Lesson plan step by step:

Play until 3:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_wB3iGF58M

(5 minutes)

Slide 1:
Begin by reminding children about the history of Chicano park and
previous lessons on Mexican-American history.

Total time: 2 minutes

Slide 2:
Discuss what occurred at Chicano park. The following are some
reminders.
They wanted to put a highway patrol office in the place of the
park
Residents said they didnt need more police
Government already had bulldozers
Created human chains around the tractors
April 22nd 1970
Took it over and built their park

Total time: 5 Minutes

Slide 3:
Discuss struggles Mexican-Americans faced in schools.
Show videos from walkout.
Discuss how even years later the discrimination Mexican-
Americans faced in the public school was still present.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYX4LFjgW38
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgOAulGm9WI

Total Time: 7 minutes

Slide 4:
Show pictures from the demonstration
Total time: 1 minutes

Slide 5:
Discuss the history of murals throughout art and their purpose.
Explain that murals are used to convey ideas to a public.
Explain that murals tend to reflect the ideas of the public or
culture in which they come to occur.
 Explain that those who were wealthy for the public typically
commissioned murals.
They were often used to talk about religion.
Total time: 5 minutes

Slide 6:
Discuss how the context for murals changed in the Mexican-
American revolution.
Murals were no longer the voice of wealthy or powerful patrons
ideals but rather an attempt at giving a voice to the working
class.
Murals helped to give Mexican-Americans cultural cohesion.
These Ideas began to be used by many Mexican-American artists
in the U.S. to express many similar ideas.
The murals often discussed workers rights and Mexican-American
cultural identity.

Total time: 4 minutes