Handout
Gallery Walk Images: Farmworkers’ Movement
Use these images of California farmworkers in the 1960s to facilitate a Big Paper activity.
At a Glance
Language
English — USSubject
- History
- Social Studies
- Democracy & Civic Engagement
- Human & Civil Rights
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