Setup: When students enter the classroom they will notice large posters of Dolores Huerta. Consider asking students why we remember some people and others are left out of our history books.It asks why women of color are eliminated from history. It introduces the idea that Dolores Huerta has been omitted from history.
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Have the students watch the trailer to “ Dolores ”. Begin with a brief discussion of the homework. Some students might identify that it is difficult to get the non-strikers to commit to boycotting grapes to support a cause that might not necessarily be their own fight. Some students might identify that a strike means individuals are not getting paid so financially a strike is difficult to commit to. Why might the workers resist a strike? Why might some support it? Discuss with the students the challenges of organizing a strike. How was the Grape Strike part of the Civil Rights Movement?. What groups were part of the United Farm Workers?. What are the origins of the Delano Grape Strike?. 
What is AWOC? For what were they trying to advocate?. Here are the questions students will answer at home before discussing as a class:. This will give them background on the strike. For a reference to this video please see this. The students will be watching part of the introduction chapter to the 4th video of PBS’s Asian in America entitled Generation Rising. To begin the lesson, discuss student reactions to the questions that accompany the video. Have students complete the following as an instruction to the day’s lesson.
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