How this Plan uses your files
All six named source lessons/activities are inventoried in source order. Because the fixed plan provides only 150 minutes rather than the source’s six-week sequence, the Worker’s Rights and Environmental Activism lessons are excluded for insufficient time. The selected sequence retains the launch with Barrio Rising, the two-source educational-equity investigation, informational writing, and the Chicano Park–inspired mural. Activities must be compressed through teacher read-alouds or carefully selected excerpts; the PDF names but does not include the books, nonfiction passage, article, mural references, worksheets, or art supplies.
- Week 2: Worker's Rights: Excluded because the fixed five-session, 150-minute framework does not provide enough time to teach every source text while also completing the required two-source writing, mural, rehearsal, and exhibition. Educational Equity was retained as the focused investigation.
- Week 3: Environmental Activism: Excluded because the fixed five-session, 150-minute framework cannot accommodate another complete text study while preserving the later two-source investigation, informational writing, mural production, rehearsal, and exhibition.
Launch
Launch
Students will launch a Hispanic Heritage Month investigation by examining activism through Barrio Rising, organizing evidence, and generating questions that will guide their informational writing and mural work.
Day 1
Revise & Rehearse
Revise & Rehearse
Students will investigate educational equity through two sources, revise an evidence-based informational report, and work with the school art teacher to complete and rehearse presenting a Chicano Park–inspired pillar mural.
Days 2 - 4
Showcase
Showcase
Students will present their completed informational reports and Chicano Park–inspired pillar mural to families, parents, teachers, and the school art teacher, defend conclusions with evidence, answer audience questions, and complete a brief written reflection.
Day 5
Launch
Days 1–1
Day 1
📚 Barrio Rising Evidence Wall
Launch
30m
Adapted from source
Revise & Rehearse
Days 2–4
Day 2
📚 Mendez Evidence Investigation
Knowledge/Skill Building
28m
Adapted from source
Day 3
✍️ Problem–Action–Change Report Revision
Assessment
30m
Adapted from source
Day 4
🎨 Pillar Mural Gallery Rehearsal
Project Work
30m
Adapted from source
Showcase
Days 5–5
Day 5
🎨 Activism Mural Gallery Showcase
Assessment
30m
October 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
19
Day 1
Launch
📚 Barrio Rising Evidence Wall
26
Day 2
Revise & Rehearse
📚 Mendez Evidence Investigation
November 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
2
Day 3
✍️ Problem–Action–Change Report Revision
9
Day 4
🎨 Pillar Mural Gallery Rehearsal
16
Day 5
Showcase
🎨 Activism Mural Gallery Showcase