EDUC 6302

Day

Title

The History of
Cesar Chavez

The History of
Cesar Chavez

The History of Cesar Chavez and Sonia Sotomayor

Activities
1. Students will watch the movie preview clip
of Cesar Chavez history is made one step at a
time.
2. Students will read Cesar Chavez
bibliography sheet from the book Cesar
Chavez by Ruth Franchere and use a guided
notes sheet.
3. I will read the passage out loud. I will then
ask students a series of questions about key
facts about Cesar Chavez.
4. Student will raise their hands with the correct
answer and fill in the answers on the guided
notes sheet.
5. Students will write a short composition
discussing why Cesar Chavez is an important
person in Hispanic history.
1. Students will watch a video clip called 1930s
migrant workers in America.
2. Students will fill out the cause and effect
sheet and I will ask the students, What
cause Cesar to work on the farm? What
cause Cesar to march and strike back?
What effects did this cause? What effects
did the fare wage strike have?
3. I will show a map of California on the
projector students will create an illustration
of the California map of areas where Cesar
Chavez worked and lived.
4. Next I will split the class into 2 groups. Each
group will provide evidence from what they
have learned about reasonings for farm
workers to receive a pay increase. Both
groups will come together for a class
discussion.

Goal/Objectives
Goal: TLW learn about Cesar
Chavez.
TLW Students will tell me who
they think Cesar Chavez is.
TLW Students will Read and
summarize the life of Cesar
Chavez by Ruth Franchere and
fill out a guided notes sheet.
TLW Students will write a
composition discussing why
Cesar Chavez is an important
person in Hispanic history.

TEKS
110.16.
11A, 18A
(iii), 21A,
21B. 21C,
113.16.B,
22C, 24E

110.16. 3C,
Goal: TLW learn the impact of
113.16.
being a Labor Leader.
24B, 24E,
TLW Students will analyze
113.16. 22C
multiple causes and effects of
Cesar Chavezs actions to help
migrant farm workers.
TLW Students will create an
illustration of the California
map of areas worked and helped
the migrant farm workers.
TLW Students will support why
Labor workers should have a
pay increase.

5th Grade
Resources

*Movie Preview
on the computer
http://cesarchavez
movie.com/#landi
ng,
*Book: Cesar
Chavez by Ruth
Franchere, and
*Guided notes
sheet
*KWL diagram

*1930s migrant
workers in
America video
clip
*Cause and effect
sheet
*Projector,
*California map,
*White board,
*KWL diagram

EDUC 6302
Day

Title

The History of
Cesar Chavez

The History of
Cesar Chavez

The History of
Cesar Chavez

The History of Cesar Chavez and Sonia Sotomayor

Activities
1. As I write Key important civil rights facts on
the board, I will ask students what are some
of the key important civil rights facts about
Cesar Chavez. Students will answer the
questions by raising their hand.
2. I will then call on a student and they will
write their answer on the board.
3. Next I will pass out a timeline sheet. I will
place the timeline on the projector and work
with the students to add key facts on the
timeline.
4. After this assignment is complete, students
will write a composition on why is a civil
rights activist is important.
1. Students will watch the movie Cesar Chavez
History is made one step at a time.

1. Student will take a quiz on Cesar Chavez

and write a short composition using
Microsoft word discussing why Cesar
Chavez an important person in Hispanic
history.

5th Grade
Resources

Goal/Objectives

TEKS

Goal: TLW learn the impact of

a Civil Rights Activist.
TLW Students will identify key
important civil rights facts
about Cesar Chavez.
TLW Students will interpret and
use timelines to map out Cesar
Chavezs facts.
TLW Students will write a
composition why a civil rights
activist is so important.

110.16. 18A
(iii), 13A,
13B, 21A,
21B, 21C,
113.16.
24E, 22C

*White board
*Timeline
*Projector
*KWL diagram

Goal: TLW learn how to respond

117.19. 4A,
4B, 113.16.
24E, 22C

* Movie

and evaluate a film.

TLW Students will identify diverse
cultural dimensions in film.
TLW Students will apply and
apply appropriate audience
behavior.

TLW Students will combine

what they have learned in class
to whats being shown in the
film.
Goal: TLW to know about
110.16. 3C,
Cesar Chavez.
113.16 24E,
TLW Students will take a quiz
22C
to support what they have
learned.
TLW Students will learn how to
use Microsoft word to write a
short composition. Students will
also use Microsoft word to
record what they learned this

*Quiz
*Microsoft word

EDUC 6302
Day

Title

The History of Cesar Chavez and Sonia Sotomayor

Activities

Goal/Objectives

TEKS

5th Grade
Resources

week.

