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For this task, the students are to create a "Wanted" poster based on Esperanza Rising. Encourage students to incorporate artwork or photographs that will help them "sell" the idea. The following description can be verbalized, or the Word file can be found right here and the PDF file can be found right here.
Hardworking, migrant workers from Mexico are invited to come to the prosperous San Joaquin Valley in California for good friends, good times, and most importantly, good jobs. Let the Arvin Camp provide you with the opportunity for you to support your family during these tough economic times. Escape the troubling political climate in Mexico and join us in North America's land of opportunity! Bring your whole family and we will provide a fantastic home in which to live at a discounted rate. 1000's of jobs available, work will be found for all comers!
Many fliers with similar wording were distributed throughout Mexico in the late 1800's and early 1900's, enticing Mexicans to move north and work for next-to-nothing in the produce industry. Your task is to create a poster of at least ten inches by sixteen inches, in which you provide a similar message to the people of Mexico. Your goal is to entice them to move from the friendly confines of Mexico into the San Joaquin Valley and work for you. Be sure to include many reasons as to why a move to California would benefit a Mexican citizen and his or her family, and include either pictures or artwork of something that would be visually pleasing to a Mexican worker thinking of relocating.