Rosa Parks: My Story by Rosa Parks
Chapters 4-6Vocabulary in Context - Provide definitions and quotes for each term. Define each term as it is used in the context of the book.
1.) Aversion: " I had an Aversion to white men" (p.55)
2.) Integrated: " the base was Integrated because president Roosevelt." (p.65)
3.) Condemned: " I thought it was awful that they were Condemned" (p.63)
4.) Vouch: " who said they would Vouch for him." (p.72)
5.) Dignified: " He was a proud Dignified" (p.73)
6.) Enforce:" To rearrange the seating and Enforce" (p.77)
7.) Brutality: " discrimination lynching Brutality. (p.80
8.) Timid: " I was to Timid to say no" (p.81)
9.) Accomplice: named his Accomplice" (p.84)
Comprehension Questions - Answer all questions in complete sentences. You do NOT need to provide quotes.
1.) Who were the Scottsboro Boys? the Scottsboro Boys were a group of nine boys that wee accused of rape that they did not do.
2.) Look at the photo on page 61 of the Scottsboro boys. Why was this photo and caption used in the book? How does it support the main idea of the text? this photo and caption are used in the book because it goes well with the book and they are talking about the Scottsboro boys.
3.) How did President Roosevelt change the law? President Roosevelt change the law because he did not want to have black people segrated.
4.) Look at the photo on page 82 of Rosa at the Montgomery NAACP. Why was this photo and caption used in the book? How does it support the main idea of the text?
5.) Why did Rosa choose to tell the reader about her experience getting kicked off the bus? Rosa choose to tell the reader about her experience getting kicked off the bus because she wants to show that it is right to stand up for your self and show who you are
6.) Why did the African-American people in the back of the bus want Rosa to do what the bus driver said? African-American people said that because they did not want to see rosa get heart and because she was black and they are black they would get in truble to
7.) Retell one of the examples Rosa gives of white violence against African-Americans. There was a black man and a white woman and they were going out together and one time a nighdoor or someone looked in the windo and saw them getting undressed and as soon as the woman saw that person she called rape and the black man went to jail. later the woman said that they were going out.
8.) How did working as the secretary of the NAACP affect Rosa's life? working as the secretary of the NAACP affect Rosa's life because her husband was in it and she had to keep all things a secite.
Chapters 4-6Vocabulary in Context - Provide definitions and quotes for each term. Define each term as it is used in the context of the book.
1.) Aversion: " I had an Aversion to white men" (p.55)
2.) Integrated: " the base was Integrated because president Roosevelt." (p.65)
3.) Condemned: " I thought it was awful that they were Condemned" (p.63)
4.) Vouch: " who said they would Vouch for him." (p.72)
5.) Dignified: " He was a proud Dignified" (p.73)
6.) Enforce:" To rearrange the seating and Enforce" (p.77)
7.) Brutality: " discrimination lynching Brutality. (p.80
8.) Timid: " I was to Timid to say no" (p.81)
9.) Accomplice: named his Accomplice" (p.84)
Comprehension Questions - Answer all questions in complete sentences. You do NOT need to provide quotes.
1.) Who were the Scottsboro Boys? the Scottsboro Boys were a group of nine boys that wee accused of rape that they did not do.
2.) Look at the photo on page 61 of the Scottsboro boys. Why was this photo and caption used in the book? How does it support the main idea of the text? this photo and caption are used in the book because it goes well with the book and they are talking about the Scottsboro boys.
3.) How did President Roosevelt change the law? President Roosevelt change the law because he did not want to have black people segrated.
4.) Look at the photo on page 82 of Rosa at the Montgomery NAACP. Why was this photo and caption used in the book? How does it support the main idea of the text?
5.) Why did Rosa choose to tell the reader about her experience getting kicked off the bus? Rosa choose to tell the reader about her experience getting kicked off the bus because she wants to show that it is right to stand up for your self and show who you are
6.) Why did the African-American people in the back of the bus want Rosa to do what the bus driver said? African-American people said that because they did not want to see rosa get heart and because she was black and they are black they would get in truble to
7.) Retell one of the examples Rosa gives of white violence against African-Americans. There was a black man and a white woman and they were going out together and one time a nighdoor or someone looked in the windo and saw them getting undressed and as soon as the woman saw that person she called rape and the black man went to jail. later the woman said that they were going out.
8.) How did working as the secretary of the NAACP affect Rosa's life? working as the secretary of the NAACP affect Rosa's life because her husband was in it and she had to keep all things a secite.