Unit 6--Claims and Main Idea

​Author’s Claim: An author’s claim is his/her opinion, point, or statement that the author is trying to get the reader to believe. Author’s support their claim with evidence and reasoning.

Multiple Choice

1. Which statement from the text best supports the claim that Rosa was inspired by the actions of other people?

• She recited in her mind the 1954 Brown versus Board of education decision

• She sighed as she realized she was tired-not tired from work but tired of putting white people first

• She thought about her mother and her grandmother and knew they would want her to be strong.

• She thought of all the brave men and women boys and girls who stood tall for civil rights.

Multiple Choice

Which statement from the text best supports the claim that Mr. Mendez cared about other children attending integrated schools?

• During the appeal, the Mendez family received support form the League of United Latin American Citizens, the NAACP, the Japanese American Citizens League, the American Jewish Congress, and other organizations.

• This meant that everyone must be allowed to attend school, no matter what his or her race or backgrounds.

• He tried to integrate schools so that all children, regardless of their skin color or background could have the same opportunities.

• It’s not only the building that’s a problem. The teachers at the school don’t care bout our children’s education. They expect them to drop out by the eighth grade. How will our children succeed and become doctors, lawyers or teachers.

Multiple Choice

According to the book, many people were upset about the segregation on buses in Montgomery and throughout the country. Which detail from the text does NOT directly support this conclusion.

• Soon there were all kinds of people with keep-going feet. With can't stop us feet. There were black folks and white folks with the boycott blues.

• That night MLK Jr. spoke to the people of Montgomery- I have never seen so many folks at Holt Church. People came from all over to hear the great Dr. King.

• On December 5, 1955, the black people in town stopped riding the city buses. They were protesting the treatment Rosa had received.

• 120-130-150 days walked to work, we did. Walked to school we did. Walked to church, we did. Yes, we did. 180 days of walking. One hundred degrees in the shade.

​Main IDea: The most important point and we support it with details and text evidence.

Multiple Select

What are two main ideas the reader can take away from the text?

• In 1960, four black men ordered food at a lunch counter and not served because they sat in a "whites only" restaurant.

• Being brave can make a difference in the lives of many.

• Sit-ins were the most important part of the Civil Rights movement.

• The sit-ins led to many other protests that impacted the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

• The laws during the sixties allowed for segregation between white people and black people.

Multiple Select

What are two main ideas the reader can take away from the text?

• Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahalia are responsible for making change during the Civil Rights era.

• Martin Luther King Jr. traveled to share his messages and ideas for the future.

• Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahalia shared a similar idea and worked together to create change.

• Mahalia was a popular singer.

• Martin and Mahalia led the 1963 March on Washington.

Multiple Select

All of these books share common characteristics. Select all that apply to the books.

• The books describe how people can help others and make a difference.

• The books talk about bus boycotts.

• The books talk about people being impacted by the actions of others.

• The books tell how individuals tried to solve the problem of segregation.

• The books talk about the importance of school integration.