Lessons & Units :: Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez 4th Grade Unit

Paired Text Questions: "Honoring King" and Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez

Lesson Plan

Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez | 800L

Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez
Learning Goal
Integrate information from the non-fiction passage "Honoring King" and the book Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez to be able to write and speak more knowledgeably about nonviolent protests.
Duration
Approximately 20 minutes
Necessary Materials
Provided:
  1. Questions
  2. Non-fiction reading passage "Honoring King"

Not Provided:
Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez
 
  • Questions 1 and 2 refer to the non-fiction passage "Honoring King." Questions 3 and 4 refer to the book Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez. Questions 5 and 6 refer to both the passage and the book.
  • Student versions of the questions are in the 'Texts & Materials' tab.
 
Part 1: "Honoring King"
 
Read the passage "Honoring King" out loud to your students. Alternatively, students can read the passage independently or as a group.
 
Question 1: What was the Montgomery bus boycott?
 
Sample student answer: The boycott was a protest in Montgomery, Alabama led by Martin Luther King, Jr. For 381 days African Americans refused to use city buses.
 
Question 2: Based on the information in the passage, did the boycott help change any unjust laws? Explain why or why not.
 
Sample student answer (may vary):
  • The boycott helped change an unjust law. A year after the boycott, the Supreme Court ruled that segregation on buses was illegal. The boycott brought the issue to the attention of the Supreme Court.
  • The boycott did not help change any laws. Segregation on buses was judged to be illegal a year later by the Supreme Court. But it is unclear whether the decision by the Supreme Court was the result of the bus boycott.
 
Part 2: Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez
 
Question 3: What was the purpose of the march that Cesar Chavez led to the state capitol of California?
 
Sample student answer: The purpose of the march was to ask the state government to help farmworkers.
 
Question 4: Explain whether or not the march helped farmworkers.
 
Sample student answer (may vary but should be in the affirmative): Yes, the march helped farmworkers. It led to them receiving a contract from the grape company promising better pay and working conditions.
 
Part 3: "Honoring King" and Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez
 
Question 5: What did the Montgomery bus boycott and the march that Chavez led have in common?
 
Sample student answer (may vary):
  • The boycott and march were both nonviolent protests.
  • The boycott and march were both carried out because leaders and other people believed there was unfairness and injustice that needed to be changed.
 
Question 6: Based on the Montgomery bus boycott and the march that Chavez led, can nonviolent protest be an effective way to try and solve a problem? Use evidence from the two texts to explain why or why not.
 
Sample student answer (may vary): Based on the boycott and the march, nonviolent protest can be effective. Both of those protests led to people being treated more fairly.

Texts & Materials

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User Comments

Here is a youtube link for Harvesting Hope in case you don't have the book.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk1W1OC9W9I

Submitted by Emilycerra_1016346 on 2/7/16

This is a perfect match of good text samples and aligned standards that I needed to cover. THANK YOU!

Submitted by aime.mccall on 11/1/15

Good resources

Submitted by ida.raju_1179922 on 9/30/15

Great for 3rd Unit on Martin Luther King and, as a multicultural unit, "King and Chavez--Nonviolent Protest Leaders"

Submitted by knightroadorg_1299512 on 9/22/15

Super unit. Lessons are so easy to follow. Thanks!!!!!

Submitted by bettyestokes on 9/7/15

This is a great unit. "Harvesting Hope" is in our district's reading book which makes this assignment economical!

Submitted by rewyche on 4/18/15

Completely incredible!Sooooooooooooo useful for teaching the students.

Submitted by sat.hat_1107314 on 3/4/15

Loved the unit!!!!

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