History Lesson Plan

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Title César Chávez, a Labor Leader

• History Lesson Plan

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History Lesson Plan

• 2nd graders
• Purpose
• Aware students about altruism by reading a
  biography on a migrant who thought about ways to
  make life better for migrant workers.
• Objectives
• Determine what information is included in
  biographies.
• Identify important details for further writing.
• Understand and use vocabulary correctly.
• Write a biography.
• Read and understand the story correctly.

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Anticipatory Set

• Teacher asks students Do you like helping
  others? In which ways do you help others? Would
  you like to hear a story about a man who liked to
  help others?
• Well, today were going to read the biography on
  César Chávez, a leader of the United Farm Workers
  who thought about ways to make life better for
  migrant workers. He did many improvements and
  helped many people.

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Input

• First of all, the teacher explains that a
  biography is the most importants facts of
  someones life.
• Then, we will go over vocabulary to make sure the
  students understand the reading.
• A slide show would be used with vocabulary
  definitions and images.
• Vocabulary
• migrant one who moves from one region to another
  regularly.

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Input

• Organize to start and put into order.
• Postmaster a person in charge of the post
  office.
• Strike a demonstration in which employees stop
  working in order to get an employer to
• improve working conditions.
• Union a group of workers joined together to
  protect their interest

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Modeling

• Students do the following exercise to practice
  vocabulary words.
• Draw a line to match each word with its picture.

strike postmaster organize union migrant
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Modeling

• Teacher asks questions regarding vocabulary
  definitions.
• 1. If a person works at a post office its
  called______.
• 2. If a person likes to put to things in order,
  she or he likes to ____________.
• 3. If people move from one place to another, they
  are _________.
• 4. If a group of people stop working because they
  want better working conditions, they are doing a
  ____________.
• 5. How do you call a group of people who gather
  to proctect their interest? _________

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Guided Practice

• Teacher reads the title, author, and illustrator.
  Then, begins to read the book and pauses after
  reading each page to check comprehension.
• Teacher constantly asks questions and does
  echo-reading.
• While reading, teacher writes important details
  from the story on the board.
• After reading, class discussion using the notes
  on the board.

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Independent Practice

• Students are to write a biography on
• César Chávez using the details
• written on the board.
• The teacher provides the following
• worksheet.

Cesar Chavez (1927-1993) __________________
____ ______________________ ______________________
______________________ ______________________ ___
___________________
Name ____________________ Date _________
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Assessment

• Students will be evaluated like this
• Those who wish to share their work (biography) to
  their classmates, would earn extra points on
  their quiz.
• The quiz would consist on 5 true/false questions.
  

Quiz Write true or false. 1. Cesar Chavez helped
many people. _____ 2. Cesar Chavez was a
masterpost. ______ 3. Cesar went to many
different schools because his family was always
moving. _______ 4. Farm owners paid their workers
enough for their long hours in the fields.
________ 5. Cesar helped the migrant workers
start a union. __________
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Closing/ Summary/ Review

• Students will watch the following video to review
  the lesson. They would also go over the quiz
  together.
• http//www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/famoushistor
  icalfigures/cesarchavez/
• Finally, students write on their journals
  different ways in which they can help others.