1. Topic 8e Notes-Fighting for Latino Rights
Student Objectives
Analyze the reasons for Latinos coming to the United States and the various rights they wanted
Evaluate the effectiveness of Cesar Chavez and the intentions of the UFW
Elaborate on further pushes for Latino equality and assess the status of Latinos today in the US

2. Latinos Fight for Rights
Different reasons for coming to United States
Work & Bracero Program
Political Refugees
Better Life
Long faced discrimination
Civil Rights Movement-huge influence
Equal Rights
Educational opportunities, better working conditions, and salaries
Protection of right to vote
Elect politicians who represented their interests
What were some of the different reasons as to why Latinos came to the United States? Look at the graph. How is this similar to the reasons Latinos come to the US today?
Similar to women, how were Latinos influenced by the Civil Rights Movement?
What were some of the specific rights and protections Latinos sought in the 1960s and 1970s?

3. Cesar Chavez and Farmworkers
Chavez-most influential Latino activist
Fought for rights of migrant farmworkers-horrible conditions
Dolores Huerta-also contributed to movement
Organization of UFW with Filipino farm laborers
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What is meant by the term migrant farm worker?
Why were migrant farm workers exposed to such horrible conditions (base your response also on the information given in the government video)?
What does the UFW stand for and what was its major goals?

4. UFW Demands Action UFW-nonviolence to achieve means
Workers’ strike and boycott of grapes
Urged people across nation to boycott grapes to win recognition for growers
1975-CA passed law for collective bargaining with growers and union reps
Basis to ask for better working conditions
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What means did the UFW use to demand change? What was the goal of employing these actions?
How was Cesar Chavez and what the UFW wanted addressed and resolved?
Take notes on the video. What are some significant things about Cesar Chavez’s life and what else are significant things of Chavez’s movement?

5. Further Action & Reform for Latinos
Chavez-focused on farmworkers
Broader Movement-Chicano Movement
Increasing Latino’s awareness of their history and culture
Murals, teach more about culture, etc.
Also quality of life issues
Reduce poverty, discrimination and increase opportunity for Latinos
More Latinos represented in government
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What were some of the major goals of the Chicano movement?
What does the article suggest about the state of Latinos in the United States? What are some of the major trends and what needs to happen in the US to accommodate these changing dynamics?