The History of
Sonia
Sotomayor

The History of
Sonia
Sotomayor

1. Students will watch 2 youtube video clip of

Sonia Sotomayor called Who is Sonya
Sotomayor? & Sesame Street: Sonia
Sotomayor: "The Justice Hears a Case."
2. Students will read Sonia Sotomayor
bibliography sheet from the book Sonia
Sotomayor: A Judge Grows in the Bronx by
Jonah Winter and use a guided notes sheet.
3. I will read the passage out loud. I will then
ask students a series of questions about key
facts about Sonia Sotomayor.
4. Student will raise their hands with the correct
answer and fill in the answers on the guided
notes sheet.
5. Students will write a short composition
discussing why Sonia Sotomayor is an
important person in Hispanic history.

Goal: TLW learn about Sonia

Sotomayor.
TLW Students will tell me who
they think Sonia Sotomayor is.
TLW Students will Read and
summarize the life of Sonia
Sotomayor and fill out a guided
notes sheet.
TLW Students will write a
composition discussing why
Sonia Sotomayor is an
important person in Hispanic
history.

110.16.
11A, 25A,
26B, 21A,
21B, 21C,
113.16.
22C, 24E

*Computer

1. Students will watch a power point slide

about the Judicial System.
2. I will pass out a blank judicial chart and
students will fill in the boxes after I say the
branches of the judicial system.
3. Students will fill out the True or False sheet
and I will read out load the series of true and
false questions on the sheet, True or FalseSonia Sotomayor works at the U.S Court of
Customs, True or False- Barack Obama

Goal: TLW learn about the

Judicial System
TLW Students will list a
Judicial Chart.
TLW Students will apply the
Judicial System.
TLW Students will create a
mock trial.

113.16.
18B, 19B,
16A, 24E,
22C

*Computer*PowerPoint slide
*True or False

http://www.youtu
be.com/watch?
v=LmCdC9c4lro
http://www.youtu
be.com/watch?
v=FizspmIJbAw
*Book: Sonia
Sotomayor: A
Judge Grows in
the Bronx by
Jonah Winter and
*Guided notes
sheet,
*KWL diagram

sheet
*Judicial chart
*KWL diagram

EDUC 6302
Day

Title

The History of Cesar Chavez and Sonia Sotomayor

Activities

Goal/Objectives

TEKS

Goal: TLW understand how the

the supreme court works
TLW Students will identify key
important Supreme Court facts.
TLW Students will interpret
what they have learned about
the Supreme Court.
TLW Students will write a
composition on why is the
Supreme Court important.

110.16. 18A
(iii), 13A,
13B, 21A,
21B, 21C,
113.16.
24E, 22C

5th Grade
Resources

nominated Sonia Sotomayor to be an

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of
the United States, True or False- In order to
be nominated to be Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of the United States you must
be a city Mayor.
4. Next the class will do a Mock trial.
8

The History of
Sonia
Sotomayor

The History of
Sonia
Sotomayor

1. As I write Key important Supreme Court

facts on the board, I will ask students what
are some of the key important civil rights
facts. Students will answer the questions by
raising their hand.
2. I will then call on a student and they will
write their answer on the board.
3. The answers on the board will be split among
the students in groups.
4. Some groups will go on the computer and
some groups will go to the reading center to
further their knowledge.
5. After students have done there research the
groups will discuss their findings.
6. After this assignment is completed, students
will write a composition on why is the
Supreme Court important.
1. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, of Florida, the first
Hispanic woman elected to congress will be
our guest speaker.

Goal: TLW learn the impact of

being the 1st Hispanic to serve
in the Judicial system.

117.19. 5A,
110.16.
27A, 27C,
TLW Students will identify diverse 113.16.
cultural dimensions in the Judicial 24E, 22C
system.

TLW Students will apply and

apply appropriate audience
behavior.

TLW Students will combine

*White board
*Computer
*Reading Center

*Guest speaker

EDUC 6302
Day

Title

The History of Cesar Chavez and Sonia Sotomayor

Activities

Goal/Objectives

TEKS

5th Grade
Resources

what they have learned in class

to what Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is
explaining.

10

The History of
Sonia
Sotomayor

1. Student will take a quiz on Sonia

Sotomayor and write a short composition
using Microsoft word discussing why Sonia
Sotomayor is an important person in
Hispanic history.

Goal: TLW to know about

113.16.
Sonia Sotomayor and Cesar
22C, 24E,
Chavez.
110.16. 3C
TLW Students will take a quiz
to support what they have
learned.
TLW Students will learn how to
use Microsoft word to write a
short composition. Students will
also use Microsoft word to
record what they learned this
week.

*Quiz
*Microsoft Word

EDUC 6302
Day

Title

The History of Cesar Chavez and Sonia Sotomayor

Activities

Goal/Objectives

TEKS

5th Grade
Resources

EDUC 6302

The History of Cesar Chavez and Sonia Sotomayor

5th Grade