RESAERCHING AN EVENT:

Cesar Chavez: Hero of the Civil Rights Movement

Directions: As you research your topic, answer the questions that apply.=

References

http://ufw.org=

ht= tp://www.chavezfoundation.org/

http://w= ww.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/chavez=

http://www.pbs.org/itvs/fightfields/

http://en.wiki= pedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Ch%C3%A1vez

http://clnet.ucla.edu/research/chavez/

http://www= .gale.com/free_resources/chh/bio/chavez_c.htm

http://www.la= sculturas.com/aa/bio/bioCesarChavez.htm

RESEACHING A PERSON:

What was the person&= #8217;s background?

During th= e 20th century he was a leading voice for migrant farm workers (people who move fr= om place to place in order to find work). His work led to numerous improvemen= ts for migrant workers= . He is hailed as one of the greatest Mexican American <= span style=3D'color:navy'>civil rights leaders. His birthday on March 31 has subsequently become a holiday = in four U.S. states, and = many parks, cultural centers, libraries, schools, and streets have been named in= his honor in several cities across the United States. Life for migrant farm workers was incredibly difficult. They toiled in the hot sun for hours picking beans, p= eas, grapes, beets, cucumbers, tomatoes, cotton, and other crops. Sometimes they were paid fifty cents for every basket they picked. Other times they were p= aid only twenty cents.=

How and why did the = person become involved in the Civil Rights Movement?

(March 31, 1927 – 1993) was an American farm= worker, <= span style=3D'color:navy'>civil rights activist who co-founded the Nati= onal Farm Workers Association, which later became the United Farm Worker= s. His work led to numerous improvements for migrant workers. The prejudices and poor working conditions facing migr= ant farm workers before the war did not change after it. Because of the experie= nces of his childhood, Chávez was greatly concerned with solving the prob= lems of the nation's farm laborers. In 1952 he met Fred Ross, founder of the Community Service Organization (CSO), a group that sought better living conditions for migrant workers.

What did the person contribute to the Civil Rights Movement?

Chávez was taught and trained by Pe= te Fielding, and started working as an organizer in 1952 for the Community Services Organization (CSO), a Latino civil rights group. Chávez urg= ed Mexican-Americans to register and vote, and he traveled throughout California and m= ade speeches in support of workers' rights. He became CSO's national director in the late 1950s. In 1965 the National Farm Workers Association was catapulted to national attention. Migrant grape pickers in Delano, who worked under harsh conditio= ns for a dollar an hour, went on strike. They wanted the association to back them,= but Chávez thought the union was still too young and weak. National Farm Workers Association members disagreed and voted to join the strike. Once th= e Huelga (Spanish for "strike") was on, Chávez worked tirelessly for the cause. The picket lines grew as more and more workers left the fields.<= /span>=

How did the other pe= ople respond to the person then?

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Chávez was taught and trained by Pete Fielding, and started working as an organizer in 1952 for the Community Services Organization (CSO), a Latino civil rights group. They liked him because he urged Mexican-Americans to regist= er and vote, and he traveled throughout California and made speeches in support of <= span style=3D'color:navy'>workers' rights. He became CSO's national director in the late 1950s. In March of 1966 the strikers marched 250 miles from = Delano to the California capital of Sacramento to take their demands to sta= te officials. By the time they arrived in Sacramento, one of several large grape companies had agreed to sign a contract with the workers.

How do people feel a= bout the person now?

Later in life, education became Cesar's passion. The walls of his office in Keene, California (United Farm Worker headquarters) were lined with hundreds of books ranging= in subject from philosophy, economics, cooperatives, and unions, to biographie= s on Gandhi and the Kennedy’s. "For most of his life, César Estrada Chávez chose to live penniless and without property, devoting everyt= hing he had, including his frail health, to the UFW." — Peter Matthiessen, New Yorker.

Cesar Chavez: Hero of the Civil Rights Movement

Organizing Your Presentation

Directions: Complete the following steps to organize your Civil Rights Movement slide show.=

STEP ONE: Write a brief description of your topic.

C&eac= ute;sar Estrada Chávez (March 31, 1927 – 1993) was an American farm= worker, <= span style=3D'color:navy'>civil rights activist who co-founded the Nati= onal Farm Workers Association, which later became the United Farm Worker= s. His work led to numerous improvements for migrant workers. He is hailed as one of the= greatest Mexican American <= span style=3D'color:navy'>civil rights leaders. His birthday on March 31 has subsequently become a holiday = in four U.S. states, and = many parks, cultural centers, libraries, schools, and streets have been named in= his honor in several cities across the United States.

STEP TWO: Decide what information you will present on each slide.

SLIDE 1: = Title slide

SLIDE 2: = Cesar Chavez’s child hood

SLIDE 3: = Cesar Chavez’s background

SLIDE 4: = What Cesar Chavez do for civil right

SLIDE 5: = How did people treat him

SLIDE 6: = What Cesar Chavez do for other people

SLIDE 7: = Cesar Chavez’s Death

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SLIDE 8: = What do people do for Cesar Chavez’s Death

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SLIDE 9: = Photo gallery

SLIDE 10:= References

STEP THREE: Look over the information on each slide. Determine in which order to place the slides.

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