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African American Workers: Conflict on the Homefront
In this lesson students analyze a propaganda poster, a photograph, and a poem to understand the tensions unleashed by the entry of African Americans into the industrial workforce during World War II.
Tags: Interdisciplinary, Lessons in Looking, Literature in the History Classroom, Riots, World War II
Item Type: Teaching Activity
Historical Era: Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Nos creemos americanos: Braceros in History and Song
In this activity students write original corridos (a type of Mexican folk song) based on the oral histories of braceros. Before writing their own corridos, students learn about the formulas and themes of corridos and analyze a World War II-era [...]
Tags: Braceros, Common Core Reading, Common Core Writing, farmworkers, Group Work, Literature in the History Classroom, Mexican Immigration
Item Type: Teaching Activity
Historical Era: Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)