Application: Promoting Diverse

Literature for Youth

Option C: Activity Plan (school library lesson)

I choose to present a week long lesson plan for
elementary students based on The Story of
Ruby Bridges.

Melissa Carroll
LIS5566.721 Multicultural Materials for Children
and Young Adults

WEEK LONG LESSON PLAN FOR

THE STORY OF RUBY BRIDGES
 Day Activity
Read The Story of Ruby Bridges.
Monday Create the anchor chart with the class.
Complete How Ruby Changed History
using the anchor chart as a guide.

Craftivity: will be attached to

Tuesday “How Ruby Changed History”

Lapbook Pass out the graphic for pop-up

to students and begin putting together.
Wednesday Complete 3 facts about Ruby pullout.

Lapbook Complete “What is

Segregation?” Draw and write what
Thursday segregation means.

“Ruby the Brave” write words that

describe Ruby in whole group.
Lapbook Complete “Welcome Ruby”
What would you do to make Ruby feel
Friday welcome in your class?
Fact & opinion sheet to be completed
and added to the back cover of the
book.
 Monday

Create Ruby Bridges Anchor Chart after reading book.

(Whole Group)
 Monday

How Ruby Changed History

Class will complete- How Ruby Changed History worksheet.

 Tuesday

Ruby Craftivity- Students will use patterns and construction

paper to create Ruby’s “body” and attach it to the completed
“How Ruby Changed History” print out.

.
 Wednesday
Cover of Lapbook

Inside of Lapbook

Teacher will pass out the graphic to students for pop-up to

begin putting Lapbook together. Students will also complete
“3 facts about Ruby” pullout.
 Thursday

“Ruby the Brave”

Description Chart

Write words that

describe Ruby as a
whole group during
carpet time.
(Whole Group)

Finish “What is Segregation?” worksheet -Draw and write

what segregation means for Lapbook. Students will complete
“Ruby the Brave” chart with for Lapbook.
 Friday

Welcome For Lapbook

Complete “Welcome Ruby”

Ruby!
What would you do to make Ruby
feel welcome in your class?

_______________
______________
_____________
______________
Fact & opinion sheet to be
completed and added to the
back cover of the Lapbook.
The Story of Ruby Bridges
This beautiful picture book, illustrated by Coretta Scott King Award-illustrator
George Ford, and written by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Coles, tells the
true story of six-year-old Ruby Bridges.

Coles was moved by the moral spirit and leadership of Ruby Bridges and other
children (both black and white) who became friends during a turbulent era and
ended up helping to change segregation laws. Dr. Coles spent 30 years studying
Ruby Bridges and other children and wrote about it in various works. He writes as
an insider due to his extensive research on the subject.

George Ford is the illustrator of over thirty books for children including Jamal's
Busy Day, Bright Eyes, Brown Skin; Afro-Bets First Book About Africa and Baby
Jesus, Like My Brother. The first winner of the Coretta Scott King Award for
illustration, for the book, Ray Charles, George Ford and of course illustrated The
Story of Ruby Bridges.

Objectives

1. Students will write a letter expressing how they would make Ruby feel welcome
in their class.

2. Children will understand the meaning of equality and its importance in each of
their lives.

3. Students will be able to select and defend a word that they think best describes
Ruby Bridges.

4. Children will gain a knowledge of Ruby Bridges and of her contribution to our
society.

5. Students will communicate their understanding of differences between a Fact

and Opinion from the story.

Common Core Standards

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.1

Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to
demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.2
Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and
determine their central message, lesson, or moral.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.3

Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.7

Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to
demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.8

Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources

to answer a question.