I am Rosa Parks

Autobiography

UNIT 8

Rosa Park Mother of the civil right movement.

She refused to vacate a bus set on Dec 1, 1955, led to a citywide boycott of the bus system.

The boycott grew into a nationwide movement.

Result: the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Building Background

The No. 2857 bus on which Parks was riding before she was arrested.

SOUTH: Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Florida, West Virginia, Tennessee,

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

I HAVE A DREAM

Protect people from discrimination based on race, national origin, religion, or gender.

It guarantees protection to seek employment, practice religion, vote, use of public places free of harassment.

Civil Rights Act 1964

Are there laws in your community that you don’t think are right? How do you think they should be changed?

The ban of using Chinese name & language; celebrating Chinese New Year

Connect 2 Ur Life

Autobiography a person’s story of his or her own life.

This autobiography begins on the day Rosa Park was arrested, briefly flashes back to her birth & childhood, then returns to her arrest.

Key 2 Autobiography

Context clues the words & phrases surrounding an unfamiliar word that gives clues to its meaning.

Examples:a) Rosa did not eat with white people

because of segregation.b) A judge , who is a court official, fined

Rosa ten dollars.

Vocabulary Strategy: Context Clues

1st chunk

What is Rosa Parks’s opinion of the laws?She thinks the laws were not right.

Why does Rosa Parks feel she did not break the law?She feels the law is Unfair.

THINK IT THROUGH

2ND CHUNK

Why did Rosa’s grandmother tell her not to talk back?Her grandmother thought it was dangerous to talk back to white people.

What events in her childhood was Rosa Thinking about when she decided not to give up her seat?Rosa was upset because of the white children

from their school bus and Franklin trying to hit her.

THINK IT THROUGH

3RD CHUNK

What point were black people trying to make by boycotting?They would no longer tolerate the practice of having to give up their seats to white people.

Why were the white people angry?They did not like the black people standing up

for the rights; meanwhile, the bus company was hurt.

How did the boycott help change the law?

THINK IT THROUGH

4TH CHUNK

What was the civil right movement?The fight for equal rights under the law.

How did Rosa Parks help the civil rights movement?She refused to give up her seat on the bus, she

participated in the bus boycott, she fought to get new laws passed, she made speeches.

Does Rosa Parks think that changing the laws is enough? Why?No, she feels that people must also change their hearts.

What do you think was Rosa Parks’ purpose in writing about this event?To inform people about the civil rights movement; to

persuade people to change their hearts.

THINK IT THROUGH

Each person must live their life as a model for others.

Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.

Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome.

QUOTES

Fact: a statement about an event that can be proved

Fact also tells about what has actually happened.

Opinion: a personal belief, feeling, or idea, and cannot be proved.

Opinions often use CLUE WORDS:a.) should, ought to, mustb.) may, willc.) better, best, bad, worst, most, always, neverd.) right, wrong

FACT & OPINION

Reason an author/writer writes.To inform or teachTo entertain = menghiburTo persuade the reader to do something =

membujukTo express thoughts, feelings, or opinions =

curhat1. To persuade readers to eat breakfast.2. To express the author’s thoughts & feelings3. To inform readers about redwood trees.4. To entertain readers.

AUTHOR'S PURPOSE

African Americans children couldn’t go to the

same school as

white children.

Everyone can go to the

same schools.

THEN & NOW

The Black people should

sit at the back of the bus.

The Black people can sit

anywhere they want.

THEN & NOW

The Black people

cannot use the white

people toilet, they must use colored toilet.

The toilets are the same now.

THEN & NOW

Students are asked to make a role play about the situation happen in the bus at Dec 1, 1955.

Role Play