Jon Scieszka,Lane Smith: The Good, the Bad, and the Goofy #3

The Good, the Bad, and the Goofy #3


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Everyone s favorite time-travelers are changing their styles! "The Time Warp Trio" series now features a brand-new, eye-catching design, sure to appeal to longtime fans, and those new to Jon Scieszka s wacky brand of humor."

Life is different for kids today. Between standardized testing, the Common Core Curriculum, copious homework assignments, and seemingly endless amounts of screen time, it s hard for kids and parents to know what s most essential. How can parents help their kids succeed not just do well on the test -- but develop the learning habits they ll need to thrive throughout their lives? Why David Sometimes Wins tells the story of Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers' groundbreaking victory, drawing important lessons from this dramatic tale. Since the 1900s, large-scale agricultural enterprises relied on migrant labor-a cheap, unorganized, and powerless workforce. In 1965, when some 800 Filipino grape workers began to strike under the aegis of the AFL-CIO, the UFW soon joined the action with 2,000 Mexican workers and turned The Good, the Bad, and the Goofy #3 free ebook the strike into a civil rights struggle. They engaged in civil disobedience, mobilized support from churches and students, boycotted growers, and transformed their struggle into La Causa, a farm workers' movement that eventually triumphed over the grape industry's Goliath. Why did they succeed? How can the powerless challenge the powerful successfully? Offering insight from a longtime movement organizer and scholar, Ganz illustrates how they had the ability and resourcefulness to devise good strategy and turn short-term advantages into long-term gains. Authoritative in scholarship and magisterial in scope, this book constitutes a seminal contribution to learning from the movement's struggles, set-backs, and successes. "A brilliant new book.


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Author: Jon Scieszka,Lane Smith
Number of Pages: 80 pages
Published Date: 26 Apr 2004
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication Country: New York, NY, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9780142400463
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