2nd Grade, U12, L8, Cesar Chavez

Grade 2 | Knowledge 12: Fighting for a Cause

Lesson 8:
Cesar Chavez:
Protector of
Workers’ Rights

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Knowledge 12, Lesson 8: Cesar Chavez: Protector of Workers' Rights

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Knowledge 12, Lesson 8: Cesar Chavez: Protector of Workers' Rights

I can recall information about Susan B. Anthony, Eleanor
Roosevelt, Mary McLeod Bethune, Jackie Robinson, Rosa
Parks, and Martin Luther King Jr.

I can explain the connection between Cesar Chavez and
human rights for farmworkers.

What are our learning goals?

Knowledge 12, Lesson 8: Cesar Chavez: Protector of Workers' Rights

I can demonstrate an understanding of the word plight.

I can write a free verse poem explaining my opinion about
Cesar Chavez’s achievements.

Vocabulary

Knowledge 12, Lesson 8: Cesar Chavez: Protector of Workers' Rights

heritage

instructing

migrant workers

organizer

plight

strikes

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Multiple Choice

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

• animal rights and environmental conservation
• space exploration and technology

• culinary arts and fashion design
• women's suffrage and women's rights

Multiple Choice

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

• Space exploration and technology

• Animal rights

• Civil rights and human rights

• Sports and entertainment rights

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

• Giving up her seat willingly
• Sitting at the back of the bus
• Supporting segregation laws
• Refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white person

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How did Jackie Robinson help change segregation laws?

• By inventing a new form of transportation
• By starting a successful restaurant chain
• By becoming a famous actor
• By breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball

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"Cesar Chavez: Protector
of Workers' Rights"

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Knowledge 12, Lesson 8: Cesar Chavez: Protector of Workers' Rights

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Knowledge 12, Lesson 8: Cesar Chavez: Protector of Workers' Rights

Multiple Choice

Why do you think the workers suffered from bad health?

• Regular health check-ups
• Good working conditions
• Short working hours
• They worked for long hours and couldn't pay their medical bills if they became sick or injured.

Knowledge 12, Lesson 8: Cesar Chavez: Protector of Workers' Rights

Knowledge 12, Lesson 8: Cesar Chavez: Protector of Workers' Rights

Knowledge 12, Lesson 8: Cesar Chavez: Protector of Workers' Rights

Knowledge 12, Lesson 8: Cesar Chavez: Protector of Workers' Rights

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Knowledge 12, Lesson 8: Cesar Chavez: Protector of Workers' Rights

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Multiple Choice

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

• He felt migrant workers deserved better treatment.

• He was forced to do so by his family
• He lost a bet and had to fight for migrant workers
• He wanted to become famous

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What word are we going to talk about?

plight

Knowledge 12, Lesson 8: Cesar Chavez: Protector of Workers' Rights

Making Choices Activity

plight

A plight is a very difficult or bad situation.

Multiple Choice

When victims of an earthquake need to rebuild their damaged homes.

• That is a plight.

• That is not a plight.

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When a family takes a walk together in a park.

• That is a plight.

• That is not a plight.

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When a team wins a sports tournament

• That is a plight.

• That is not a plight.

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When birds lose their habitat, or homes, because of a forest fire.

• That is a plight.

• That is not a plight.

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Writing a Free
Verse Poem

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Knowledge 12, Lesson 8: Cesar Chavez: Protector of Workers' Rights