Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
100
Provide 3 facts about our main character.
Answers may vary.
(female, Lynda, colored, marched for equal rights, etc)
100
Lynda's grandmother first took her to hear Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Our author stated that "when Dr. King began to .."
Provide 3 facts about what Dr. King stood up for? What did he believe in? What was his dream?
Answers may vary (voting rights, equal rights, ending segregation, non violent, peaceful marching, etc).
100
Lynda went to jail many times throughout our story. Describe her experience as a colored student going to jail. Give at least 3 examples of what jail was like for colored students.
Answers may vary (crowded, only a toilet bowl, no where to sit, no water, etc).
100
Why were Lynda and others were taken into the sweatbox?
1. Lynda broke a window to try and get help for Pat Green who was sick while in jail.
2. Officers came to get whoever broke the window. 3. Lynda confessed and said her name was Lynda Blackmon. 4.Other marchers said their names were also Lynda Blackmon.
100
The title of Chapter 5 is Bloody Sunday. Describe what happened during this march to Edmund Pettus Bridge.
Peaceful marchers were met by police and white men with weapons serving as "police". The police threw tear gas bombs and brutally beat marchers.
100
In Headed for Montgomery, Lynda says "just like the new feeling in Selma, there was a whole new feeling on this march." What was different about this particular march?
Colored people and supporters were protected by the soldiers.
200
Lynda lived in an all black neighborhood called George Washington Carver Homes. She mentioned she felt safe in her neighborhood because everyone did what for each other?
Take care of each other. Had fundraisers if someone's family couldn't make rent. One month it could be your family.
200
What are 3 ways colored people were kept way from being able to register to vote?
-There was a very large fee that had to be paid.
-Be fired. White people would take photos would take photos of the colored people in line and show them to their bosses.
-Be given really hard literacy tests that had nothing to do with our Constitution.
200
Lynda mentioned that "everything about the marches was well organized". Give 1 examples on how Lynda and other students prepared for the marches.
-brought food, candy and water for when they went to jail
-there were schedules of when and how many students were needed to march
-the "brains" stayed at school to do others' school work
-students took turns marching
200
What were the 4 basic human needs that the sweatbox did NOT have?
1. Air/no light
2. Water/No sink
3. No toilet
4. No bed
200
Although Bloody Sunday was an awful event, what good came out of the violent march?
There was a special news report and people all across the country saw what was happening in Selma.
200
What was Lynda so relieved about during this march?
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Lynda was relived that she was not experiencing violence.
300
The Klu Klux Klan was a group of all white men who terrorized black people to keep them out of places. The KKK wanted to keep them separate or __________?
Segregation: the enforced separation of different racial groups
300
Students played a key role in the Civil Rights movement because they marched in place of their parents to avoid them getting fired.
Describe what the students faced every time they marched.
Jail, police violence, being stuck on a crowd bus for hours, crowded jail cells.
300
How did the white people help the students?
Parents or families who worked as maid in white people's home brought food home for the students.
300
Jimmie Lee Jackson was shot and killed by police for doing what?
Jimmie was shot and killed for peacefully marching and trying protect his mother when they were attacked by police.
300
3 other facts that you recall about the march from Selma to Montgomery?
-the march took several days (52 miles, 3 days)
-many white supporters joined in marching
-there were a total of 3000 people who began to march
-eventually only 300 people were allowed
-Lynda was one of them
-marchers were taken in by church members and given food and shelter
400
What state did our book take place?
Alabama.
400
Describe the main difference between negro spirituals vs freedom songs.
Negro spirituals brought hope and inspiration to get to freedom. Freedom songs brought hope and inspiration to get equal rights.
400
Jimmie Lee Jackson's death called for a "whole new kind of march". What was different about this "great march"?
