Text Set Cover Sheet School: Greenville High School Created by: Lori Keller
Question: What struggles do migrant farm workers face in the United States? Overview This text set has been designed for a high school Spanish class – level 4 or 5. The activities in this text set are designed as starting points for teachers to help their students understand the struggles that migrant farm workers face in the United States. Using a variety of infographics, nonfiction texts, online videos, podcasts and articles, teachers will integrate interpretive communication skills of reading, listening and viewing and presentational skills into social studies inquiry lessons. The set begins with engagement activities to help teachers assess students’ prior knowledge about migrant farm workers in the United States and for the students to investigate photographs and infographics related migrant farm workers in the United States. Students will also view a short video clip from McFarland, USA that will give them an appreciation of the hard work of migrant farm workers. In the explore phase, students will learn about the struggles of migrant farm workers in the United States as they view online videos, listen to podcasts, and read articles in both Spanish and English. For the explain phase, students will create an oral presentation on the struggles of migrant farm workers in the United States that they will present to their peers in Spanish, using new vocabulary related to the topic and sharing authentic resources. Each group will choose a specific struggle to focus on: 1) educational challenges 2) living conditions 3) working conditions 4) health care 5) social relations 6) other. Finally, in the expansion and assessment phase, the entire class will participate in a “fishbowl” conversation and then work together to create a mural that supports justice for migrant farm workers in the United States that they will display it in a public forum. Resource Types (check all that apply) £ Nonfiction Text £ Narrative Expository £ Article
£ Video
£ Podcast
£ Diagrams/Maps/ Drawings (etc.)
£ Photograph
£ Poetry
£ Essay
£ Music
£ Infographics
£ Graphic Text
£ Artifact £ Interview
Unit Planning Chart Template Unit Name: Migrant Farm Workers in the United States Unit Length: 10 days Core Vocabulary • agricultural work - el trabajo agrícola • agricultural worker – el/trabajador(a) agrícola • agriculture – la agricultura • benefits – los beneficios • border – la fronter • drop out of school – abandonar la escuela • employee – el/la empleado(a) • employee turnover – el cambio de personal • farmer/grower – el/la ranchero(a) • FERPA (Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act) – Acto de Vida Privada y Derechos Educacionales de la Familia • fertilizer plant – la planta de fertilizantes • insurance – la aseguranza / los seguros • job – el empleo / el trabajo • law – la ley • livelihood – el mantenimiento • Migrant Education Program – Programa de Educación Migrante / Programa Educativo Migrante • move (homes) - mudarse • owner – el/la dueño(a) • qualify – calificar • rights – los derechos • seasonal work – trabajo de temporadas/trabajo estacional • supervisor/foreman – el/la supervisor(a) / el/la mayordomo(a) • support services – los servicios de apoyo • temporary work – el trabajo temporal • to join – unirse con Guiding Questions: 1. What is a migrant farmworker? 2. What types of work do they perform? 3. What is a migrant camp? 4. What kind of struggles do you think they might face due to their work? 5. How can they find help if they are being treated unjustly?
Unit Goals I want students to… •
gain a deeper understanding of the United States’ dependence on migrant workers in agriculture.
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be aware of the day-to-day struggles of migrant farmworkers in the United States.
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gain an understanding of the injustices that are taking place in the United States in regard to migrant farmworkers.
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create an awareness in their own communities of the injustices against migrant farmworkers in the United States.
State Content Standards for World Languages Interpretive Communication •
Identify how authentic sources convey viewpoints and use authentic sources critically.
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Comprehend and interpret information in authentic messages and informational texts.
Presentation Communication •
Convey meaning using writing processes and presentational strategies.
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Present information, concepts and viewpoints on familiar and some unfamiliar topics from across disciplines.
Text Set Compilation Form School: Greenville High School Created by: Lori Keller
Question: What are the difficulties that migrant farmworkers face in the United States? Phase: Explore Activity The teacher will provide each group of students with a different video that focuses on the struggles of farmworkers in the U.S. The students will view their videos and then share their findings with the class.
Books Bibliographical Information Title: Invisible America: The Migrant Story Author: Logan V. Publisher: YouTube, July 27, 2011 ISBN/URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5QFm0qeAlk Title: Fingers to the Bone: Child Farmworkers in the United States Author: Human Rights Watch Video Footage: U. Roberto Romano Publisher: YouTube, May 3, 2010 ISBN/URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfEtO00DSvI Title: Farm Worker Conditions Likened to Modern Slavery Author: Lindsay Wilkes-‐Edrington
Annotation In this video the reporter is exploring the awareness of common people about migrant camps and migrant farmworkers. He then follows up with information to educate people on the struggles of migrant farmworkers.
In this video the reporter is sharing the abuse of children as migrant farmworkers in the United States.
