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Rosa Parks: 1 Day Lesson Lesson PlanRosa Parks: 1 Day Lesson Lesson Plan
Publisher
Historical Thinking Matters
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Grade
7th - 12th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Resource Types
Activities & Projects
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Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr
Instructional Strategies
Collaborative Learning
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Technology
Internet Access
Year
2008
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Rosa Parks: 1 Day Lesson

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This Rosa Parks: 1 Day Lesson lesson plan also includes:
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You've heard of the historical moment when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus, but did you know that some historical accounts disagree on where she sat? Investigate this query with your young historians, and practice valuable text analysis strategies.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

rosa parks, primary source analysis, primary sources, historical analysis, the civil rights movement, segregation, desegregation, black history month

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Reinforce a current text analysis strategy that you have established in your class in addition to utilizing the worksheets designed by the publisher
  • Utilize this lesson during your study of the civil rights movement or in observation of Black History Month

Classroom Considerations

  • For a more extended, in-depth lesson regarding Rosa Parks and primary source analysis, the publisher has designed 3-day and 5-day lesson plans that you can find in the left-hand menu

Pros

  • All activity materials included
  • Excellent lesson organization and structure
  • Includes text of primary source documents for analysis, and images of actual primary sources for context

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RH.6-8.1 RH.6-8.2 RH.6-8.6 RH.6-8.7 RH.9-10.1 RH.9-10.2 RH.9-10.6 RH.9-10.7 RH.11-12.1 RH.11-12.2 RH.11-12.6 RH.11-12.7

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