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Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez

Publication Information
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 ISBN, hardback:  

Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes ESOL:   Yes
Family:   Yes Young Adult:  
Picture:   Yes

General Information:
Book Type(s):    biography and autobiography, easy reading

HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies

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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Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > group > leadership
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > life choices > righting wrongs
bullet Geography > locations > U.S. states/regions > California
bullet Social Studies > sociology > social issues > migrant workers
bullet Ethnic Groups > Hispanic
bullet Communities > farms
bullet Government/Civics > judicial system > law/laws > Labor Union Movement
bullet Social Studies > sociology > social issues > social action > activism > Chavez, Cesar


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