G4 ELA - Brown Girl Dreaming Lesson 1

Multiple Choice

Why is it important to learn about the Civil Rights Movement in America?

• It helps us understand the struggles for equality and justice.

• It is just a part of history with no relevance today.

• It only affected a small group of people.

• It was a short event with little impact.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best defines the term 'genre' as used in literature?

• A category of literature, music, or art

• A conversation between people or characters

• A person who writes a story

• The main subject of a book, play, or speech

Multiple Choice

How did segregation affect the daily lives of African Americans in the South, according to the story of Rosa Parks?

• They could not attend the same schools as white people

• They could not eat at the same restaurants as white people

• They had to sit in certain seats on buses

• All of the above

Open Ended

Describe the challenges Rosa Parks faced in her education as a child.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about the NAACP is correct?

• It was an organization that worked to end segregation in the South

• It was a group of bus drivers in Montgomery

• It was a school for African American children

• It was a restaurant chain in Alabama

Open Ended

How did Rosa Parks' actions contribute to the Civil Rights Movement?

Fill in the Blanks

Rosa Parks was expected to sit in the

of the bus because of segregation.

Open Ended

Did Rosa stand up in the bus when the driver asked her to?

Open Ended

Why did African Americans give up their seats?

Open Ended

What was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

Multiple Select

Which of the following were outcomes of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

• Buses were integrated and African Americans could sit wherever they wanted.

• The boycott lasted for 382 days.

• The Supreme Court ruled that segregated bus seating was unconstitutional.

• Rosa Parks was awarded the Medal of Freedom.

Fill in the Blanks

Rosa Parks is known as the 'mother of the

rights movement.'

Multiple Select

Which awards did Rosa Parks receive for her courage and work?

• Presidential Medal of Freedom

• Congressional Gold Medal of Honor

• Pulitzer Prize

• Spingarn Medal

Open Ended

How are Rosa’s actions connected to the Civil Rights Movement?

Open Ended

What is the Civil Rights Movement?

Multiple Choice

According to the timeline, which event marked the start of the Civil Rights Movement?

• The end of the United States Civil War

• Jacqueline Woodson's birth

• Rosa Parks/Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Martin Luther King, Jr.'s March on Washington

Fill in the Blanks

A memoir is a story about someone’s life that is written by

.

Multiple Select

Which of the following are characteristics of a memoir?

• Uses first person point of view

• Includes descriptive language

• Focuses only on fictional events

• Makes importance of event or experience clear to reader

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the time period of the Civil Rights Movement in America?

• Late 1800s to early 1900s

• 1950s to 1960s

• 1980s to 1990s

• 2000s to present

Open Ended

What are the key elements of a memoir that you learned about in this lesson?