In this video the reporter is highlighting the declining labor conditions for migrant farmworkers in the United States.
Text Set Compilation Form Publisher: The Huffington Post, February 1, 2013 ISBN/URL: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/01/farm-‐ worker-‐conditions-‐modern-‐slavery-‐ video_n_2593772.html Title: Migrant Workers Struggle for Change Reporter: John Quiñones Publisher: ABC News, April 4, 2014 ISBN/URL: http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/migrant-‐ workers-‐struggle-‐change-‐23202398
This video reports on the continued struggle of migrant farmworkers in the United States in spite of the efforts of César Chávez.
Text Set Compilation Form School: Greenville High School Created by: Lori Keller
Question: What are the struggles that migrant farmworkers face in the United States? Phase: Explore (Spanish) Activity The teacher will provide each group of students with a different video in which migrant workers share their personal struggles in Spanish with English sub-‐titles.
Books Bibliographical Information Title: Webisode 1: Hudson Valley Farmworker Stories Author: Rural & Migrant Ministry Publisher: YouTube, October 23, 2014 ISBN/URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlAlP8dKCv8 Title: Webisode 2: Finger Lakes Author: Rural & Migrant Ministry Publisher: YouTube, October 28, 2014 ISBN/URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KDRg6tX-‐LE Title: Webisode 3: Hudson Valley Farmworker Stories 2 Author: Rural & Migrant Ministry Publisher: YouTube, November 5, 2014
Annotation In this video several migrant farmworkers describe working on farms in the Hudson Valley.
In this video several migrant farmworkers that live and work in the Finger Lakes region of New York share their stories.
In this video four migrant farmworkers share stories of working in the Hudson Valley after having migrated from the South to the North in hopes of finding greater opportunities.
Text Set Compilation Form ISBN/URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMlbFPelgW0 Title: Webisode 4: Lourdes In this video Lourdes shares her personal experience as a migrant farmworker family. Author: Rural & Migrant Ministry Publisher: YouTube, November 12, 2014 ISBN/URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbmmpxDqJ9c#t=15
Text Set Compilation Form School: Greenville High School Created by: Lori Keller Question: What are the struggles that migrant farmworkers face in the United States? Phase: Explore Activity The teacher will assign one podcast for each group. The students will listen to the podcast together and take notes as they listen. They will then share their thoughts with each other and talk about any new insights that they learned from the podcast. Podcasts Bibliographical Information Title: Underreported: The Lives of Migrant Farmworkers Reporter: Jeanne Marie Laskas Publisher: The Leonard Lopate Show, by WNYC, September 29, 2011 ISBN/URL: http://www.wnyc.org/story/161448-‐underreported-‐ lives-‐migrant-‐farm-‐workers/ Title: fresh fruits broken bodies – Today on Your Call: What are the stories of migrant farmworkers? Author: Ali Budner Publisher: KALW, March 20, 2014
Annotation In this podcast, Jeanne Marie Laskas describes the season she spent with migrant farmworkers and the United States’ dependence on them.
In this podcast Seth Holmes, a cultural and medical anthropologist and physician, shares his experiences living and working alongside a group of ISBN/URL: http://kalw.org/term/fresh-‐fruit-‐broken-‐bodies undocumented migrant farmworkers in the United States. Title: Cesar Chavez – Hero of the Migrant Farm Workers Labor Union In this podcast the reporters give a biographical account of Cesar Reported by: Nicole Nichol & Steve Ember Chavez and his fight for the rights Posted by: Teacher Jennifer of farm workers in the United Publisher: US Citizenship Podcast, April 1, 2013 States. ISBN/URL: http://www.uscitizenpod.com/2013/04/cesar-‐chavez-‐ hero-‐of-‐migrant-‐farm.html Title: Worker Justice Center In this podcast the reporter interviews Renan Salgado, who investigates the conditions of Reporter: Peg migrant farm workers and educates them on the fight Publisher: Yellow Moon Broadcasting against human trafficking. ISBN/URL: http://www.wjcny.org/resources/podcasts
Text Set Compilation Form School: Greenville High School Created by: Lori Keller Question: What are the difficulties that migrant farmworkers in the United States face? Phase: Explore Activity The teacher will provide each group of students with a different article that focuses on the struggles of farmworkers in the U.S. The students will read their articles and then share their findings with the class.
Books Bibliographical Information Title: Berkeley researcher examined, lived the life of a migrant farmworker. Author: Kathleen Maclay Publisher: Berkeley News, March 6, 2014 ISBN/URL: http://news.berkeley.edu/2014/03/06/berkeley-‐ researcher-‐lived-‐the-‐life-‐of-‐a-‐migrant-‐ farmworker/ Title: Migrant farm workers – Fields of tears Authors: Arvin and Watsonville, California Publisher: The Economist, December 16, 2010 ISBN/URL: www.economist.com/node/17722932 Title: How the produce aisle looks to a migrant farmworker. Reporter: Monica Campbell
Annotation In this article the author shares about Seth Holmes, an assistant professor of public health and medical anthropology, who lived, worked and traveled with mostly undocumented, indigenous migrant farmworkers over a five-‐year period of time.
