Watch the video below for a review of The Great Depression.
Click on the link below to read about The Migrant Experience. Why did people come to California during the Great Depression?
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/afctshtml/tsme.html
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/afctshtml/tsme.html
Arvin Federal Camp
Click on the links below to read more about life at the read Arvin Federal Camp (Weedpatch Camp)
http://sanjoaquinhistory.org/blog/?p=1591
http://www.weedpatchcamp.com/Camp/camp.htm
http://www.weedpatchcamp.com/Life%20in%20Camp/life.htm After reading this page, click on the link at the bottom of the page that says Weedpatch School.
(For more information about this camp, read Children of the Dust Bowl, by Jerry Stanley. One of my personal favorites!)
http://sanjoaquinhistory.org/blog/?p=1591
http://www.weedpatchcamp.com/Camp/camp.htm
http://www.weedpatchcamp.com/Life%20in%20Camp/life.htm After reading this page, click on the link at the bottom of the page that says Weedpatch School.
(For more information about this camp, read Children of the Dust Bowl, by Jerry Stanley. One of my personal favorites!)
Cotton Worker's Strike of 1933
Click the link below, then scroll down and read the two sections titled: The Great Depression and The 1933 Cotton Strike
http://www.farmworkers.org/strugcal.html
Click on the link below. This article is very long, but you can click on the sections of the article in the left sidebar to read about different parts of the strike. Each section is pretty short.
The California Cotton Pickers Strike-1933
http://www.farmworkers.org/strugcal.html
Click on the link below. This article is very long, but you can click on the sections of the article in the left sidebar to read about different parts of the strike. Each section is pretty short.
The California Cotton Pickers Strike-1933
Cesar Chavez - Migrant Worker's Rights
Beyond Esperanza: What happened next? Read the article at the link below, then watch the video.
http://www.pbs.org/itvs/fightfields/cesarchavez1.html
http://www.pbs.org/itvs/fightfields/cesarchavez1.html