Non Fiction - Rosa Parks

…Rosa’s small actions made history as they acted as a catalyst for the Civil Rights movement …

What does the word catalyst mean in this context? Select one.

• It ended the Civil Rights movement.

• It accelerated the Civil Rights movement.

• It advertised the Civil Rights movement.

• It won the Civil Right movement.

In the ‘Segregation in America’ section, the author uses the words ‘second-class citizens’.

Explain what you think this means.

What are the key themes of the text? Select two.

• Rosa Parks’ early life.

• Segregation in America in the 1950s.

• Rosa Parks’ bus protest in 1955.

• How seats are organised on public buses.

Categories the statements as True or False

Groups:

(a) True

,

(b) False

• Rosa’s actions ended segregation in America.

• Facilities for white people were of a poorer standard than those segregated for black people.

• Rosa was arrested for not moving from her seat on the bus.

• Rosa grew up on a farm.

Rosa was born Rosa Louise McCauley. Why do you think her name changed?

If you were to describe Rosa, what type of person would you say she was?

Explain your answer.

Were all white citizens of the opinion that black people should be made to sit at the back of the bus?

Explain your answer.

Match the statement with the year it happened.

• Rosa Parks was born.

• 1955

• Rosa refused to move seats.

• 1913

• Segregation on buses is lifted.

• 1956

Part of the text is placed in a purple box. Why has the author done this?

Write down a compound adjective from the text.