4 Little GirlsSixteenth Street Baptist

Church bombing Birmingham, Alabama

September 15, 1963

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Terrorists killed 4 girls

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The Kids in Birmingham 1963 tell what the bombing was like for them

Anne Whitehouse was 9Barbara Cross was 13

Sam Rumore was 14

L.A. Simmons was 13

Harold Jackson was 10

Freeman Hrabowski was 13

All stories available at www.KidsInBirmingham1963.org

Steps, Part 1

On your own, read stories• Answer the following questions:– Who wrote it (give 3 details about the storyteller)? – What was the storyteller’s age in the story? – What connection did the person have to the bombing? – How did this event impact him or her?

• Choose a relevant phrase that captures what you think is:– Most important – or– Meaningful to you

• Write the phrase on a strip

Steps, Part 2

In your group• Share your answers to the questions • Share your phrases and explain why they are

important or meaningful to you• Together, compose a poem with the phrases• Perform your group’s poem• Assess your participation

To assess your participation

Did you…• Create a poem that was thoughtful, meaningful and relevant? • Work successfully in a group to create a poem that conveys meaning and feeling?• Identify the different points of view presented in the stories about the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing?