Cesar+Chavez+and+the+UFW

[|United Farm Workers] The United Farm Workers site has everything you would want to know about Chavez and about the non-violent movement he led with Dolores Huerta. Biographies, time lines, video, etc.

Videos about Cesar Chavez
In 1969, Cesar Chavez was the cover story of Time magazine. [|Time magazine article]

Print Resources:
= = Apte, Sunita. (2006). //Cesar Chavez: We Can Do It!// New York: Bearport Press. Simple text with a lot of excellent photos.

Bernier-Grand, Carmen T. (2004). //César: Si Se Puede! Yes, We Can!// New York: Marshall Cavendish. An insightful biography told entirely through poems.

Brown, Jonatha A. (2004). //César Chávez//. Wisconsin: World Almanac Library. For those looking for more depth, this is a more detailed biography, but not overwhelming by any means.

Collins, David R. (2005). //Cesar Chavez//. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Company. Very readable and complete biography. Includes comprehensive time line, glossary, resource lists.

Doak, Robin S. //Dolores Huerta: Labor Leader and Civil Rights Activist.// Minnesota: Compass Point Books. When studying the farmworkers, it is also important to study Dolores Huerta, who worked along with Chavez without the same level of visibility.

Gaines, Ann. (2003). //César E. Chávez: The Fight for Farm Workers’ Rights//. Minnesota: The Child’s World.

Haugen, Brenda. (2008). //Cesar Chavez: Crusader for Social Change//. Minnesota: Compass Point Books. Excellent, highly readable comprehensive biography, includes numerous photos and detailed time line.

Lesson Plan:
A Tribute to Cesar Chavez - An American Hero: This link leads to a lesson plan tying together the study of what makes a hero with a study of Cesar Chavez.

[|American heroes lesson plan]