LATINO LEGACY: U.S. HISTORY CURRICULUM RESOURCES
LESSON ONE: INDUSTRIALIZATION AND AMERICA'S RISE TO POWER
STANDARD: 11.2.1 Know the effects of industrialization on living and working conditions, including the portrayal of working conditions and food safety in Upton Sinclair's the Jungle
CONTENTS:

LESSON ONE

WORKERS TODAY

THE JUNGLE

MEMORIS OF A SWEATSHOP GIRL,1902

THE TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST FIRE

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VOCABULARY

LESSON TWO: GROUPS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO WORLD WAR II
STANDARD: 11.7.3 Identify the role and sacrifices of individual American soldiers, as well as the unique contributions of the special fighting forces (e.g. the Tuskegee Airmen, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and the Navajo Code Talkers)
CONTENTS:

LESSON TWO

GROUPS CHART (BLANK)

AFRICAN AMERICAN

JAPANESE AMERICAN

NATIVE AMERICAN

LATINO AMERICAN

WOMEN

LESSON THREE: CIVIL RIGHTS
STANDARD: 11.10.5 Discuss the diffusion of the civil rights movement of African Americans from the churches of the rural South and the urban North, including the resistance to racial desegregation in Little Rock and Birmingham, and how the advances influenced the agendas, strategies, and effectiveness of the quests of American Indians, Asian Americans, and Hispanic Americans for civil rights and equal opportunities.
CONTENTS:

LESSON THREE

CHAVEZ QUOTES

CHAVEZ: "GOD HELP US TO BE MEN"

FOUND POEM HANDOUT

COMPLETE CHAVEZ QUOTES

POEM/QUOTE HANDOUT

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

WEB RESOURCES
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