Lesson Plan: The 1968 L.A. School Walkouts – Teaching With Primary Sources (Scaffolded Writing Resources)
Grades 7-12
Against the backdrop of the burgeoning Civil Rights movement and protests over American involvement in Vietnam, thousands of high school students in Los Angeles walked out of school to protest the inequality of public education that existed for Mexican Americans. Students protested the lack of bilingual teachers and administrators, the lack of Hispanic history being taught in schools, and a system that steered students into vocational training rather than college education. Today, the protests are remembered as a key part of the Chicano Rights movement.
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