Crossroads of Culture - Emma Tenayuca, 1930s Civil Rights Leader, Fall 2006


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Crossroads of Culture: Emma Tenayuca, 1930s Civil Rights Leader Crossroads of Culture, Fall 2006 Emma Tenayuca, 1930s Civil Rights Leader A topical newsletter for social studies teachers in grades 4-8 Distributed three times each school year (fall-winter-spring) by the Institute of Texan Cultures. Read and print a copy of this issue. Click here or call 210-458-2259 to order the 9-minute DVD Texans One and All: Emma Tenayuca Resources for newsletter activities: Historical Photographs Slide Show La Pasionaria: The Story of Emma Tenayuca (PPT) (Approximately 3 minutes: script below.) Historical Photographs Slide Show: The San Antonio Pecan Shellers' Strike of 1938 (PPT) (Approximately 2 minutes: script below.) Lesson Plans for Grades 4-6 (30 minutes). Frame of Reference "A Strike in San Antonio in the 1930s" Frame of Reference Lesson Plans (print one) Pecan Strike PowerPoint Script (print one) Frame of Reference Student Resource Page (print one classroom set) Frame of Reference Student Worksheet (print one per student) "La Pasionaria" Power Point Script (print two) Lesson Plans for Grade 7 and older. Texas Civil Rights Leaders: Emma Tenayuca (Comparison activity to reinforce lessons about James Farmer, Dr. Hector Garcia, Oveta Culp Hobby, and Lyndon B. Johnson) Civil Rights Leaders Lesson Plans (print one) "La Pasionaria" Power Point Script (print two). Civil Rights Leaders Answer Sheet (print one) Civil Rights Leaders Student Worksheet (print one per student) Texas Civil Rights Leaders Webliography (print or set up as "home page" in computer lab) Grades 4-8 Review and Report to Home: Emma Tenayuca Crossword Puzzle (print one per student) Oral History Interview with Emma Tenayuca by Jerry Poyo, Ph.D. TEKS applications of these activities Most of the hyperlinks on this page launch Portable Document File (.pdf) format pages. Adobe Acrobat is required, and is availabe for free by clicking the "Get Adobe Reader" icon.
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