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2-Minute historic Video
2-Minute historic Video
March to Sacramento 1966
5-minute video Lesson
5-minute video Lesson
(You might want to start at :40)
A Short History of Huerta and Chavez
A Short History of Huerta and Chavez
Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez teamed up in 1962 to form the United Farm Workers of America (UFWA) in order to improve the working conditions for the workers. The farm employees were making as low as 70 cents an hour, didn’t have access to toilets or cold drinking water and weren’t given breaks.
A long time activist, Huerta faced threats of physical violence, threats of prison time and sexism. She went on to receive numerous awards for advocating for the rights of workers, immigrants and women.
March to Sacramento
In 1965, Huerta led the grape workers to strike. The next year, Cesar Chavez and 67 other grape farm workers marched 340 miles to Sacramento, California, to protest against these unfair conditions. Protestors carried signs that said, “Huelga!” and “Don’t Buy California Grapes”. Along the way, the group grew in size. By the time they arrived in Sacramento, there were thousands of workers protesting.
In the end, the grape growers signed a contract that allowed the farm workers to unionize with collective bargaining rights. This meant that all the farm workers could have a collective, unanimous voice in determining their rights and responsibilities as workers.
Designed for middle and high school advisory classes, the five 15 to 20-minute learning activities in this slide deck feature videos and short readings about prominent, inspiring Latino Americanos. Students who complete the online activities (accessed with QR-code links) can claim a free book at the April 11th event at Hamlin Middle School!
Resources for learning about Chavez, Huerta and the United Farm Workers (UFW) Movement
Resources for learning about Chavez, Huerta and the United Farm Workers (UFW) Movement
ReCursos para Apprender sobre Chavez, huerta y el movimiento de Trabajadores Agrícolas (UFW)
ReCursos para Apprender sobre Chavez, huerta y el movimiento de Trabajadores Agrícolas (UFW)
Cesar Chavez Curriculum Resources:
K-12 Model Curriculum about Cesar Chavez from the California Department of Education:
Library of Congress Primary Sources on Farm Worker’s Living and Working Conditions
Grade 7 ELA, Making Evidence-Based Claims Unit: Cesar Chavez
Dolores Huerta Curriculum Resources:
Dolores Huerta Girl Scout Patch: Activities for K-12 that can be adapted for schools
Dolores Huerta: Collaborating to Affect Change (elementary lesson plan)
Dolores Huerta: Building Coalitions to Affect Change (middle school lesson plan)
Martin Luther King, Jr. and Cesar Chavez:
1966 Telegram Where MLK Tells Cesar Chavez “Our Separate Struggles Are Really One”
The Interconnected Lives of Martin Luther King, Jr., Robert F. Kennedy, and Cesar Chavez
Other related lesson plans (middle/high school)
Cesar Chavez/ UFW K-5 Book List
Lista de libros acerca de César Chávez / UFW (nivel Kinder - grado 5)
Books available at the Springfield Public Library
Books available at the Springfield Public Library
Libros disponibles en la Biblioteca Pública de Springfield
Libros disponibles en la Biblioteca Pública de Springfield
First day in grapes by L. King Perez
A picture book of Cesar Chavez by David Adler
A day’s work by Eve Bunting
Gathering the sun: an ABC in Spanish and English by Alma Flor Ada
Harvesting hope: the story of Cesar Chavez by Kathleen Krull
Cesar Chavez by Josh Gregory
Cesar Chavez “On My Own Biography” by Ginger Wadsworth
Cesar Chavez: the struggle for justice by Richard Grisold del Castillo
Dolores Huerta: a hero to migrant workers by Sarah E. Warren
Side by side: the story of Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez by Monica Brown
Strike! : the farm workers’ fight for their rights by Larry Dane Brimner
Portraits of Hispanic American heroes by Juan Felipe Herrera
With courage: seven women who changed America by Lynea Bowdish
Bravo! : poems about amazing Hispanics Margarita Engle
Calling the doves by Juan Felipe Herrera
Cesar: sí, se puede/yes, we can! by Carmen Bernier-Grand
The Circuit: stories from the life of a migrant child by Francisco Jimenez
ONLINE: Cesar Chavez: Migrant Hero; The Life of Cesar Chavez
Libros en español o bilingües:
Cosechando esperanza: la historia de Cesar Chavez por Kathleen Krull
Lado a lado: la historia de Dolores Huerta y Cesar Chavez por Monica Brown
Cesar Chavez: la lucha por la justicia por Richard Grisold
Cesar Chavez y la máquina del tiempo by Juan Carlos Quezadas
Cesar: sí, se puede! por Carmen Bernier-Grand
La mariposa por Francisco Jimenez
EN LINEA: Cesar Chavez: Héroe Migrante; La Vida de Cesar Chavez
Dolores Huerta Online Gallery
/Galería en línea Dolores Huerta
(Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery)
Wish to stay in touch with Dolores Huerta?
Join the Dolores Huerta Social Justice Network
¿Quieres estar en contacto con Dolores Huerta?Únete a la Red de Justicia Social Dolores Huerta
IntroVideo.mp4County Commissioner Joe Berney remembers working with Dolores Huerta.
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