Local Labor History and Community Agency in the Midst of the Climate Crisis
Local Labor History and Community Agency in the Midst of the Climate Crisis
Podcast Summary
Sources:
Study Guide: “Watsonville: Some Place Not Here by Cherrie Moraga” by John Epperson and Shira Goldeen in collaboration with Milagro Theater (2018)
Lesson Plan: Still Sun-Mad: Lesson Plan on Farmworkers and Climate Justice by Belén Moreno (2023)
Photo Essay: “A Cooperative Farm’s Long Path to Liberation for Farmworkers” by David Bacon (2023)
Cartoon: Campbell’s “Accidents” (from Campbell’s company magazine)Oral Interview with Sacramento Cannery Organizer Ruben Reyes: “Oral History with Ruben Reyes” (1983)
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Quinn Cataldi
Quinn is an English teacher at Grant High School in North Sacramento and a member of the California Writing Project Environmental Literacy and Justice Collaborative. He graduated from Purdue University in 2020 with a bachelor’s in English education. Since then, he has dedicated his time to teaching, organizing, and biking around the city.
Teaching Snapshot
This teaching snapshot describes the unit discussed in the podcast in greater detail, including the ways in which the anchor text, a play called Watsonville, by Cherríe Moraga, is connected to climate action and woven with a variety of culturally and locally relevant texts. These texts help students build prior knowledge in addition to expository reading and writing skills (UDL Consideration 1.2). Students are empowered to identify and write about equitable solutions that address systemic issues such as the climate crisis (UDL Consideration 7.2) while utilizing their research, annotation, claims/evidence, and citation skills (UDL Consideration 3.4).
