Cesar Chavez

As we have been learning about becoming a leader and leaders who have made a difference, we read the book Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez. We learned how Chavez made a difference for workers in California through marches and other peaceful protests. The students identified his character traits and provided evidence from the text for each character trait.

helpful

• he helped people get job rights

brave

• he led the march even when his feet started bleeding
• he led the people to Sacramento

persistent

• he never gave up
• he walked until he got other peoples' rights
• he walked until he got what he wanted

hard-working

• he worked hard for very little pay

peaceful

• he didn't fight

caring

• he cared enough to lead the people and get them their rights

persuasive

• he convinced them to march with him for rights
• he convinced the owners to improve working conditions for workers
• he persuaded people to follow him