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 Model
Curriculum and Grade Level
Biographies
Additional
Online Biographies for K-3 |
Web Based Projects
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4-6 |9-12
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Online
Links
Recommended
Books
Celebrating our
Community Calendar
March 31, 2006
 This
year Palomar College is sponsoring
three events to honor
the life and legacy of Cesar Chavez.
For detailed information click on the following link:
Palomar College Events for
Cesar Chavez Day.
All events are open to the public. Also note
the powerful photo resources below. They've given us permission to use them
in our classrooms.
The
Cesar Chavez Foundation website has excellent educational resources
also, including new
Cesar Chavez Service-Learning resource guides and
Outstanding Grade Level Toolkits.
In August of 2000 the
state of California established an official state holiday to honor
Latino labor leader César E. Chávez, born on March 31, 1927. César Chávez
Day is intended to promote service to the communities of California in honor
of Chavez's life and work.
When the California Board of Education
adopted a model curriculum for teachers to use, Chavez'
oldest son, Fernando stated: "We’re happy that in the years ahead,
public school children in California will learn how my father showed that
even the poorest and most powerless people in our society can overcome
grievous wrongs through personal sacrifice and non-violent, democratic
means."
(The holiday will
be celebrated on March 31, or the appropriate Monday or Friday following or
preceding that date.)
California
Department of Education
Model Curriculum for Cesar Chavez Day
The
California Department of Education site provides PDF files of
biographies of Cesar Chavez written for each grade level. Click on
the link by each grade level below, or go to the
Department
of Education Cesar Chavez Site.
Lessons
for Grades K-5
Here
are some model lessons selected for each elementary grade by Eric
Lehew.
Grade
K:
Biography;
Lesson
5:The Memory of Cesar Chavez
Grade
1:
Biography;
Lesson
5: Similarities and Differences
Grade
2:
Biography;
Lesson
4: The Importance of Farm Owners and Farm
Workers
Grade 3:
Biography;
Lesson
1: We
Depend on the Land
Lesson
2: An American Hero
Grade
4:
Biography;
Lesson
2: Immigration: When Did Your Family
Arrive?
Grade
5:
Biography;
Lesson
2: The Struggle for Freedom
Lessons
for Grades 6-8
Here
are some model lessons selected for each middle school grade by
Dr. Miguel Carrillo, principal of Black Mountain Middle School. Lessons marked with an asterisk are ones Miguel
STRONGLY encourages teachers to use.
Grade
6:
Biography;
*
Lesson 1:Education of the Heart
Lesson
6: Non-violence
Lesson
7: Service for Citizenship
Grade
7:
Biography;
Lesson 2: A Renaissance Man
* Lesson 5: The Reformers
Lesson
6: Service for Citizenship
Grade
8:
Biography; Lesson
1: Documents of Natural Rights
Lesson
4: Whose Rights Are They?
Lesson
7: The Economy and MLK II and Cesar
Chavez
*
Lesson 10:Our Common Ground
Lesson
12:Service for Citizenship
Additional
Online Biographies
For
a brief pictorial biography with links to more information,
visit the Library of Congress America's
Story from America's Library Meet Famous Americans site.
(Grades k-3)
Web
Based Projects
Grades K-5
This is an
excellent web based project that challenges students to make
bio-posters to hang around the city to help people understand
the new holiday in honor of Cesar Chavez. The project
includes teacher notes, research information, assessment, and
reflection ideas.
Grades 4-6
Grades 9-12
Online Links
SDCOE
Links -
The San Diego
County Office of Education has an extensive listing of sites for
resources to support instruction for Cesar Chavez Day.
San
Bernardino County Superintendent Links for Cesar Chavez
Day 2006
Los
Angeles Public Library Links to resources and
curriculum.
Recommended
Books
 Compiled
by Ann McGregor, edited by Cindy Wathen, and photographs by George Elfie
Ballis, Remembering Cesar: The Legacy of Cesar Chavez, Quill
Drive Books, c.2000 Ann McGregor has compiled an absolutely
fascinating collection of stories from hundreds of people who knew and
understood the passion and purpose that drove Cesar Chavez to fight
tirelessly for migrant farmworkers. Just by reading this book and analyzing
the vignettes included, students can "meet" Caesar Chavez through
those who knew him best. (grades 8-12)
 Atkin,
S. Beth, Voices from the Fields: Children of Migrant Farmworkers tell
their stories, Little Brown and Company, c.1993 - This book captures the
current issues of migrant farmworkers through the voices of their children.
This is a great book to start the conversation about critical issues for
Hispanic youth of today.
(grades 8-12)
 Altman, Linda Jacobs,
Migrant Farm Workers: The Temporary People, An Impact Book, c. 1994.
Linda Altman carefully chronicles the stories migrant farm workers,
revealing the horrible working conditions they face and analyzing the rise
of the United Farm Workers Union. (grades 8-12)
 Altman, Linda
Jacobs, The Importance of Cesar Chavez, Lucent Books, c.1996.
This biography is filled with photos and accounts of the life of Cesar
Chavez in order to help students understand the unique contributions he made
to our world and especially in the lives of migrant farmworkers. (grades
3-8)
 Anaya,
Rudolfo, Elegy on the Death of Cesar Chavez, Cinco Puntos
Press, c.2000. When Rudolfo Anaya heard about the death of Cesar
Chavez, he felt compelled to say something powerful about his life. This
book is the poem he wrote to honor Cesar and deal with his death. (grades
8-12)
 Ferris,
Susan and Ricardo Sandoval, edited by Diana Hembree, The Fight in the
Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers Movement, Harcourt Brace
and Company, 1997. This book captures the dramatic events of the life
of Cesar Chavez and chronicles his tireless fight for rights for the migrant
farmworkers. (grades 8-12)
 Rodriguez,
Consuelo, Hispanics of Achievement: Cesar Chavez, Chelsea
House Publishers, c. 1991 This is an excellent biography of the life of
Cesar Chavez. It captures his passion for serving, sacrificing, and using
non-violence to fight for the rights of migrant farmworkers. (grades 4-8)
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