Group Three: Migrant Workers Today

Essential Questions
You may include more information in your presentation, but please be sure to cover these points as a minimum.

Note: In Period 2/1 there are only three people in the group. Combine the second and third bullet to create three topics!

• What is the history of migrant workers in the United States from the 1940s to today? Be sure to include important events, the ethnicity of various migrant labor groups, the places they lived and moved to, and the specific crops they picked.
  
• What kind of a lifestyle is it? What are typical wages, working hours, and other conditions today?
  
• Why do people choose this lifestyle?
  
• What kinds of ethical and legal concerns are associated with migrant workers today?
  

Recommended Resources
You may need to go beyond what is listed here, but I’ve included a few ideas to get you started. You will need to cite all sources used at the end of your presentation, so keep track carefully.

• The article “Migrant Workers in Washington State”:
  http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/mice/migartcl.html
  
• This timeline from PBS’s “NOW”:
  http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/migrants.html
  
• The New Yorker article “Nobodies” (it’s not easy reading, but it’s very, very good):
  http://www.sfalliance.org/media/New-Yorker-4-03.pdf
  
• Online and print encyclopedias, such as MSN’s Encarta:
  http://encarta.msn.com
  
• Media Center Databases:
  http://www.arlington.k12.ma.us/ahs/mediacenter/databases/databases.htm