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CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
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CFT: Dignity, Respect, Security, which provides an overview of the CFT's structure, values, and functions. |
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Work, Money and Power: Unions in the 21st Century pamphlet, to learn more about unions, their history, and place in American society today, Work, Money and Power is also available in classroom sets for a dollar per copy from the UC Berkeley Labor Center. Call 510.643.7089. |
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Seventy Years: A History of the California Federation of Teachers, 1919-1989, with an overview history of the statewide federation as well as more than forty local histories. |
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LABOR IN THE SCHOOLS
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Trouble in the Hen House: A Puppet Show
Flexible elementary curriculum based on a play/puppet show about hens organizing against a mean farmer. Read as a story to K-1 students; grades 2-3 children can stage the puppet show; grades 4-5, use in a ‘readers theater’ format or students can stage play for a younger group. Students can make puppets and learn about the potential for power in collective action. 20 pages. $3 |
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Let Me Tell You About This Man: Cesar Chavez,
Union Organizer A biography of the most successful farm labor organizer in American history, the man who built the first farm workers union that lasted. An icon for Latinos and unionists alike, Chavez created a movement based in the principles of union organizing and non- violent civil disobedience. Fourth and fifth grade. 24 pages. Spanish/English. $3
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I, Tomato A booklet for fourth graders, chronicling the life of a tomato—from the point of view of the tomato, with an emphasis on its interactions with workers who nurture it from seed to your table. Gives children a sense of the work that goes into food production and distribution. With study questions. 24 pages. Spanish/English. $3 |
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The Yummy Pizza Company: A Labor Studies Curriculum for Elementary Schools Ten lesson plans for elementary students (grades 1-5) introducing them to the world of work in a pizza factory simulation. Students learn how to apply for jobs, to work cooperatively on an assembly line, to retail their wares, to bank their earnings and—most importantly—to resolve conflicts through organization and negotiation. Available with student handouts in Spanish. 30 pages. $3
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Along the Shore
A coloring book (grades K-3) presenting scenes from the lives of working people, focusing especially on longshore workers, but including many others, and simply but effectively showing the importance of unions in workers’ lives. Excellent for geography lessons as well. 24 pages. Spanish or English. $3 |
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
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