Today’s Walking Classroom podcast teaches about the Civil Rights activist, Rosa Parks. She was an African American woman living in the South who worked to end segregation and discrimination. She is well-known for her brave decision to refuse to give up her bus seat to a white person, and the bus boycott that act triggered.
Character Value: Determination
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L–Language | SL–Speaking and Listening | RI–Reading: Informational | RL–Reading: Literature | W–Writing | RH–6-8 Literacy in History/Social Studies | RST–6-8 Literacy in Science & Technical Subjects Elementary School:RI.3.1, RI.3.2, SL.3.1, SL.3.4
RI.4.1, RI.4.2, SL.4.1, SL.4.4
RI.5.1, RI.5.2, SL.5.1, SL.5.4
Middle School:
RI.6.1, RI.6.2, SL.6.1, SL.6.4
RI.7.1, RI.7.2, RI.7.3, SL.7.1, SL.7.4
RI.8.1, RI.8.2, RI.8.3, SL.8.1, SL.8.4
RH.6-8.4
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Quiz: (Make sure you're already logged into your Gmail account, then click to copy this Google form to your Google Drive. Quiz keys are here.)
Rosa Parks Google Quiz
Slide Deck:
Rosa Parks Slide Deck
Presents a clip from a King speech about Rosa Parks’ arrest.
Shares a short biography of Rosa Parks.
Explore the Rosa Parks exhibit at the Henry Ford Museum with this virtual tour.
Test your knowledge of Rosa Parks with this quiz from Ducksters Education Site.
Research a leader of a social justice cause you are passionate about and write a letter to this leader (Activity 8) with this activity from Learning To Give.
Analyze the city code published in 1952 and answer questions with this primary source activity from PBS Learning Media.
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