What's Your Story, Cesar Chavez?

From the Series Cub Reporter Meets Famous Americans

  • Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 3
  • Reading Level: Grade 2

Why did Cesar Chavez want to help farm workers? How did he get people to care about farm workers’ rights? Cub Reporter interviews him to find out! Learn how Cesar fought to make the United States a fairer, safer place to work and live. Readers will see how to use interviewing skills and journalistic questions to reveal the story behind a famous American.

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Interest Level Kindergarten - Grade 3
Reading Level Grade 2
Genre Social Studies
Category Diverse Books: Immigration & Refugees, Diverse Books: Race & Ethnicity, Diverse Books: Social Class, Diverse Books: Social Justice, Diversity
Copyright 2016
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint Lerner Publications ™, LernerClassroom
Language English
Number of Pages 32
Publication Date 2015-08-01
Text Type Narrative Nonfiction
BISACS JNF007050, JNF007110, JNF018030
Dewey 331.88'13092
Graphics 1-color illustrations, Full-color illustrations
Dimensions 7 x 9
Lexile 680
Guided Reading Level O
ATOS Reading Level 4.4
Accelerated Reader® Quiz 177746
Accelerated Reader® Points 0.5
Features Bibliography/further reading, Fast facts, Glossary, Glossary words bolded within text, Index, Photo captions, Reviewed, Table of contents, Teaching Guides, Timeline, and eSource

Author: Emma Carlson-Berne

Emma Carlson Berne has written and edited more than two dozen books for young people. She holds a master's degree in composition and rhetoric from Miami University. Emma lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, with her husband and two sons. Visit her online at http://emmacarlsonberne.com/.

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Cub Reporter Meets Famous Americans

Cub Reporter is on a mission. He’s interviewing famous people from US history to find out what made them so special. Using classic journalistic questions—who, what, when, where, why, and how—he’ll uncover the story of how these people made a difference. Readers will join Cub… View available downloads →

Reviews

School Library Journal, Series Made Simple

“These are serviceable introductions to important historical figures.”—School Library Journal, Series Made Simple