Identify the associations that the words Farm, Immigrant and Migrant Worker have for them. Identify and articulate the concerns and agendas of stakeholders in issues surrounding child farm workers through working in small groups. Synthesize the information that they have discussed and negotiate an outcome. Create a program that is informed by the needs of all stakeholders in the issue. They should be encouraged to think of any associations that the word brings forth.
Students then share their answers.
Break students into four or five groups, assigning each group a stakeholder identity. In their groups, students should outline and discuss the issues or problems facing their particular group's stakeholder identity and how those problems could be solved. For instance, farmers need people to pick their fruit and vegetables, adult migrant workers with families need to make enough money to feed their families, teachers need migrant children in school and as successful learners, politicians need to apply standards equitably and take into account who can legally work in the United States, migrant children need to help their families, etc. Students should use this time for discussion, and where possible, research into their group's particular agendas. They should discuss possible remedies to the problems their group faces.