César E. Chávez, 1927-1993

Berkeley Celebrates “Si Se Puede!”

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Resources

• BIOGRAPHY

English — Elementary School
English — Middle School
English — High School
Spanish

• STATEWIDE ON-LINE RESOURCES


• VOICES AND IMAGES (Paradigm Productions)


• CHAVEZ DAY OF SERVICE TOOL KITS

Elementary School
Middle School
High School

• CHAVEZ DAY OF SERVICE-LEARNING RESOURCES & GUIDES


• MODEL CURRICULUM (STATE OF CALIFORNIA)

Grades K-3
Grades 4-6
Grades 7-9
Grades 10-12

• Resources: Chávez Curriculum (California State Department of Education)


• Downloadable Study Guide to Accompany the film "Fight In The Fields" (High School)


• César E. Chávez Foundation

• United Farm Workers Union

• 2006 March Organizers Handbook

•California Federation of Teachers - Labor Education for the K-12 Curriculum: Golden Hands, Working Hands


• RECOMMENDED READING

Adult:

  • Fight In the Fields, Susan Ferriss & Ricardo Sandoval
  • “Farm Workers at Risk,” by César Chávez, in Toxic Struggles: The Theory and Practice of Environmental Justice, Edited by Richard Hofrichter
  • "The Environmentalism of Cesar Chavez," Santiago Casal

Children:

• PHOTO GALLERIES

http://www.sfsu.edu/%7Ececipp/cesar_chavez/gallery.htm
http://www.colapublib.org/chavez/

• RECOMMENDED FILMS/VIDEOS

  • Fight In The Fields, Ray Telles & Rick Tejada-Flores (w/study guide)
    An award winning PBS documentary
  • Common Man, Uncommon Vision, The Cesar Chavez Story
    (narrated by Martin Sheen) (w/study guide)
  • Harvest of Shame, 1960 - The final documentary in the career of broadcasting news legend Edward R. Murrow. Originally aired on CBS Reports in 1960, this controversial documentary shocked viewers with its stark images of desperate poverty and the callous greed of big growers. It forever changed the nature of TV news and set the tone for a generation of investigative journalists.