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Historical Thinking Matters: Rosa Parks: Textbook
In this lesson, learners critique a standard textbook account of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott. They read and analyze two primary documents and consider how this evidence specifically contests the textbook's account. Then...
US National Archives
Docsteach: A Famous Person and Event Revealed: Examining Where Rosa Parks Sat
In this activity, students will examine a diagram of the bus in which Rosa Parks took a seat. Ms. Parks' name has been blacked out. Students will analyze and evaluate the document, then apply prior knowledge to discern what this document...
Stanford University
Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: Montgomery Bus Boycott
[Free Registration/Login Required] After reviewing four documents, learners will consider the deeper meaning behind the bus boycott while studying the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.
Alabama Department of Archives and History
Adah: Riding the Bus Taking a Stand
Teacher activities and primary documents that can be used when teaching the story of Rosa Parks and The Montgomery Bus Boycott.
US National Archives
Docsteach: A Famous Person and Event Revealed: Examining an Arrest Record
This activity requires students to examine the arrest record of an un-named person. Students will analyze and evaluate the data contained in the document, applying prior knowledge, to discern what happened in the incident and the...