Farm Workers. Researchers read primary and secondary sources about Huerta's work and craft a headline, supported by three pieces of evidence, that extolls her accomplishments.

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Concepts

women's history, women's history month, social activism, activism, migrant workers, mexican culture, civil rights, civil rights leaders, the civil rights movement, primary sources, primary source analysis, primary source images, farming, labor unions, unions

Instructional Ideas

Use the resource during Women's History Month in March
Enlarge the headlines and post them about the classroom

Classroom Considerations

Requires copies of several documents

Pros

The lesson focuses on the contributions of an activist who is often overlooked in the study of the Civil Rights Movement

Cons

None

Common Core

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