Domain 11 - Lesson 8: Cesar Chavez

Protector of Worker's Rights

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Cesar Chavez

What have we already learned?

• When faced with injustice, ordinary people can make extraordinary changes for the good of all citizens.

• Which of the individuals you learned about so far you think was extraordinary? Explain why?

Check for Understanding

Multiple Choice

For what causes did Susan B. Anthony fight during her lifetime?

• Human rights and civil rights. She also wanted a better education for African American girls.

• To abolish slavery and get women the right to vote.

• Human and civil rights for women, children, African Americans, Native Americans and the poor.

• Civil rights

Multiple Choice

For what causes did Eleanor Roosevelt fight during her lifetime?

• Human rights and civil rights. She also wanted a better education for African American girls.

• To abolish slavery and get women the right to vote.

• Human and civil rights for women, children, African Americans, Native Americans and the poor.

• Civil rights.

Multiple Choice

For what causes did Mary McLeod Bethune fight during her lifetime?

• Human rights and civil rights. She also wanted a better education for African American girls.

• To abolish slavery and get women the right to vote.

• Human and civil rights for women, children, African Americans, Native Americans and the poor.

• Civil rights

Multiple Choice

What action did Rosa Parks take that helped to bring about change in the South?

• She agreed to give up her seat on the bus, which helped spark the civil rights movement.

• She refused to give up her seat on the bus, which helped spark the civil rights movement.

Multiple Choice

How did Jackie Robinson help change segregation laws?

• He broke the color barrier to end segregation in school.

• He broke the color barrier to end segregation on bus.

• He broke the color barrier to end segregation in professional sports.

Multiple Choice

For what causes did Martin Luther King Jr. fight during his lifetime?

• Human rights and civil rights. He also wanted a better education for African American girls.

• To abolish slavery and get women the right to vote.

• Human and civil rights for women, children, African Americans, Native Americans and the poor.

• Civil rights

heritage (n)

culture, traditions, and items that are handed down from generation to generation.

Example: Akna was proud of her Inuit heritage and enjoyed attending the Inuit cultural festivals with her family.

instructing (v)

teaching or guiding someone to do something.

Example: "Today I will be instructing you on the safest way to snowboard down the mountainside," announced the instructor.

migrant workers (n)

people who travel from one area to another, usually in search of work such as harvesting crops.

Example: Migrant workers might travel long and far to find work during search of work such as harvesting crops.

organizer (n)

someone who brings people and ideas together to accomplish a particular goal.

Example: A great organizer was needed to help run the school's fair.

plight (n)

a very difficult or bad situation.

Example: The plight of the starving people could not be ignored.

strikes (n)

stoppages of work until those in a position of power, such as employers, grant certain demands, such as higher pay or better working conditions.

Example: Some strikes last a long time until the employer and workers agree on a fair solution to their disagreements.

​Cesar Chavez: Protector of Worker's Rights

Cesar Chavez, like many others, worked in California picking grapes and harvesting other crops when they were ready to harvested. He did not own his own farm. He worked on farm owned by other people, and he had to travel from farm to farm looking for work. Life for workers like Cesar was very difficult, and he worked to improve the lives of these workers.

Cesar Chavez

He fought to make a better life for people who worked very hard but were paid very little money.

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​Cesar Chavez: Protector of Worker's Rights

Check for understanding

Multiple Choice

Where was Cesar Chavez born?

• Gila River Valley, near Arizona.

• Silicon Valley, California.

• Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas

• Waipio Valley, Hawaii

Multiple Choice

What happened to Cesar's family after the lack of rain devastated their ranch?

• They lost their ranch, so they went to Texas and became migrant workers.

• They lost their ranch, so they went to Florida and became migrant workers.

• They lost their ranch, so they went to California and became migrant workers.

• They lost their ranch, so they went to Hawaii and became migrant workers.

Multiple Choice

Was life as a migrant worker easy or hard for Cesar and his family?

• easy

• hard

Multiple Select

Why was life as a migrant hard for Cesar and his family? (multiple choices)

• They had to move from place to place.

• They earned very little money.

• They worked for one employer.

• They earned enough money for their life.

Multiple Choice

Why did Cesar decide to fight for the cause of migrant workers?

• They deserved better treatment.

• He could earned money from fighting for them.

• He wanted to be the leader of the migrant workers.

Multiple Select

In what way was Cesar's fight for human rights based on what Martin Luther King Jr. did in the fight for civil rights? (multiple choices)

• He organized an aggressive march and strike.

• He organized a peaceful march and strike.

• He believed in Martin's view that the fight should be violence.

• He believed in Martin's view that the fight should be nonviolence.

Multiple Select

How did the grape growers feel about the march and the strike? (multiple choices)

• They were upset because the grapes were withering.

• They agreed to increase the amount of money they paid to the migrant workers and gave them healthcare.

• They were pleased because the grapes were withering.

• They refused to increase the amount of money they paid to the migrant workers or give them healthcare.

Multiple Select

What is the connection between Cesar Chavez and human rights for farmworkers? (multiple choices)

• He fought for human rights for the farm workers in California who perform backbreaking work for very little pay.

• He fought for the right to vote of the farmworkers.

• He fought for better healthcare for the workers.

• He fought for the right to own property of the workers.