Time for Kids: Rosa Parks: Civil Rights Pioneer

Summary: this is the story of Rosa Parks and her part in the civil rights movement when she refused to move for a white person during segregation times. "people always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. The only tired I was, was giving in".

Reflect: this was a wonderful biography! I loved how it had sayings from her and how the pictures were perfectly illustrates to show reactions to the situations. Overall I would love to use this in my classroom when we reach the civil rights movement.

Extension: as mentioned, this would be a great story to read to better explain how life was for someone during segregation.

Time For Kids: Rosa Parks: Civil Rights Pioneer is a story about Rosa Parks and her struggles that she encountered dealing with segregation. The story depicts Rosa as a hero, and teaches children about the civil rights era.

I liked the book. I thought it was a simple and easy to read biography. It's filled with information about the heroine of the story, and could easily be used as a reference for a book report.It would also be a good book for Black History Month.

This book would be great for a historical persons unit. After the books in the unit are read, children could choose on of the people to write a book report on.

Rosa Parks was raised to be honest and respectful. Growing up, she questioned why blacks were treated unfairly. She grew up in Alabama where blacks and whites had separate schools,separate water fountains, and separate sections on the bus. On December 1, 1955, Rosa was asked by the bus driver to give up her seat to a white man. She went to jail and bonded out a few hours later. Parks and her friends decided to take the case to the Supreme Court because treating blacks unequally violates the Constitution. On November 13, 1956, the Supreme Court decided that forcing blacks and whites to separate on busses was unconstitutional in Alabama. A little over a year later, blacks could sit wherever they wanted on the busses. Parks is now known as show more "the Mother of the Civil Rights Movement".

I liked this book because it contains facts off on the sides of the pages relevant to what was going on during that time period.

This book has many teaching points. Tell students about the test that blacks had to pass to vote on p. 14. Teach about the court cases: Plessy v. Ferguson on p. 10 and Brown v. Board of Education on p. 19. Teach students about the underground railroad on p. 38. Tell students why flags are flown at half staff on p. 41.

Have students explain the relationship between Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. Students should pick out the main idea of the text and support it with details. Students should research to find other information about Rosa Parks. They can write an informative text and include what they learned from the biography as well as the other information that they learned while researching. They should also use some of the new vocabulary words that they learned in their writing. show less

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