http://historyexplorer.si.edu/rss?key=resourcesSmithsonian's History Explorer Resources Related To "Bittersweet Harvest: The Bracero Program 1942-1964"http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=2348http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=2348<p dir="ltr" align="left"><span>This website provides online access to a collection of oral histories, photos, documents, and objects related to bracero history. Students can browse the archive, use social bookmarking tools to share resources, add their own notes and make a poster using items from the archive, and contribute to the archive by adding their own stories about the bracero program.</span></p> <p dir="ltr" align="left">The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History is part of a consortium of museums, universities, and cultural institutions documenting and preserving the history of the bracero program, a little-known chapter of American history in which an estimated two million Mexican men came to the United States between 1942-1964 on short-term labor contracts. The Bracero History Project has recorded more than 600 oral histories and has collected many objects.</p>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 13:22:11 GMThttp://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=2349http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=2349<p dir="ltr" align="left">This website provides online access to this collection of oral histories, photos, documents, and objects related to bracero history. Students can browse the archive, use social bookmarking tools to share resources, add their own notes and make a poster using items from the archive, and contribute to the archive by adding their own stories about the bracero program.</p> <p dir="ltr" align="left"><span>The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History is part of a consortium of museums, universities, and cultural institutions documenting and preserving the history of the bracero program, a little-known chapter of American history in which an estimated two million Mexican men came to the United States between 1942-1964 on short-term labor contracts. The Bracero History Project has recorded more than 600 oral histories and has collected many objects.&nbsp;</span></p>Wed, 18 Jul 2012 13:39:20 GMThttp://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=165http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=165<p>Students can read the stories of immigrants from Mexico, Cuba, and other Latin American countries, and view objects related to the journey to America. Students can also learn about the experiences of workers in the in the mid-twentieth century Bracero guest worker program. This reference page is included in the online exhibition entitled <em>America on the Move</em>, which focuses on transportation in US history.</p>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 13:34:27 GMThttp://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=7975http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=7975<p><span>During World War II, America began its largest experiment with guest Labor, The Mexican Farm Labor Program. Commonly called the bracero program, this little known chapter of American and Mexican history touched the lives of countless men, women, families, and communities. Learn about the bracero program and the Smithsonian&rsquo;s initiative to document it with curator Stephen Velasquez. &nbsp;The resource set includes a teacher guide and student worksheet.&nbsp;</span></p>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 18:06:23 GMT