March 2015
Rena and Maryam Block : B
Rosa Parks: My Story By: Rosa Parks and Jim Hankins
A SHORT INTERESTING INTRODUCTION TO YOUR TOPIC Who do you think Rosa Parks is? Well she isn't nobody for sure. Rosa Parks was a leader, a role model, and world changer. In this book, she talks about her adventures in life, her encounter with segregation laws, and how she managed to change it. This book will attract you, it will be like living another life. Personally, it took us about a day to get to page 50. She inspires people to make a change, we recommend you read this book.
WHAT DID WE KNOW BEFORE WE STARTED i. Rosa was kicked off a bus, due to segregation.
Rosa Parks in 1955
http://goo.gl/0P6rQ3 INSIDE THIS ISSUE A Short Intro to our Topic .1 What we knew Before ........1 What we wanted to know ..2 What did we Learn .............3 Meaning of Success ............3 Vocab Words…………….2 & 3
ii. She changed segregation laws.
Bias Article…………………….4
iii. She lived through World War 1, and World War 2.
FUN FACTS
iv. She’s a female leader.
She had one brother named Sylvester.
v. She lived for almost 100 years.
Her mother and father separated while she was a child.
vi. She disobeyed segregation laws twice.
Her brother died in 1977 due to cancer. She grew up with her grandparents and mother in Pine Level, Alabama.
WHAT DID WE WANT TO KNOW
Rosa being arrested in 1955
How did she change segregation laws? What did she work as? Where did her brother go? Did she get arrested both times she encountered segregation laws? Why was she important?
Why did she want to take a stand? Where did she die? How did she meet Martin Luther King Jr.? Do girls look up to her? What happened to her father? Did she have kids?
http://goo.gl/0zfBEV
“Some of the white children rode a bus to school. There were no school buses for black children.” (Parks, Hankins, 29).
WORD WALL
Segregation the action or state of setting someone or something apart from others (108).
Caucasian white skinned who are of European origin (2). Ku Klux Klan a secret organization in the southern U.S (31).
Negro relating to black people (53).
Lynch kill for an alleged offence without a legal trial, especially by hanging (61).
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WHAT DID WE LEARN
Her grandfather carried a gun when KKK would kill blacks.
Her grandfather was part white.
She wasn't a slave.
Her father lived with her for only a few years.
She lived with her aunt in between a white city.
Her school had white teachers.
She lived until 2005.
She registered for voting three times.
She was blamed for starting the boycott.
She and her husband lost their jobs.
Dr. Kings and Mr. Nixon's houses were bombed.
Her brother died in 1977 from cancer.
She has no kids.
WORD WALL
Mesh material made of a network of wire or thread (119).
Reverend used as a title or form of address to members of the clergy (140).
Unconstitutional not in accordance with the political constitution or with procedural rules (155).
Activism the policy or action of using vigorous campaigning to bring about political or social change (55).
Nuisance a person or thing causing inconvenience or annoyance (154).
Race a person with a particular skin, eye color (Class).
Racist a person who believes that a particular race is superior to another (Class).
Bias inclination or prejudice for or against one person or group, especially in a way considered to be unfair (Class).
Here is a picture of Rosa Parks on a bus. http://goo.gl/OPH3VW
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF SUCCESS FROM THIS BOOK AND WHAT DOES SUCCESS MEAN TO WE?
The meaning of success in this book is getting your voice heard, Rosa Parks was an example of that. She let people hear her voice after she got arrested. She represented all the black women. All girls today, look up to her. She gave them a voice to follow and an inspiration to get what you think is right done. We think success is living another moment, getting up in the morning again, and being able to look back at memories, looking back and being proud of what you have accomplished in life. The best success is being happy, not everyone gets to be happy or get their voice heard.
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INTERESTING ARTICLE Saudi Arabia's Rosa Parks: “The contrast between this dynamic space for open protest and Saudi Arabia could hardly be starker. Saudi women find themselves living in a petrified system. Faces of the royal family are seen everywhere; the faces of women are shrouded, forcibly hidden.” Link: http:// articles.philly.com/2011-0617/news/29670348_1_saudi -women-religious-policesaudi-arabia
Feb 4 1913 Rosa Parks is born
A SECTION OF YOUR BIAS ARTICLE AND HOW IT IS BIAS “The seat Parks eventually found was in the middle section of the bus, because the back was filled. A few stops further down the line, a white man got on and demanded a seat. The driver ordered Parks and three other black patrons to move. Parks recognized the driver as one who had evicted her from a bus 12 years before when she refused to reenter through the back door after paying her fare. The other riders did as they were told, but Parks refused to give up her place. The driver threatened to call the police. Parks said, “Go ahead and call them.” She was taken to police headquarters but was released on bail later that night.” This article is bias because its an opinion written by a person. It has facts and includes opinions about Rosa written by this teenager. Link: http://www.teenink.com/opinion/social_issues_civics/ article/485705/Rosa-Parks-A-Conscience-Essay/
1943 Rosa Parks first incident on a segregated bus.
Dec 18 1932 Rosa Parks marries Raymond Parks.
Dec 1 1955 to Dec 20 Montgomery Bus boycott
Dec 1943 Rosa Parks joins NAACP and become active in civil.
1965 Rosa Parks hired as a secretary to US Representable
Dec 11 1955 Rosa Parks refuses to give up seat on bus.
Oct 24 2005 Rosa Park dies :(
1992 Rosa Parks: My Story an autobiography is published.
This timeline documents Rosa Parks’ life that was mentioned in her book. We made this timeline by ourselves.