1. America’s People
Unit 6 Lesson 5
Cesar E. Chavez
2nd Grade
Created by Mrs. Perez-Vasquez

2. Vocabulary and Definitions
Content Standard:
Reading: Vocabulary and Concept
Development 1.0
Learning Objective:
Today, you will correctly read the
vocabulary and definitions

3. Cesar E. Chavez
Story
written by
Don
McLeese

4. Treated
Definition: An explanation
of the word.
Past tense of
treat: to
behave toward
or deal with in
a certain way.
Cesar Chavez believed all farm workers should be
treated fairly.

5. Union
Definition:
A group of workers
who join together
to get better pay
and working
conditions.
Cesar Chavez helped led the farm workers union.

6. Support
Definition:
To provide
for.
It was hard for farm workers to support their
family.

7. Definition: Border
The line where
one country
ends and
another
begins.
Cesar’s grandfather crossed the Mexican border into
Texas in the 1880’s.

8. Crops
Definition:
Plural of crop:
fruits, vegetables,
or other plants
that are grown on
a farm and sold.
In California, Cesar Chavez and his family
picked crops for other farms.

9. Migrant Farm Workers
Definition:
A person who
travels from one
farm to another.
Farm workers move from farm to farm to pick
crops. Some travel to different states

10. Strike
Definition:
To stop work in
order to get
better pay and
working
conditions.
In 1965, Cesar asked grape pickers to strike or
to refuse to work.

11. Boycott
Definition:
To refuse to
buy
something.
Cesar Chavez asked American to boycott grapes.
Some people stopped buying grapes.

12. Weakened
Definition:
Past tense of
weaken: To
grow less
strong.
The two hunger strikes may have weakened
Cesar Chavez.

13. Weakened
Definition:
To grow less
strong.
The cotton pickers were weakened.

14. Weakened
Definition:
To grow less
strong.
After playing soccer all morning my legs were
weakened.

15. Community
Definition:
People who live
together in the
same town or
place.
Throughout the Mexican-American
community, Cesar is as important as Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. is for civil rights

16. Community
Definition
People who live together in
the same town or place
The memory of Cesar
Chavez lives on.
The Mexican-American community is proud
California celebrates March 31 as Cesar Chavez
Day, making his birthday a state holiday.

17. Awarded
Definition:
Past tense of
award: To
give honor
after careful
thought.
In 1994, after his death, President Bill Clinton
awarded Cesar the U.S. Medal of Freedom.

18. Concept Vocabulary
The concept word for this lesson is
equality
Many individuals have worked to
obtain equality. Can you think of
someone? Why is equality important?

19. equality
Definition:
Equality
means
“shared
equal rights.”