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Read, Sing, and Learn Mini-Books: FAMOUS AMERICANS 20 Reproducible Books With Mini-Bios, Fun Facts, Activities 4 and Super Songs Set to Familiar Tunes by Rose Marie Crocco and Agnes Dunn N E W Y O R K " T O R O N T O " L O N D O N " A U C K L A N D " S Y D N E Y M E X I C O C I T Y " N E W D E L H I " H O N G K O N G " B U E N O S A I R E S Read, Sing, and Learn Mini-Books: Famous Americans © Crocco & Dunn, Scholastic Teaching Resources Scholastic Inc. grants teachers permission to photocopy the pages from this book for classroom use. No other part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission of the publisher.

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by Alan Eitzen Design by Solutions by Design, Inc. Historical Consultant: Paul Ringel, Ph.D. ISBN: 0-439-37665-3 Copyright 2002 by Rose Marie Crocco and Agnes Dunn. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 40 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 For our husbands, Alan Dunn and Tony Crocco A CKNOWLEDGEMENTS Many thanks to all of the educators in Stafford County, Virginia who offered suggestions for activities or sang our songs with their students. We also wish to thank Kama Einhorn for believing in us and making it possible for us to share our mini-books with other educators. Read, Sing, and Learn Mini-Books: Famous Americans © Crocco & Dunn, Scholastic Teaching Resources Contents Welcome! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Cesar Chavez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Amelia Earhart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Thomas Alva Edison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Helen Keller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Meriwether Lewis and William Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Thurgood Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Sally Ride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Jackie Robinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Franklin Delano Roosevelt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Sacagawea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Daniel Boone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Paul Revere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Rosa Parks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Harriet Tubman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Susan B. Anthony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Abraham Lincoln . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 George Washington Carver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Martin Luther King, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 George Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Read, Sing, and Learn Mini-Books: Famous Americans © Crocco & Dunn, Scholastic Teaching Resources 1 8 5 Cesar Chavez Californian With a Cause 1927-1993 Cesar Chavez attended more than thirty schools before the eighth grade. What do you think it would be like to change schools that often? ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Read, Sing, and Learn Mini-Books: Famous Americans © Crocco & Dunn, Scholastic Teaching Resources 2 7 6 Cesar Chavez was born in Yuma, Arizona in 1927. His family owned a farm and worked the land. During the years of the Great Depression, many farmers lost their crops and could not afford to keep their farms. When this happened to the Chavez family, they, like many other families, moved to California to look for work. The family became migrant farm workers, moving from place to place to pick fruits and vegetables as they ripened. Because the family moved to harvest crops, Cesar Chavez changed schools more than thirty times. The family was so poor that Cesar often had to help with the picking and not go to school. After eighth grade, Cesar Chavez left school to take care of his parents. Cesar Chavez was a farm worker all his life and, like other farm workers, toiled long hours for little pay. Many farm workers were made very ill by the dangerous chemicals used on the crops. There was no money for, and no one to protect, the many workers who were too sick or too old to work. Cesar Chavez became determined to change these terrible conditions. He began by helping the Community Service Organization (C.S.O.). CESAR CHAVEZ (sing to the tune of cTen Little Indians d) Cesar Chavez, migrant worker, Helped set up a labor union, Led a boycott, grapes and lettuce, Fought for workers 9 rights. Cesar Chavez, Mexican-American, Led a workers 9 voting drive, Boycotts, strikes, and peaceful marches, Fought for workers 9 rights. Read, Sing, and Learn Mini-Books: Famous Americans © Crocco & Dunn, Scholastic Teaching Resources 3 6 7 Cesar Chavez led peaceful protests to gain rights for migrant workers. Create a sign that might have been held up at a National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) meeting. Many migrant workers were not American citizens, so were not allowed to vote. The C.S.O. helped workers to become citizens and gain a voice in government. To further their work, Cesar Chavez took classes at night and became a good speaker. In 1962, he helped begin the National Farm Workers Association. Cesar Chavez led a boycott of California grapes and lettuce. He asked people not to buy lettuce or grapes until the workers who picked the produce were better treated. Many people in many parts of the world stopped buying these products. As fewer people bought lettuce and grapes, companies lost money and so began to listen to the workers 9 demands. Cesar Chavez believed in peaceful protests. He organized boycotts, made speeches, and led marches. To make changes he felt were especially important, he went on hunger strikes, refusing to eat until certain practices were changed. His brave work helped improve the lives of farm workers and made many agricultural practices safer for us all. Read, Sing, and Learn Mini-Books: Famous Americans © Crocco & Dunn, Scholastic Teaching Resources 4 5 8 Cesar Chavez and his family picked fruits and vegetables during each season of the year. They moved from farm to farm harvesting the ripe food. Draw a picture of the fruits and vegetables he picked in each season. Did You Know& Cesar Chavez 9s family was so poor he did not always have shoes to wear. He walked barefoot to school. His family picked fruits and vegetables all year long: lettuce and peas in the winter, cherries and beans in the spring, grapes and corn in the summer, and cotton in the fall. Before farm workers worked to gain rights, farm owners could fire a worker for no reason! Cesar Chavez walked 250 miles from his home to Sacramento, the capital of California, to bring attention to the needs of farm workers. Read, Sing, and Learn Mini-Books: Famous Americans © Crocco & Dunn, Scholastic Teaching Resources

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