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The story of the farm-worker who organized fellow laborers to demand fair pay and safe conditions, and led peaceful marches and boycotts that changed American farming.
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Discussion
The story of the farm-worker who organized fellow laborers to demand fair pay and safe conditions, and led peaceful marches and boycotts that changed American farming.
- What problems were farm workers facing before Cesar Chavez organized them?
- Chavez believed in nonviolence. Why might peaceful protest be powerful?
- What does 'Si, se puede' ('Yes, we can') mean, and why did it matter to workers?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: boycott, union, nonviolence.
Try it: Think of one unfair rule you'd want to change. Write one peaceful step you could take to try to change it.