ACTIVITY 1: UNDERSTANDING THE DEFENDER

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Have your students read and analyze a primary source and then answer the following questions:

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• Identify three compelling aspects of Dolores Huerta’s life.

• What about Dolores Huerta, the person, stood out to you?

• Who were some of the people who influenced Dolores Huerta?

• How did her journey from childhood to a leader of the farmworkers inspire her community and the movement?

• What was the primary cause Dolores Huerta was seeking to address?

• What were some of the specific issues?

• What was her desired outcomes?

• What tactics did he use to seek resolution??

• What was the political context in which they were working?  Social context?

• How does Dolores Huerta’s and Lucas Benitez’s work intersect with the work of Robert F. Kennedy?