Level B Lesson Plans: Segment 3

Level B - Segment 3   "Justice for my People: The Dr. Hector P. Garcia Story"

Name:____________________________________________________________

1. ___________________ people rallied in support of the South Texas melon growers in Austin.
   1. 1,000
   2. 10,000
   3. 100,000
   4. 10
2. A stereotype of a Mexican in the 1960's was
   1. tall, brown-skinned, clean shaven, and hard-working.
   2. short, brown-skinned, wearing a moustache, and taking a nap.
   3. short, blond, lazy, and dark-eyed.
   4. tall, energetic, wearing a moustache, and green-eyed.
3. In October 1967, Dr. Garcia made history when he
   1. stopped Frito Lay from using the Frito Bandito in advertising.
   2. attended a meeting of the United Nations.
   3. addressed the United Nations in English and Arabic.
   4. became the first American to address the United Nations in a language other than English.
4. What two countries were represented at the conference in El Paso?
   1. _________________________________________________
   2. _________________________________________________
5. T       F        The younger Mexican Americans in the 1960's were often more outspoken for social change. They could become part of the Chicano movement, represented by groups such as La Raza Unida.
6. T       F        Dr. Garcia was the first Mexican American appointed to the United States Commission on Civil Rights.
7. How did the Corpus Christi Independent School District achieve integration in its schools? _______________________________________________________________
   _______________________________________________________________
8. T       F        In March 1984, Dr. Garcia received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Ronald Reagan.
9. Sequence (number) these events from first to last in the order in which they occurred:
   1. ________ Dr. Garcia closed his medical office in Corpus Christi.
   2. ________ Dr. Garcia fought against having English made the official language of the United States.
   3. ________ Dr. Garcia had surgery to remove a tumor.
   4. ________ Dr. Garcia investigated the colonias on the border of Texas and Mexico.
10. T       F        Dr. Garcia considered himself a true American hero.