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Cesar Chavez Curriculum Guide Day of Service and Learning Unit PlanCesar Chavez Curriculum Guide Day of Service and Learning Unit Plan
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Cesar Chavez Day of Service and Learning
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Cesar Chavez Curriculum Guide Day of Service and Learning

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Cesar Chavez, the United Farmworker's Movement, and the struggle for Chicano Civil Rights are the focus of a Day of Service and Learning curriculum guide that asks participants to investigate the conditions, events, and attitudes that prompted the table grape boycott.

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service learning, service learning projects, cesar chavez, chicano literature, civil rights, civil rights leaders, the civil rights movement, discrimination, the grapes of wrath, martin luther king jr.

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social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Have groups research more recent boycotts and their effectiveness

Classroom Considerations

  • The list of Service Learning Project Partners is dated and many of the contacts no longer valid

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  • The 36-page packet includes the reading passages, a timeline for the Chicano Civil Rights Movement, a biography of Cesar Chavez, lesson plans, worksheets, activities, and suggestions for service learning projects

Cons

  • No project rubric is included

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