WorksheetsHistorical Figures
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Ruby Bridges went to school everyday-
a)
afraid of the crowds outside.
b)
lonely.
c)
angry.
d)
excited to learn.
2.
What is the theme or lesson you could learn from Ruby Bridges?
a)
Give up when things get hard.
b)
Always go to school
c)
You should read everyday
d)
Have courage and face your fears
3.
Who was chosen to attend William Frantz Elementary School, an all-white school, when she was six years old.
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Ruby Bridges
c)
Manjhi
d)
Jose Altuve
4.
Why were the people who gathered outside of Frantz Elementary School angry when Ruby came?
a)
They didn't think girls should go to school.
b)
Ruby was shouting at them.
c)
They thought black children should go to a different school.
d)
They didn't think the school was a good school.
5.
What can you infer about Ruby Bridges?
a)
Ruby didn't like the school she went to.
b)
Ruby was brave and didn't let the angry crowds scare her.
c)
Ruby was frightened by the crowds and didn't want to go to school.
d)
Ruby made fun of the other children.
6.
What is Jose Altuve known for?
a)
Overcoming challenges in his life and baseball.
b)
Overcoming challenges in life and basketball.
c)
Helping to end slavery.
d)
Helping to create a path through a mountain to get needed resources.
7.
What is one way Jose Altuve has made an impact on others?
a)
He gives baseballs to children.
b)
He feeds the poor.
c)
He works with youth in the community to make healthy eating choices.
d)
He is from Venezuela.
8.
How did Harriet Tubman make a difference in the life of others?
a)
She helped the slave master find slaves that escaped.
b)
She went to an integrated school.
c)
She walked through the mobs outside of school everyday.
d)
She helped slaves escape through the Underground Railroad.
9.
What was the Underground Railroad?
a)
a system of trains that took people from the south to the north.
b)
a secret route and safe houses to get safely from the south to the north.
c)
Buses that took slaves from the south to the north.
d)
a route from the north to the south.
10.
What did Manjhi do to make an impact in the lives of many?
a)
He used a hammer and chisel to push through many mountains that were in the way of other mountains.
b)
He helped children all around his community to learn how to read and write.
c)
He helped create a path through a mountain to a nearby community.
d)
He helped feed starving families in his community by raising animals that could climb a mountain.
11.
Why did Manjhi "Move a Mountain"?
a)
He was worried the mountain would block the rain from helping the crops.
b)
His community needed a path to help them go to many needed resources.
c)
He was impatient waiting for transportation to come each day so he made his own.
d)
No one in his community had time to get their dinner each day.
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