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Milagros in the Mid-Columbia: An Integrated Lesson Plan. Sixth Grade Social Studies Unit on Mexican Migrant Workers

Link: http://community.gorge.net/ncs/contents.htm.

Since the early 1950s, several programs have enticed thousands of rural Mexicans to migrate to California and the Northwest to be agricultural workers. The resultant demographic and cultural impacts have been immense. Hood River County (Oregon) schools are over 30 percent Hispanic. There is much ignorance and prejudice regarding the Hispanic community.

• Author/Creator: Gabay, Jerry
• Date Published: 07-00
• Year: 1998

This resource is cataloged under:

• Network/channel: NCCRESt: People: Community
• Network/channel: NCCRESt: People: Educators
• Network/channel: NCCRESt: People: Students
• Network/channel: NCCRESt: Practices: Multicultural Educational Practices
• Subject: Lesson Plans
• Subject: Mexican Americans
• Subject: Multicultural Education

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