Question 1
The documentary film Fear and Learning at Hoover Elementary, when put in conversation with Esperanza Rising, suggests that
The abuses of children's rights that are depicted in Esperanza Rising were fully resolved after the 1930s and have not negatively affected children in the United States since that time
The abuses of children's rights that are depicted in Esperanza Rising were still occurring in the United States in the 1990s, even in California
The abuses of children's rights that are depicted in Esperanza Rising were still occurring in some parts of the United States in the 1990s, but not in California (which is more progressive)
Question 2
Muñoz Ryan's novel is similar to Hesse's in that it
Is based on the true experiences of one of her family members
Focuses primarily on the experiences of child refugees fleeing religious persecution in the country of their birth
Both
Question 3
In Esperanza Rising, some children and adolescents have experiences in Mexico that are inconsistent with the rights of children covered in the 1959 Declaration of the Rights of the Child. These rights of children that are not preserved include
The right to equal treatment, with no discrimination on the basis of ethnicity, property ownership, or other similar personal characteristics
The right to full opportunities for recreation and play
Both
Question 4
The children and adolescents in the novel also face challenges to their rights in the United States. There, they find that
Employment is unjustly based on ethnicity
Migrant labor camps are integrated to avoid housing people based on ethnicity or treating them differently from each other as a result
Women are allowed to act as heads of household in the camps
Question 5
Still, once they reach California, Esperanza and her companions are able to experience some of these rights of childhood, especially when they are with their own families and migrant communities, which attempt to counteract the injustices they experience in the outside world. These rights provided by families and communities include
The right to develop socially, especially to learn to interact well with different types of people
Housing that provides adequate privacy and at least is better than the stables at the Rancho de las Rosas
Protection from employment before an acceptable age and from exploitation by employers
Question 6
If one expectation among educators is that Esperanza Rising will teach children about "how California became an agricultural and industrial power" and about California's "political and cul¬tural development," what does the novel suggest to children about experiences of childhood within that context?
That California's agricultural industry exploited underage migrant workers to help ensure the industry's development and success
That young Mexican immigrants contributed substantially to California's political and cultural development, including through various forms of resistance to injustice
Both