The Story of Ruby Bridges

This book is considered—

• fiction

• realistic fiction

• nonfiction

• fantasy

How was Ruby Bridges able to enter her school?

• City and state police officers were protecting her.

• Other classmates protected her.

• The president sent US Marshals to protect her.

• She did not encounter anyone trying to keep her from entering.

How would you feel if you were Ruby?

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1) Ruby Bridges moves to New Orleans

2) _________________

3) Angry people shout at Ruby Bridges as she tries to go to school.

4) Ms. Henry teaches Ruby Bridges.

Which event should go in the blank so that they are in the correct sequence?

• A judge says Ruby will attend Frantz Elementary School.

• Ruby Bridges is born in Mississippi.

• Ms. Henry sees Ruby Bridges talking to the crowd outside.

• Ruby Bridges's dad loses his job because of new technology.

A summary retells the beginning, middle, and end of a story. Which of the following is the best summary of the story?

• In the 1960s, schools were still segregated, so white and African American students were forced to go to different restaurants, theaters, schools, and many other places. They even had to drink from separate water fountains.

• Ruby Bridges went to a school with white students, and many people were very angry about that. One day, Ms. Henry saw Ruby talking to the crowd outside. She wondered why Ruby decided to talk to the crowd that day. However, Ruby explained that she was not talking to them. Instead, she was praying for them to change their ways. She prayed twice a day for them, and that day she had forgotten to pray for them in the morning, so she did it when she got to school.

• Every day, for weeks that turned into months, Ruby experienced that kind of school day. She walked to the Frantz School surrounded by marshals. Wearing a clean dress and a bow in her hair and carrying her lunch pail, Ruby walked slowly for the first few blocks. As Ruby approached the school, she saw a crowd of people marching up and down the street. Men and women and children shouted at her. They pushed toward her.

• Ruby Bridges was born when white and African American students had to go to separate and unequal schools. However, when the law changed, a judge said Ruby could go to a school with white students. Many people were very angry about that and shouted and threatened her as she entered the school each day for months. She never gave up and she kept going to school.

Look at the diagram. Which other word could belong in the blank?

• rude

• dedicated

• cowardly

• confused

If you could go back in time, what would you tell the people outside Ruby's school? Or, what would you tell Ruby?

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What is a good prediction of what will occur next?

• The marshals protecting Ruby will stop protecting her.

• Ruby will finally give up and stop attending school.

• Ms. Henry will stop teaching Ruby.

• Ruby will remain persistent in her goals.

Why was Ruby Bridges the only one in her classroom?

• The judge ordered that she had to go to school by herself.

• It was too dangerous for students to be together.

• The angry crowd kept all of the other students from entering the building.

• The parents did not allow their children to attend school with Ruby.