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Dolores Huerta: A Civil Rights Icon
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Dolores Huerta: A Civil Rights Icon

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Grade Level Grades 6-12
Resource Type Lesson Plan
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This lesson plan introduces students to the life and work of the labor leader and civil rights activist Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers (originally called the National Farm Workers Association) with César Chávez in 1962. Since the 1960s, Huerta has been an activist for workers’ rights, women’s rights, and immigrant rights. In 2012, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama.

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February 13, 2020
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Standards

Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
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So excited to have a new resource on teaching about Dolores Huerta. Thank you! - Susan
Susan Youssofi
January 03, 2019
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