This short exploratory lesson plan and activity for 4th – 6th-grade students explores how citrus workers made important statements of belonging by taking portraits in the citrus groves.
Portraits in the Groves
Description
Subjects covered
Southern California’s Citrus Industry, U.S. Advertising, Immigration, Labor History, Portraiture
Learning Goals
- Citrus Industry advertising did not represent the work of the industry
- Portraits are an important form of self-expression
- Mexican communities were resilient and used photographs to claim space
