1- Read the text carefully.

2- Answer the questions

Questions:
1. Who is Ruby Bridges and what was her childhood like?
2. What did Ruby do when she was in kindergarten, and why was it significant?
3. How did white parents react to Ruby attending an all-white elementary school, and how
did this affect her experience at school?
4. Who agreed to teach Ruby, and how did this impact her education?
5. How did some white people show support for Ruby during her time at the all-white
elementary school?
6. Did any of the children in Ruby's class return to school by the end of the first year?
7. What happened after Ruby finished grade school and graduated from high school?
8. Why is Ruby Bridges still considered an activist for human rights today?

3- TRUE or FALSE? Correct the wrong information.

1. Ruby Bridges is the youngest of five children.

2. Ruby Bridges grew up in a wealthy family in New Orleans.
3. Ruby Bridges was the first African-American child to attend an all-white elementary school
in the North.
4. Ruby Bridges was six years old when she attended an all-white elementary school.
5. Ruby Bridges was welcomed by the white pupils' parents when she first attended the
all-white elementary school.
6. Ruby Bridges was threatened to be poisoned by the white pupils' parents.
7. Mrs. Barbara Henry was the only teacher who agreed to teach Ruby.
8. White people showed support for Ruby in different ways.
9. Ruby Bridges never finished grade school.
10. Ruby Bridges is still an activist for human rights.

4- Write a list of all the verbs in the PAST FORM. Write the base with their corresponding
past form.

5- Write a brief comment on Ruby’s story in Spanish.