The United Farm Workers (UFW) is a labor union that was founded by Cesar Chavez in 1962, with the goal of obtaining better living standards, wages and working conditions for the farmworkers of America. Their performances revealed the plight of the farmworker. Schenley: Liquor company that was one of the companies that the UFW boycotted.Įl Teatro Campesino: Theater company created by Luis Valdez and commissioned by Cesar Chavez. Virgen de Guadalupe: Also known as Virgin of Guadalupe, she is considered the religious matriarch of Mexico. His presidency resisted French occupation and modernized the country through liberal measures.Įmiliano Zapata: A leading figure in the Mexican Revolution and founder of the agragian movement called Zapatismo. How have these symbols contributed to the construction of an identity under this social movement?īenito Juarez: Mexican politician of Zapotec origin who served as president of Mexico for five terms from 1858-1872.Have these symbols been adopted into other social and political movements?.How did people involved with the movement perceived the symbols under which they rallied?.

Why does he select the specific symbols that he does?.

What are the symbols that Cesar Chavez uses for the United Farm Workers Movement?.

Symbols in social and political movements are essential to create a narrative that contributes to the revolution of culture that accompanies the social movement and unites a collective of people under a common symbol. They will be tasked to identify symbols in materials used during the movement such as banners, buttons and newspapers and trace the history and impact of these symbols from the past towards the present. The class activity for this teaching module revolves around understanding why and how symbols are used in social and political movements. Students will then be asked to identify any symbols that they may recognize and share how they perceived them inside and outside the context of the United Farm Workers Movement. With this background, students will then analyze El Plan Delano and interpret its meaning and role in the movement. Students will first learn about the United Farm Worker movement and Cesar Chavez. This lesson will ask students to critically engage with the manifesto of the United Farm Workers Movement, El Plan Delano. They will analyze El Plan Delano, the manifesto of the United Farm Workers movement, and analyze the role of these symbols within the movement itself. The goal of this lesson plan is to introduce 12 th grade students to the use of symbols and icons in social and political movements.

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