Mexican American Studies Day 35-38: Newspaper Project on Chicano Movement

Project Essential Question: What did Latinos experience in the 1940s-1970s, how did they resist, and to what extent was this resistance successful?

Overview: In this project, students will research and create a newspaper article on a topic related to the Chicano Movement. The goal of the project is to help students gain a deeper understanding of why the movement happened and the extent to which it was successful. Project is designed for students to use Canva but any other platform like Google Docs could work, too. There are a total of 29 topics ranging from the Farm Workers Movement, East LA Walkouts, Latino Political Organizations, and Latinos in Higher Education, all with various subtopics.

Materials include graphic organizer for research, outline to brainstorm, example, rubric, and culminating activity for students to explore other peer's newspaper articles.

Day 35:

What: Today, we will continue understanding the ways Latinos resisted against the oppression they experienced.

Why: We have explored several ways Latinos have experienced oppression so far this semester, including with strict immigration policies that welcome immigrants when labor is needed but restrict it when not, discrimination towards communities of color, including segregation, among other aspects. Now, we want to shift and begin thinking about the ways Latinos actively resisted (fought against) oppression.

How: By researching and creating a Newspaper article on Canva on a topic that helps us answer the question, What did Latinos experience in the 1940s-1970s, how did they resist, and to what extent was this resistance successful?

Agenda:

Welcome and Kick Off

Announcements and Reminders

Introduce MAS Newspaper Project

Research

Day 36:

Agenda:

Welcome and Kick Off

Announcements and Reminders

Continue research for MAS Newspaper Project

Break

Begin writing newspaper article

Day 37:

Agenda:

Welcome and Kick Off

Announcements and Reminders

MAS Newspaper Project

Write newspaper article

Design newspaper article on Canva

Day 38:

Essential Question: To what extent was the Chicano Movement successful? Explain.

What: Today, we will continue understanding the ways Latinos resisted against the oppression they experienced.

Why: We have explored several ways Latinos have experienced oppression so far this semester, including with strict immigration policies that welcome immigrants when labor is needed but restrict it when not, discrimination towards communities of color, including segregation, among other aspects. Now, we want to shift and begin thinking about the ways Latinos actively resisted (fought against) oppression.

How: By exploring at least three peers’ newspaper articles on the Chicano Movement as we answer the question, What did Latinos experience in the 1940s-1970s, how did they resist, and to what extent was this resistance successful?

Agenda:

Welcome and Kick Off

Announcements and Reminders

MAS Newspaper Project

Finalize and get shareable link to Canva newspaper article

Explore at least three peers’ articles

Break (halfway through exploring)

Reflection and Share-Outs

Multi-day project includes Google Docs Learning Packet designed as a digital handout for students that can be printed for them and corresponding Google Slides, ready for teacher to facilitate for students and to edit and adapt, as needed. The slides include a Kick Off question, a What, Why, and How?, an agenda, and other corresponding slides with written instructions and visual aids for students to follow along in the lesson.