Who Was Rosa Parks? | 
“People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. I was not tired physically, or no more tired than I usually was at the end of a working day.“
“People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. I was not tired physically, or no more tired than I usually was at the end of a working day.“
pickYona Zeldis McDonough's 'Who Was Rosa Parks?' is an accessible biography that tells the story of the woman who refused to give up her seat on a bus, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott. It introduces students to the history of the civil rights movement. This book is useful for teaching about civil rights, activism, and the concept of peaceful protest.
pickThis NF book is perfect for a GR. As students enter black history month it is important that they learn about the woman who started it all. ESOL #42 can be used as students learn about other influential persons of black history. Also would be utilizing UDL 8.2 by increasing higher level thinking. provides examples of lessons and activities you as a teacher could utilize. #ucflae3414sp20
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On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Parks refused to obey bus driver James F. Blake's order to give up her seat in the "colored section" to a white passenger, after the whites-only section was filled.
62 years ago today.
Isn't it utterly shameful that not much has changed. We need to do better.
This is me in her seat on the actual bus in the actual spot. I cried. I can't tolerate hate..it guts me.
