Ruby Bridges

Ruby Bridges (Questions Adapted from Ruby Bridges for Kids)

Multiple Choice

Ruby Briges was the first black child to _____.

• dance in a play.

• attend an all white elementary school in the south.

• go to the movies with her friends

Multiple Choice

Ruby Bridges grew up on a small farm in Tylertown Mississippi her parents were sharecroppers. What does the word sharecropper mean

• They farmed the land but they did not own the land

• They farmed the land that they owned

Open Ended

What do you think the word segregation most likely means?

Open Ended

What was the outcome of Brown vs The Board of Education?

Open Ended

Why did Ruby Bridges mother want her to go to William Frantz Elementary School?

Open Ended

Why did marshalls have to walk with Ruby into the school?

Open Ended

Do you think that you could you have done what Ruby did?? Why or why not?