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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Montgomery Bus Boycott

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the action of Rosa Parks who refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955, triggering a massive bus boycott led by Martin Luther King, Jr. The boycott became the impetus for a Supreme Court ruling that...
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Article
National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Montgomery Bus Boycott

For Students 9th - 10th
Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks along with other early protestors sparked a yearlong boycott of the Montgomery bus system that culminated in the desegregation of public transportation in Alabama and throughout the country.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: The Montgomery Bus Boycott

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Rosa Parks's courageous decision to fight discrimination and the boycott that ended segregation on public buses.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This lesson introduces students to Rosa Parks and the beginning of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. After considering the impact of Ms. Parks' heroism, students will explore its relevance to the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement....
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Lesson Plan
Other

Historical Thinking Matters: Rosa Parks: Intro

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Extensive teaching aid to help students understand the Montgomery Bus Boycott using primary sources such as letters, police reports, leaflets, and speeches. Includes many student activities and resources.
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Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Montgomery Bus Boycott

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides detailed facts and a summary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a protest against segregation on public buses that began on December 1, 1955. It was led by Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Civil Rights for Kids: Montgomery Bus Boycott

For Students 9th - 10th
A page exploring the history of the Montgomery Bus Boycott that started when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger. Learn about how this was led by Martin Luther King, Jr., African-Americans stopped riding the buses...
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Other

Watson.org: African American History: The Montgomery Bus Boycott

For Students 9th - 10th
From a paper written for a school project, find detailed notes on the Montgomery Bus Boycott, how it started, who started it, who participated, and the outcome.
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Article
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott

For Students 9th - 10th
Rosa Parks started a revolution by refusing to give up her seat on a bus. Read about the Montgomery bus boycott, and see how the nonviolent actions of supporters of the Civil Rights movement succeeded in using the boycott to inspire more...
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Website
Then Again

Then Again: Web Chron: United States of America Chronology: The Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1956

For Students 9th - 10th
Site provides a short explanation of the Boycott, naming principle players and events.
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Unit Plan
C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Civil Rights

For Teachers 11th
A learning module on the use of nonviolent protests during the civil rights movement. It includes several supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Topics covered...
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Lesson Plan
Other

Historical Thinking Matters: Rosa Parks: Textbook

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson, students 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...
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Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Boycotting, Making of African American Identity: V. 3

For Students 9th - 10th
A memoir describing the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott by Jo Ann Gibson Robinson titled, "The Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Women Who Started It." This text describes the importance of African American women in initiating the well-known...
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Handout
The History Cat

The History Cat: Life of Rosa Parks: Rosa Parks Sits for Justice

For Students 9th - 10th
The story of Rosa Parks, whose simple action of refusing to give up her bus seat to a white person galvanized black people into standing up against racial discrimination. This led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Department of Archives and History

Adah: Riding the Bus Taking a Stand

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Teacher activities and primary documents that can be used when teaching the story of Rosa Parks and The Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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Website
Other

Ahc: Civil Rights Movement: The Surge Forward: 1954 1960

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed discussion of the civil rights movement between 1954-1960 including summaries of events such as Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Rosa Parks & the Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1955-1956, school desegregation, Sarah Keys v....
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Handout
Other

Finding Dulcinea: Rosa Parks, Mother of the Civil Rights Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
Rosa Parks is featured in this brief biography highlighting her contributions to civil rights, including her actions in the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Rosa Parks

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the encyclopedia Wikipedia provides a brief biography of civil rights activist Rosa Parks and details her refusal to give up her seat to a white man and move to the back of the bus in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Graphic
Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: Face to Face: Rosa Parks

For Students 9th - 10th
This site shares an sculpture of Rosa Parks in her famous stand in Montgomery in a work by Marshall Lumbaugh.
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Handout
Social Studies for Kids

Social Studies for Kids: Martin Luther King, Jr.

For Students 1st - 5th
Article tracing the life, acts, and fame of the famous civil rights leader, Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Graphic
Other

Rosa Parks Library and Museum: Rosa Parks Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed information about the life of Rosa Parks as well as a page on the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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Handout
National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Rosa Parks

For Students 9th - 10th
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat and set in motion one of the largest social movements in history, the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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Article
The Henry Ford

Henry Ford Museum: Rosa Parks Bus

For Students 9th - 10th
An absolutely fascinating tale of the actual bus that Rosa Parks was riding in that sparked the Civil Rights Movement. Information on the quest to restore this bus is shared.
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Website
Other

New York Public Library: Africana Age: The Civil Rights Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an extensive review of the Civil Rights movement from the 1940s to the 1960s. Read about the ways African Americans protested discrimination in employment and education over several years. Be sure to click on the images to find...