SY25_PGB_Grade 1_Social Studies_Checkpoint 8

Ruby Bridges is best known for___________.

• her dancing

• being a farmer in the segregated South

• being the first African American student in an all white school

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Today, thanks to Ruby and other civil rights activists, people of all colors can work and go to school together.

• True

• False

George Washington Carver would have taught which person?

• an explorer

• a farmer

• a baby

Ruby Bridges made contributions in _____________.

• inventions

• music

• civil rights

George Washington Carver most likely used which tractor during his life?

• 
• 

Many people were angry about schools being de-segregated, so Ruby had to show__________.

• A. Courage

• B. Respect for the environment

• C. Fairness

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

Why did George Washington Carver teach farmers about crop rotation?

• To confuse the farmers.

• To make a lot of money.

• To make the soil stronger for growing crops.

Today schools are segregated, like when Ruby was little.

• TRUE

• FALSE