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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 880L
Language
English
Description
A biography of Cesar Chavez, from age ten when he and his family lived happily on their Arizona ranch, to age thirty-eight when he led a peaceful protest against California migrant workers' miserable working conditions.
2) Cesar Chavez
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Biography of Cesa Chavez, a migrant farm worker who helped form a farm workers union that forced landowners to increase wages and improve working conditions.
3) Cesar Chavez
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
400L
Language
English
Formats
Description
This book is a brief biography of Cesar Chavez, a labor leader for Mexican agricultural migrant workers.
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Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
""Viva La Huelga! Viva La Causa!" Discover the true story behind Cesar Chavez and the Delano Grape Strike, as he and the National Farm Workers Association set out on an incredible three-hundred-mile protest march in support of farmworkers' rights."--
6) Cesar Chavez
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Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Cesar Chavez is specifically written to meet the needs of adolescents and adults who are reluctant readers. The photographs, maps, and illustrations reflect the text, making the words easy to decode. This high-interest, low-vocabulary biography is ideal for English as a Second Language or adult basic education students. Cesar Chavez quit school after Grade 8 to help support his family. He laboured in the fields as a migrant farm worker. In 1962, Cesar...
8) Cesar Chavez
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The story of the famed civil rights leader and labor organizer torn between his duties as a husband and father and his commitment to securing a living wage for farm workers. Chavez embraced non-violence as he battled greed and prejudice in his struggle to bring dignity to people. He inspired millions of Americans who never worked on a farm to fight for social justice. His triumphant journey is a remarkable testament to the power of one individual's...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Presents a brief biography of Cesar Chavez who fought for the rights of farm workers. His efforts shined a light on the conditions farm workers faced, and he had a lasting impact beyond the fields.
11) Cesar Chavez
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
540L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Describes the life and work of labor leader and organizer Cesar Chavez"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 1020L
Language
English
Formats
Description
On September 16, 1965, Filipino and Mexican American migrant workers joined together to strike against the grape growers in Delano, California. The farmers left the fields to demand better wages and benefits. Led by Larry Itliong, Cesar Chavez, and Dolores Huerta, the two groups created a union called the United Farm Workers of America. For five years, UFW brought attention to their cause through boycotts, a 300-mile march, and other nonviolent efforts...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Growing up in a poor, migrant family, Cesar Chavez knew how hard life could be. As a boy, he went to thirty different schools before finally having to drop out in eighth grade to help support his family. Chavez devoted his life to creating unions and demanding better working conditions for all farmworkers. This book traces Chavez's life, highlighting the triumphs and difficulties that he encountered, while sidebars and a timeline provide extra information...
16) Cesar Chavez
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Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Description
In 1965, Cesar Chavez and his United Farm Workers organization launched a strike against grape growers in California. For five years, they fought to win fair wages, better working conditions, and recognition as a union from the growers. Readers will learn about Chavez' methods of resistance, how the movement grew to include people from all walks of life throughout the country, and why Chavez was such as effective leader. They will also find out what...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
450L
Language
English
Description
"From Samuel Adams to the students from Parkland, march through history with the heroic revolutionary protesters who changed America. These heroic protesters were not afraid to stand up for what they believed in. They are among the twenty change-makers in this book who used peaceful protests and brave actions to rewrite American history"--Jacket.
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Series
Report / 110th Congress 2d session Senate volume 110-312
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
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