Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez |
Publication Information
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Author: Krull, Kathleen |
Illustrator: Morales, Yuyi |
Title: Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez |
Date: 2003 |
Publisher: Harcourt |
City: San Diego, CA |
ISBN, paperback: 0-15-201437-3 |
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Recommended audience:
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
ESOL:
Yes |
Family:
Yes |
Young Adult:
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Picture:
Yes |
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
biography and autobiography, easy reading
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HSE Descriptor(s):
social studies
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Summary: |
This is a picture biography of Cesar Chavez. It focuses on his childhood and initial efforts at organizing farm workers in the mid-60s, creating The National Form Workers Association. |
Teaching Ideas: |
Students may want to compare Chavez's motivations and actions to those of other reformers (e.g., Lewis Hine, Martin Luther King, Jr.). A focus on his personality as a boy and young man and its effects on his adult work may be interesting. Students could use maps to calculate the distances of the first march. They may want to explore the lives and working conditions of today's farm workers in California. A Yahooligan search on Cesar Chavez will yield several other biographies. Perhaps groups/ pairs could look at each and teach the rest of the class what they have learned. |
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