In honor of Cesar Chavez‘s Birthday tomorrow, students are to go to the following website:
http://www.youtube.com
Enter the following into the search engine: The Fight in The Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farmworker’s Movement
This video is a little under 2 hours in length. There will be 3 questions.
1. Provide a historical timeline with U.S. Events & the events coinciding with Cesar Chavez’s life (ex. Pivotal dates in Cesar’s life along with U.S. events: Wars, Depression Eras, etc.)
2. What was the “Bracero Program”?
3. When you buy produce at the store, do you ever ponder who picked it?
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Students are to go to the following website: http://www.youtube.com
Enter the following into the Search Engine: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor Visits Yale
This video is 57:36 minutes in length, and there are 3 questions to answer.
1. What is your overall impression of Justice Sotomayor?
2. What is the characteristic trait Justice Sotomayor said about herself, and what did she do about it?
3. What is Justice Sotomayor’s opinion regarding Affirmative Action?
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