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Rosa Parks was living proof that one person can make a difference in this country. EdGate salutes her heroism and mourns her loss to us all.

 

 

 

Lesson Plans, Projects, & Texts	Learning More About Rosa Parks   Civil Rights in America

 

 

Lesson Plans, Projects, & Texts

 

Famous Person: Rosa Louis Parks (grades 3-4) Part of unit on famous people from TeacherLink.

 

Lessons in Courage (grade 1) Complete three-week unit unit form Denver Public Schools. (.pdf format)

 

My Story: Rosa Parks (grades 7-8) Excellent reading from Scholastic.

 

Teaching Tolerance: Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks (grades 6-12) Classroom activities and curriculum kit to explore the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955.

 

This is Rosa Parks (grades K-2) Students compare and contrast Rosa Parks and Harriet Tubman.

 

U.S. Civil Rights in the 1960's: Rosa Parks (grades 10-12) Lesson from unit plan.

 

 

 

 

 

Learning More About Rosa Parks

Black History: Rosa Parks Supplementary biographical information and resources from Thomson Gale.

CNN: Parks remembered for her courage, humility. News story, including video clips.

Girl Power! Guest: Rosa Parks Mother of the Civil Rights Movement Rosa Parks is spotlighted by Girl Power.

Rosa Parks.org Mrs. Parks co-founded The Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute in 1987 to carry on her work. The Institute motivates youth to achieve their highest potential..

Women of the Hall: Rosa Parks Short profile and picture from the National Women's Hall of Fame.

 

 

 

Civil Rights in America

African American World: Timeline

American Civil Liberties Union

Civil Rights Era

Civil Rights Law and History

CongressLink: The Civil Rights Documentation Project

From Slavery to Civil Rights

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Patchwork of African American Life

Places of the Civil Rights Movement

SeattleTimes: Martin Luther King Jr.

 

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