CA ETHNIC STUDIES MODEL CURRICULUM EXAMPLE OF POTENTIAL LESSON PLAN:

Sample Lesson 2: Social Movements and Student Civic Engagement (PAGE 82)

Theme: Social Movements and Equity

LESSON PURPOSE AND OVERVIEW:

This primary source analysis assignment turns students into researchers, while simultaneously allowing them to orient themselves with the history of the Ethnic Studies Movement and contemporary social movements. The purpose of the lesson is for students to learn, analyze, and discuss current social movements happening both in the United States and abroad.

By learning about past and present social movements, students will learn firsthand how communities of color have resisted and fought for their human rights and self-determination.

Key Terms and Concepts: social movement, Third World Liberation Front, solidarity Lesson Objectives.

Essential Questions:

1. What causes social movements?

2. What strategies and tactics are most effective within social movements?

3. What gives rise to the proposals and demands of social movements?

4. What impact have past and present social movements had on society?

5. Why might people have different responses to social movements?

6. What social movements exist today?

Lesson Steps/Activities:

Begin the lesson by defining what social movements are and how they start.

Introduce the history of the Ethnic Studies Movement and the Third World Liberation Front (TWLF) strike to students. Include in the introduction or overview pictures and brief video clips of San Francisco State College students protesting.

Throughout the overview, highlight that the Ethnic Studies Movement was successful due to unity and solidarity building, as well as to drawing on momentum from other movements that were happening simultaneously, such as:

• Black Power

• American Indian

• Anti-war

• Asian American

• Chicano

• United Farm Workers

• Women’s Liberation movements

Acknowledge the pros and cons of any movement discussed.

Making Connections to the History–Social Science Framework:

Chapter 16 of the framework includes an extensive section on the Civil Rights Movement and other movements that fought for social change (beginning on page 414). As part of their research for this ethnic studies lesson, teachers may also ask students to reflect upon past movements and how these modern-day social movements build upon the accomplishments and limitations of those who came before.

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