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Contact Us Exploring the United Farm Workers' History Using
Computer Simulations "The Grape Boycott" presents a simulation
of the United Farm Workers (UFW) organizing efforts of the late
1960s and early 1970s as they promoted farm worker rights
through the use of boycotts of table grapes and other produce.
As shown in the simulation, the UFW needed to organize workers
in the fields at the same time as they promoted their cause in
the marketplace. This entry, through use of the AgentSheets
simulation authoring tool, simulates these efforts and presents
the history of the UFW through student-generated text and links
to relevant internet sites. The simulation includes the ability
of the users to manipulate aspects of the simulation. Users can,
for example, modify the simulation by adding or changing the
type of workers or change consumer willingness to boycott grapes
in the marketplace. Use