Activity KeyUncorrected TextRosa Parks, “the first lady of the civil rights movement,” was born February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee Alabama. On December 1, 1955, Parks was arrested after refusing a bus drivers demand to give up her seat to a white passanger. Her courageous act of defiance ...
Rosa Parks Changed the Ruleswork sheet, one copy per student (provided) Lesson Plan In this activity, students listen to or read a selection describing the events of December 1, 1955. Then they read the rules that people had to follow on the bus. They label an illustration of the bus to...
On February 4, people around the nation will celebrate the birthday of Rosa Parks, an influential African American woman during the Civil Rights Movement. Educators will want to teach their students about Rosa Parks, and using books is a great way to learn. Education World has gathered a list...
Rosa Parks was a Black civil rights activist whose refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man ignited the American civil rights movement. Because she played a leading role in the Montgomery bus boycott, she is called the ‘mother of the civil rights