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Hidden
Villa's History
SUMMARY: Students
delve into the history of the Bay Area and California
through the study of Hidden Villa's fascinating and
inspiring history. They also learn about social justice
and the history of many of its struggles through
learning about the lives of visionaries Josephine
and Frank Duveneck, founders of Hidden Villa. DURATION: 1-5
days or more GRADES:
3nd-5th
California
State Standards
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These
lesson ideas support the social studies
standards for 3rd and 4th grade. Emphasizing reading comprehension and fluency, these lessons
support state reading standards in all grades.
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Hidden
Villa Goals
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The
Hidden Villa valley is connected
to many of the defining moments in our local
and state history, including the life of the
Ohlone Native Americans, the Spanish Missionaries,
and the Gold Rush. Later in history, Josephine and Frank Duveneck
were involved with some of the social justice
struggles of 20th century California.
Students' connections to Hidden Villa, then, can
be used as a way to engage in a critical study
of past and present.
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Lesson
Ideas
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Please
Note: This unit
will be greatly expanded over the next
two years.
- At the
momment we can offer you a wonderful readers' theater
based on one of Josephine
Duveneck's own campfire stories about
the history
of Hidden Villa (download
options). Divide your
students into groups to read and prepare
their act of the the play, or spend more
time reading, studying vocabularly
and practicing for fluency.
- Read
the short history of Hidden Villa located in
the kid section of this webpage, either as a whole-class shared reading or in small groups
as a reciprocal teaching activity. Then guide
a class discussion about the social justices struggles
in which the Duvenecks were involved. You can extend this study by reading selected
children's books that offer other stories and perspectives.
I recommend:
- Holocaust:
- Luba,
The Angel of Bergen Belsen,
by Luba Tryszynska-Frederick (Powerful
picture
book).
- Number
the Stars, by Lois Lowry (Mid-level
chapter book).
- Jacob's
Rescue by Malka Drucker and Michael
Halperin (Particularly engaging story
of brave allies during
the holocaust
appropriate for older, skilled readers
and thinkers).
- Japanese
Concentration Camps:
- So
Far From the Sea, by Eve Bunting (Picture
book).
- The
Bracelet, by Yoshiko Uchida (Picture
book).
- Farm
Laborers Movement
- Harvesting
Hope,
by Kathleen Krull (Picture book
story of Cesar Chavez's life.)
- Migrant
Worker: A boy from the Rio Grande
Valley, by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith
(Photo documentation, non-fiction).
- The
Cicuit: Stories from the Life of
a Migrant Child, by Francisco
Jimenez (Chapter book memoir).
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