Bibliography
Baum, Willa K. Oral History for the Local Historical Society 3rd Ed. Revised. Walnut Creek: Altamira Press, 1995. This source provides information on how to conduct oral history projects. It has an excellent section on conducting interviews.
Beers, K. The Components of Effective Read Alouds. 2003. http://www.slideshare.net/nwsnmry/components-of-effective-read-aloud (accessed July 11, 2010). Read alouds are important to use in the classroom for many reasons. Beers explains these reasons well.
Falstein, Mark. Freedom Fighters Cesar Chavez. Parsippany: Pearson Learning Group, 1994. Children's literature piece that focuses on Cesar Chavez's life. Good photographs of him throughout his lifetime.
Franchere, Ruth. Cesar Chavez. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1970. An easy-to-read children's biography.
Free Management Library. http://www.managementhelp.org/evaluatn/intrview.htm (accessed July 10, 2010). This website provides a step-by-step process on how to prepare, conduct, and follow-up on an interview.
Gonzales, Doreen. Cesar Chavez Leader for Migrant Farm Workers. Berkeley Heights: Enslow Publishers, Inc., 1996. Geared towards readers in grades 5 – 9, this book provides more detailed information about Cesar Chavez.
Hamilton, Nigel. Biography A Brief History. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2007. A good teacher resource for better understanding how the genre of biography has evolved over time.
Hamilton, Nigel. The Task of Biography A Primer. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2008. Anyone that is interested in writing a biography should benefit from reading this step-by-step process on "how to".
Lee, Hermoine. Biography A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. An additional teacher resource that explicitly explains about the genre of biography.
Levy, Jacques E. Cesar Chavez Autobiography of La Causa. New York: W.W. Norton & Company Inc. , 1975. An excellent resource with many first-hand accounts from Cesar Chavez himself.
Ritchie, Donald A. Doing Oral History A Practical Guide. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. Excellent teacher resource that explains how to conduct oral history. The chapters are divided so that one may only use one or two for their purpose. Using it in this manner, it could also be a good resource for high school students.
Study Guides and Strategies. http://studygs.net (accessed July 11, 2010). Provides practical knowledge regarding learning to work with others.
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