NYS Common Core 7th Grade ELA Module 2, Unit 2

1. DO NOW
Entry Task – Pictures!
• Look at two pictures and answer
questions on Entry Task

5. Lyddie
Learning Objectives
I can define “agent of change” and apply
that knowledge to working conditions.
I can explain the significant facts about the
life and work of César Chávez.

6. Lyddie
Agents of Change
Agent of Change
•
agent of change = someone or something
that works to change a situation
•
What were the mill girls in Lyddie trying to
do?
•
How did the response of the owners to the
petitions affect working conditions?

7. Lyddie
Agents of Change
César Chávez
•
Listen & read speech
•
Key question:
Who changes working conditions?
•
New working industry: agriculture
•
Building Background Knowledge Worksheet

8. Lyddie
Agents of Change
Vocabulary
•
migrant worker= person who works in a job
that changes location by season (picking
crops)
•
Chicano= a Mexican-American person
•
Mexican-American= American citizen
whose ancestors immigrated from Mexico

9. Lyddie
Agents of Change
Vocabulary
•
Anglo = person with British/ white
European background
•
Latino= American citizen whose ancestors
immigrated from Central or Latin American
•
Hispanic= (see Latino) ** Term most
considered polite in 2014 **

10. Lyddie
Agents of Change
César Chávez
•
Commonwealth Club Address
•
Will get one of the four quote cards
•
boycott: many people refusing to buy
something to pressure a company
•
union: group of organized workers

11. Lyddie
Agents of Change
Tea Party Protocol
•
Group of 4 – all have different quote
•
Match your quotes to the “Working
Conditions Then and Now” chart
• Workers or Government?
•
When done, raise your hands

12. Lyddie
Agents of Change
Tea Party Protocol
•
Write your answers on the worksheet
•
Let’s look at Additional Quotes!
•
Given what you learned today from the
book and quotes from his speech, who do
you think Chávez sees as an agent of
change?

13. Lyddie
Homework
Homework
• Independent Reading Book
• 15-20 minutes reading tonight