Through My Eyes

What does the context suggest is the most likely meaning of integrate in this passage from Through My Eyes? "What I didn’t know in kindergarten was that a federal court in New Orleans was about to force two white public schools to admit black students. The plan was to integrate only the first grade for that year."

• compare and contrast

• mix groups together

• visit for a short time

• predict the future of

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What city did Ruby Bridges live in?

• Chicago

• New York

• Philadelphia

• New Orleans

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CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

When Ruby Bridges started kindergarten, white children and black children went to different schools. What is this called?

• segregation

• equality

• school choice

• fairness

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CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Who tried to block schools from being integrated (letting black and white students go to the same school)?

• Ruby's parents

• The governor

• The president

• The judge

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What was the name of the all-white school that Ruby Bridges attended for first grade?

• Frank Gunsaulus Elementary

• Fred David Elementary

• William Frantz Elementary

• Bob Hope Elementary

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CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

What happened on Ruby's first day of school at William Frantz?

• The school had a party to welcome her.

• The other kids welcomed her and she became their friend.

• A big crowd shouted at her and told her to go home.

• She got homework in math and science.

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

How did Ruby's parents feel about her attending a "white" school?

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CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Why didn't Ruby start school at William Frantz right away at the start of the school year?

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

How was Ruby's experience at first when she started attending the "white" school, William Frantz?

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

In 1960 she was the first African American to

• stop school

• go to the school closest to her home

• go to a white school in the South

• yell at people

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CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10