ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Writing Free Verse
This online lesson plan allows students to learn about the characteristics of free verse poetry and to model their poems after the activist Cesar Chavez.
Curated OER
Clip Art by Phillip Martin: Arizona, Cesar Chavez
A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Arizona, Cesar Chavez."
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: More Amazing Americans: A Web Quest
In this lesson plan, students will consider "More Amazing Americans: A WebQuest." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab. A few of the famous Americans include Leonard Bernstein,...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Education: Spotlight Biography: Labor Reformers
Biographical information on Samuel Gompers, Frances Perkins and Cesar Chavez. All three were inspirations for the labor union movement.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Address to the Commonwealth Club of California
A learning module that begins with the speech "Address to the Commonwealth Club of California" by Cesar Chavez, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or...
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Exploring the United Farm Workers' History
An excellent history from the University of Colorado of the creation of the United Farm Workers Association led by Cesar Chavez. Outlines the methods used by laborers to achieve better wages and working conditions, such as the boycott on...
American Rhetoric
American Rhetoric: Cesar E. Chavez: "The Mexican American and the Church"
This is a paper that was prepared and presented by Cesar E. Chavez and presented in March 1968 at the Second Annual Mexican Conference in Sacramento, California. In it, he discusses the lack of support from the Catholic parish for the...
BBC
Bbc Mundo: Mundo Latino
A special BBC feature, originally done as part of 2000 election coverage, on the growing presence and voting power of Latinos in the United States. Click US states on a map to see where and how Latino influence will be felt over the next...
Other
United Farm Workers: The Rise of the Ufw
History of the United Farm Workers union, with information about 1960 conditions and the efforts to improve them.
Other
Ufw: Dolores Huerta
A lengthy and detailed biography of Dolores Huerta who has spent her life championing the rights of farmworkers.
Other
San Francisco State University: Plan of Delano [Pdf]
This site from the San Francisco State University provides a statement made by the farmworkers of Delano outlining their plans.
Digital History
Digital History: Viva La Raza!
This Digital History site provides an informative overview of the Mexican American civil rights movement in America.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: The Latino Movement
Section overview on the Latino Movement in which Hispanic Americans pushed for civil rights in post World War II America.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Others Demand Equality
Many other groups learned how to push for their civil rights from African Americans' civil rights movement. Read about the Mexican Americans, Native Americans, and gays as they worked to achieve equal treatment under the law.
Country Studies US
Country Studies: The Latino Movement
Latinos in the US, like African Americans, were oftentimes discriminated against and forgotten about. Noticing African American activist techniques for recognition, many Latinos in the US began to organize and pressure the government for...
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: The United Farm Workers and the Delano Grape Strike
This primary source set uses documents, photographs, and promotional materials to explore the events of the Delano Grape Strike and the formation of the United Farm Workers. Teaching guide included.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Source: Civil Rights
The Smithsonian offers a variety of teaching supplements to be used in lessons on civil rights such as documents, teaching strategies, and historic photographs. Civil rights for other minorities are also discussed.
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