Mix up sentences and have students put them back together in teams.
RESOURCES
FOR CHILDREN
RECURSOS
PARA NIÑOS
These online resources provide a variety of activities and approaches for learning more about César Chávez.
CÉSAR CHÁVEZ: FACTS AND CHRONOLOGY
http://www.colapublib.org/chavez/facts.htm
http://www.colapublib.org/chavez/chronology.htm
(English and Spanish)
   biographical sentences about important happening in the life of César Chávez
   chronology in Spanish follows one in English

CÉSAR CHÁVEZ BIOGRAPHY
http://www.imahero.com/is/bios/cesarchavez.html
(English)
   extensive biographical information for fourth and fifth graders

AN AMERICAN HERO: THE BIOGRAPHY OF CÉSAR E. CHÁVEZ
http://chavez.cde.ca.gov/ModelCurriculum/Teachers/Lessons/Resources/Biographies/K-2_Bio.aspx
http://chavez.cde.ca.gov/ModelCurriculum/Teachers/Lessons/Resources/Biographies/K_3_Bio.pdf
(English)
   excellent biography especially written for children in kindergarten to second grade
   simple text excellent for beginning Spanish classes when translated
   large photos accompany the text

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: CÉSAR E. CHÁVEZ
http://chavez.cde.ca.gov/ModelCurriculum/Teachers/Lessons/Resources/Biographies/Biographical_Sketch_4thGrd.aspx
http://chavez.cde.ca.gov/ModelCurriculum/Teachers/Lessons/Resources/Biographies/G4_Bio.pdf
(English)
   excellent, detailed biography especially written for children in grades four and five
   large photos accompany the text

REMEMBERING CÉSAR CHÁVEZ BY DENIS O'LEARY
http://www.colapublib.org/chavez/remembering.htm
(English and Spanish)
   firsthand account of the day César Chávez died
   written by a bilingual teacher from Oxnard, California

ANNIE'S QUIZZES: CÉSAR CHÁVEZ
http://www.cooperis.com/quizzes/quiz0018.shtml
http://www.cooperis.com/cgi-bin/quiz.cgi
(English)
   online quiz
   answers appear with commentary

ENCHANTED LEARNING
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/hispanicamerican/chavez/activities.shtml
http://members.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/hispanicamerican/chavez/
(English and Spanish)
   first URL is for non-members (limited access to features)
   second URL is for members ($20 per year); highly recommended
         access to more activities
   perfect activities for the lower and upper primary child!
   printable activity book for fluent readers
   coloring pages
   worksheets for vocabulary, alphabet codes, wordsearch, cloze, and biography
   fruit and vegetable nouns in Spanish
   "fishbone" diagram
   maps of Arizona and California
   fine black outline illustrations
   excellent comprehensive resource

CHILD-PRODUCED BOOK ON CÉSAR CHÁVEZ
http://www.ziggymarley.com/urge/cc_site/index.html
http://www.ziggymarley.com/urge/cc_site/cesar_chavez.pdf
    children at Garfield Year Round School produced this illustrated book

ENCHANTED LEARNING BIOGRAPHY FOR CHILDREN
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/hispanicamerican/
chavez/index.shtml
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/hispanicamerican/
chavez/cloze/
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/hispanicamerican/
chavez/cloze/answers.shtml
     biography with related cloze activity

CÉSAR E. CHÁVEZ: 1927 - 1993
http://www.wccusd.k12.ca.us/stc/Waysofthinking/bios/CesarChavez%20BIO.htm
(English)
   biography from César Chávez Elementary School in Richmond, California
  
CROSSWORD PUZZLE
http://www.colapublib.org/chavez/crosspuzzle.htm

CONNECT THE DOTS
http://www.colapublib.org/chavez/dots.html

WORD SEARCH
http://www.colapublib.org/chavez/wordsearch.html

SPANISH A-Z BOOKS
http://www.spanisha-z.com/index1.php
    titles: The Life of César Chávez or La vida de César Chávez
     free downloading of these fifth-grade level reading books with photos
     worksheets and quizzes included










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Have children write a mini-drama about this day. Be clever and divide the class in teams working on different parts, without knowing what happens in the rest of the story.
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Modofy these activities to the needs of your particular class. Change vocabulary and eliminate or expand activities and sequencing.
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This quiz is useful for (1) pretest and (2) reviewing at the end of your unit
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