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Rosa Parks: Sources of Information Lesson PlanRosa Parks: Sources of Information Lesson Plan
Publisher
Anti-Defamation League
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Grade
6th - 12th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Duration
45 mins
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Collaborative Learning
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Year
2006
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Rosa Parks: Sources of Information

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Young scholars show what they know about Rosa Parks and the incident on one of the buses in Montgomery, Alabama. Groups discuss and identify where they receive most of their information. They examine the importance of having a complete and accurate account of events and how not doing so can lead to misconceptions without having all of the facts.

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Concepts

civil rights, human rights, civics, rosa parks, the civil rights movement, black history month, african american history, segregation, the montgomery bus boycott, brown v. board of education, social justice, desegregation, boycotts, the naacp

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civil rights, rosa parks, social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Post the homework assignment on a classroom blog, direct pupils to respond to the question, and a peer
  • Use the resource during Black History Month or a related Social studies unit

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