Students will explore the life, primary contributions, and core activism strategies of the activist Dolores Huerta. Students will use primary sources to connect what they’ve already learned about civil rights, worker rights, and activist movements in 20th century U.S. history. Students will examine text excerpts from primary sources, photographs, and news stories from the life and work of Dolores Huerta. 

Students will break into small discussion groups twice during this lesson. First, they will debrief their core knowledge of the significance of the various aspects of Dolores Huerta’s life and activist work, and then they will select a primary and secondary source to discuss in small groups.