In this article the authors share the struggles of the people in Oaxaca, Mexico and their desire to make a better life in the U.S. in spite of the unjust treatment they receive by many U.S. citizens.
In this article the reporter interviews a migrant farmworker and gets his perspective on which produce is the most difficult to harvest and why.
Text Set Compilation Form Publisher: Global Nation, February 6, 2015 ISBN/URL: http://www.pri.org/stories/2015-‐02-‐ 04/how-‐produce-‐aisle-‐looks-‐migrant-‐farmworker Title: Farm Confessional: I’m an Undocumented Farm Worker Author: Lauren Smiley Publisher: Modern Farmer, November 6, 2013 ISBN/URL: http://modernfarmer.com/2013/11/farmworker-‐ confessional/ Title: From farmworker to farm owner: One man’s story of the American dream. Author: Eve Andrews Publisher: Grist, May 4, 2015 ISBN/URL: http://grist.org/people/from-‐ farmworker-‐to-‐farm-‐owner-‐one-‐mans-‐story-‐of-‐ the-‐american-‐dream/ Title: Migrant Farm Workers: Our Nation’s Invisible Population Author: Eduardo González, Jr. Publisher: Extension.org, March 4, 2015 ISBN/URL: http://www.extension.org/pages/9960/migrant-‐ farm-‐workers:-‐our-‐nations-‐invisible-‐ population#.VbgyfC3D_ug
In this article the author tells the story of Odilia Chavez, an undocumented farm worker from Oaxaca, Mexico.
In this article the author shares the story of a farmworker from Oaxaca, Mexico who eventually became a farm owner in the United States.
In this article the author describes migrant farm workers, why they come to the United States, and the challenges they face as undocumented workers.
Text Set Compilation Form School: Greenville High School Created by: Lori Keller Question: What are the struggles that migrant farmworkers face in the United States? Phase: Explore Activity The teacher will provide each group of students with a different article that focuses on the struggles of farmworkers in the U.S. The students will read their articles within their small groups and discuss them to clarify understanding. They will then share their findings with the class in Spanish, noting any new vocabulary that they learned pertaining to migrant farmworkers and their struggles. Articles Bibliographical Information Annotation Title: Datos sobre los Trabajadores Agrícolas en los This article, written in Spanish, describes a migrant Estados Unidos. farmworker and gives the demographics of migrant farmworkers in the United States. Exceptions that farms have when it comes to employing migrant Author: Estudiantes en Acción Con Campesinos workers are also shared, along with the economic, educational and health struggles of migrant Publisher: Estudiantes en Acción Con Campesinos farmworkers. The article concludes with information about groups that are fighting for ISBN/URL: https://saf-‐ justice for migrant farmworkers in the United unite.org/es/content/datos-‐sobre-‐los-‐ States and how they may be contacted. trabajadores-‐agr%C3%ADcolas-‐en-‐los-‐estados-‐ unidos Title: Más de 200,000 Personas Piden Justicia, This article, written in Spanish, focuses on the Mayores Protecciones Para Los Trabajadores pesticides that migrant farmworkers and their Agrícolas families are exposed to and their lack of protection from health and safety standards. Author: Chris Jordan-‐Bloch Publisher: Earth Justice, August 19, 2014 ISBN/URL: http://earthjustice.org/news/press/2014/m-‐s-‐de-‐ 200-‐000-‐personas-‐piden-‐justicia-‐mayores-‐ protecciones-‐para-‐los-‐trabajadores-‐agr-‐colas Title: Los trabajadores agrícolas. This article, written in Spanish, focuses on the exploitation of migrant farmworkers, including men, women and children, in the United States. Author: Food Empowerment Project
Text Set Compilation Form Publisher: Food Empowerment Project ISBN/URL: http://www.foodispower.org/es/los-‐ trabajadores-‐agricolas/ Title: Solamente las personas – no el tiempo – pueden resolver las injusticias que se cometen contra los trabajadores agrícolas. Author: César Chávez Publisher: Hispanic Link, Inc., March 26, 2014 ISBN/URL: http://radiobilingue.org/features/solo-‐ las-‐personas-‐no-‐el-‐tiempo-‐pueden-‐resolver-‐las-‐ injusticias-‐contra-‐los-‐trabajadores-‐agricolas/
This article, written in Spanish by activist César Chávez, shares the history of the United Farm Workers. Chávez points out that the struggle continues and implores migrant farmworkers to continue the fight for justice.
