Research Guide: Growing Seasons Group

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Research Model: Esperanza Rising
Essential Question:How does an understanding of the historical and cultural background of Esperanza Rising enhance your reading of the novel?
Time Management:
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Research Team Members (assigned or approved by your teacher):
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Group Controlling Question: How did the growing seasons in California mark time for the farm workers in the novel?
Subsidiary Questions: Starter questions are listed below. You may want tobrainstorm additional questions about your topic using Who, What, When, Where, Why, or Howas question-starters.
  1. During which seasons are the following crops planted and then harvested in California?
  2. grapes
  3. avocados
  4. onions
  5. potatoes
  6. asparagus
  7. plums
  8. peaches
  9. What was the process for picking and then packing grapes during the 1930s?
  10. How did the growing seasons mark time on the calendar for the farm workers?
  11. How might you represent the various crops and their growing seasons on a four-season chart?

Keywords: List specific keywords related to your topic and subsidiary questions. Some examples have been provided.
California agriculture migrant farm workers [specific crop names – see ques. #1 above] picking grapes packing grapes migrant farm workers
Notes: Use the note-taking organizer below to record main ideas and key details about each subsidiary question (scroll down to the next page).
  • If you need additional space for notes, or if you prefer to write your notes in a lined space, write each subsidiary question at the top of a separate sheet of notebook paper or lined index card.

Note-Taking Organizer

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