Rosa Parks and the Civil Rights Movement

What is constitution?

• a handbook for the university students.

• the system of laws and basic principles that a country is governed by.

• the rules you need to follow in traffic.

• some rules people should know about but not follow.

Civil Rights guarantee of equal social opportunities and protection under the law, regardless of race, religion, or other characteristics, including:

• the right to vote

• the right to trial

• the right to government services

• the right to public education

• the right to use public facilities

POC stands for

• Public Organization Congress

• Publicly Organized Congress

• People of Color

• People of Congress

Segregation is..

• The attempt to guarantee full and equal citizenship for people who have traditionally been discriminated against.

• the act or policy of separating people of different races, religions or genders and treating them in a different way.

Disobedience means...

• following the rules

• going against the rules

1. According to the listening, who is Rosa Parks?

• a black singer who is known all around the world

• a politician who fought with bus drivers

• a black woman fighting against discrimination

• a police officer who arrested a black woman

Why was Rosa Parks arrested in December 1st, 1955?

• traveling around the country by bus

• refusing to give her seat to a white citizen

• complaining about how long the journey by bus takes

• changing the way public transportation

Why did Rosa Parks refuse to follow the rules?

• She was against standing up in a bus because it was dangerous

• Because she paid the ticket for a seat and refuse to stand up.

• She didn’t think it was so important so she didn’t follow.

• Because she was tired of accepting discriminating rules.

What is discrimination?

• the practice of treating somebody or a particular group in society less fairly than others

• not being partial or biased, treating or affecting all equally

How did the rest of the country react to Parks’ arrest?

• Her disobedience became a national symbol for the Civil Rights Movement.

• Most people didn’t like that she didn’t follow the rules and caused an issue.

• The government punished her by not letting her take the bus again.

• People thought she was right but they didn’t support her in the court.