Esperanza Rising
(Writing and Technology Integration)

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1.  Research migrant workers & migrant camps during the 1930’s in California.

Library of Congress’ Voices of the Dust Bowl


2.  Research Topics:

  • Why workers left Mexico

  • Living conditions, salaries, & education in California migrant camps

  • Immigrant laws and green cards

Coming to America


Socialist Action Website


"Treating the Mexican Border Like Bosnia"


Labor Earthquake in L.A.


Migrant Camps: Life in the Shadows (News Article from North County Times)


Rural Migration News (1998) – Farm Housing


Los Angeles Times Article concerning Migrant Workers Living Conditions


U.S.A. Immigration Services


American Immigration Center


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