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César Chávez

An American Hero. César Chávez. Social Studies – Pre Kindergarten Nancy Delgado. Who is your Hero ?. César Chávez is a hero to many people. He worked to help farm workers have a better life.

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César Chávez

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  1. An American Hero César Chávez Social Studies – Pre Kindergarten Nancy Delgado

  2. Who is your Hero ?

  3. César Chávez is a hero to many people. He worked to help farm workers have a better life.

  4. César Chávez worked to help farm workers have abetter life. • Better working hours • Better homes • Lunch and break time • Restrooms

  5. Drinking water • No pesticides • Better salaries

  6. Cesar Believed in Nonviolence. He was a man of peace. • Boycotts • Strikes • Demonstrations

  7. César Chávez went on many hunger strikes. • A hunger strike is when you don’t eat and you only drink water. • Many people learned about César’s hunger strikes by watching the news on T.V. People learned about the farm worker’s hard times. Many people began to support César Chavez and the farm workers.

  8. Today we remember César Chávez and how he helped the farm workers. We remember his words: Sí, Se Puede ! Yes, It can be done ! 1

  9. ! Que Viva La Causa !

  10. Resources Websites http://www.pbs.org/itvs/fightfields/timeline.html http://www.chavezfoundation.org/ http://www.imahero.com/is/bios/cesarchavez.html http://www.ufw.org/_page.php?menu=research&inc=history/07.html http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9051916492449255237&q=Cesar+Chavez&hl=en http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7GCCBIgFaQ Other César Chávezby Lucile Davis,and César Chávez César Chávez by Susan Eddy, Jeanne Clidas La Causa: The Migrant Farmworkers' Story by Dana Catharine De Ruiz, Rudy Gutierrez Elegy on the Death of Cesar Chavezby Rudolfo A. Anaya, Gaspar Enriquez The Fight In The Fields César Chávez and the Farmworkers Movement by Susan Feriss and Ricardo Sandoval Harvesting Hope by Kathleen Krull

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