Influential People
Influential People
Vocabulary
Events
Events
100
Burned churches and killed African Americans sometimes for unknown reasons.
Ku Klux Klan
100
A group of nine men who were falsely accused of raping two white women.
Scottsboro Boys
100
The main idea in a nonfiction text.
Central Idea
100
Why is Rosa Parks famous?
Because she refused to give up her seat to a white man.
100
Compare and contrast black and white schools. (3)
Black schools were funded by blacks only and were often in churches. White schools were funded by tax payers, including the blacks, and they had a separate building.
200
Founded and ran a school for African American girls.
Alice White
200
The person who freed the slaves.
Abraham Lincoln
200
The first part of an introduction it can be a story, statistic, quote, or fact.
Attention Grabber
200
What is passed on in Rosa's genes? This is an idea her grandfather felt very strongly about.
Not to take bad treatment from anyone.
200
What was unique about Miss White's school?
It was all African American girls with white teachers.
300
Founded a school in Tuskegee for African Americans.
Booker T. Washington
300
A man who became very important in the fight for Civil Rights and was not known for wanting to solve problems with violence.
Martin Luther King Jr.
300
The last part of an introduction. It tells the reader what you are going to be talking about and in what order they will hear the information.
Thesis
300
Why would Rosa get off the road when the bus came?
Kids would throw trash at them.
300
Why didn't Rosa like her husband right away?
He was too white.
400
The first woman who refused to give up her seat on the bus. The NAACP tried to use her as a test case for a class action but she was not a person who was beyond reproach.
Claudette Colvin
400
Helped found a school for African American girls.
Margaret Beard
400
A story, article, or speech that based entirely on facts.
Nonfiction
400
What would Rosa do when a white child picked on her? Why would adults scold her for this behavior? Do you think this behavior influenced her in the future? Why or why not?
She would stick up for herself. People would get mad because she could have gotten killed or hurt badly. Yes, she was taught from a young age not to take bad treatment from anyone and she didn't take it then and she didn't take it as an adult either.
400
Why would boycotting the city buss really hurt their business?
Most of their customers were black so they wouldn't get as much money.
500
Refused to get up from her seat when a white man entered the bus.
Rosa Parks
500
What was Rosa's husband's name?
Raymond Parks
500
What is the central idea in Rosa Parks: My Story?
The story is about Rosa Parks and her life. The entire book talks about her childhood up through her time fighting for Civil Rights.
500
Why did black soldiers feel they should be treated better?
Because they fought for their country.
500
Why was Rosa chosen to be the plaintiff for the NAACP?
Because she was a citizen beyond reproach.
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