ERIC Number: ED473444
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2002
Pages: 35
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
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Cesar Chavez--Grade Nine Model Curriculum and Resources.
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento.
This California state curriculum model for grade 9 about Cesar Chavez explains that grade 9 is an elective year for social studies courses and that one of the electives is a course about contemporary California. It suggests that students in schools offering this course could study the role of Chavez in 20th century California and his legacy. A 13-chapter biography of Cesar Chavez (appropriate for middle school students) is provided. The chapters are: (1) "Cuentos (Stories)"; (2) "Cultura (Culture)"; (3) Trabajadores (The Workers)"; (4) "Dignidad (Dignity)"; (5) "La Causa (The Cause)"; (6) "Entrenando (The Power of Organizing)"; (7) "Si, Se Puede (Yes, It Can Be Done)"; (8) "La Huelga (The Strike)"; (9) "Problems y Ayuda (Problems and Help)"; (10) "Tiene La Lumbre Adentro (He Has the Light Inside)"; (11) "Viva La Causa (Long Live the Cause)"; (12) "El Fin y El Futuro (The End and A New Beginning)"; and (13) "The Legacy of Cesar E. Chavez." It includes 15 notes and an 11-item bibliography. (BT)
Descriptors: Biographies, Change Agents, Citizen Participation, Community Leaders, Elective Courses, Grade 9, Junior High Schools, Labor Problems, Middle Schools, Models, Social Studies, State History
California Department of Education, P.O. Box 944272, Sacramento, CA 94244-2720. Tel: 916-3190791. For full text: http://chavez.scientech.com/Teachers/Lessons_7-9.htm#Grade9.
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners; Teachers
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento.
Identifiers - Location: California
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