The Life of Rosa Parks

1. General comprehension

Nature of the document ?

Where ?

What ? Family Life love life

2. Detailed comprehension

a) Her childhood

R_____________ Mc_________________ P______

What’s her full Name
1813 1830 1913 1930
When was she born?

« Son grand-père était un

esclave » Vrai Faux

What can you say about African
Americans’ situation at that
time?
What / Who was the threat
(menace)?
How could they be identified?
They were always safe (in security).
They were always in danger.
The Yankees The Ku Klux Klan The Republicans
They wore black sheets.
They wore white sheets.

What did they do?

“They terrorized:

What did her grandfather do at

night?
“He held a:
To protect his family.
What for?
To protect himself.
“Rosa had a sense of justice.”
True False
What happened to her with a
young white boy? “He wanted to ___________ her _____”.
 What was her reaction to that?

Yes No
Was it safe for her to do that?
What can you say about Rosa’s “She was not courageous” Yes No
state of mind?

b) The Civil Rights Movement

Where did Rosa and her family To Montgomery To Mississippi To Monterey

move?
In what state is this town? In Canada In California In Alabama

Which words can define “Civil

Rights”?

(Surligne au fluo)

Was it a normal thing for African Yes No

American to vote in the South?
“It stopped Rosa Parks” True False

What did she have to do to She had to take a test 3 times.

register?
She had to take a test 4 times.

She did not have to take a test.

What did a black person have to
do when getting on the bus? They had to go through the __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __, pay the fair,

__ __ __ __ off the bus, and __ __ - __ __ __ __ __ by the rear door.

Was it what Rosa did on a Yes No

particular day?
What was the driver’s reaction?

he got _______________________
Rosa was asked to get off the She accepted She refused
bus, what was her reaction?
What happened next?

(Tick when it’s correct)

When did that happen? In 1933 In 1934 In 1943 In 1944

Rosa belonged to a group, what

was its name? ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

What was her personal situation She was married to Raymond Parks.
at that time?
She was single.
What was the goal of this “ The goal was to end S __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __.”
organization?
“Jackie Robinson was the first True False
African American to play
baseball”
Who was the president of the Harry S. Truman
USA in 1948? Ronald Reagan
Barack Obama
What did he end in the United Slavery Segregation
Armed Forces?
Who said that the separate but The Congress
equal doctrine was not legal in The president
school 1954? The Supreme Court

c) Her act of defiance

Was it legal for a black person to
sit down in a bus in 1955? Under
what condition?
Rosa did not get up from her
seat in the bus, why?
Yes. As long as there were not white people to occupy the seats.
No. Even if there were empty seats.
She had her leg broken.

She was tired of being mistreated.

Rosa was arrested. What
movement did it create?

How long did this movement 13 days

last? 30 weeks
33 Months
Was this movement legal?
Yes No
 What was the decision of the It was legal and constitutional.
Supreme Court about the law
under which Rosa was arrested? It was illegal and unconstitutional.

d) Nine Years later

Who was the president of the George Washington

USA at this moment? Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lyndon B. Johnson

What law put an end to The declaration of independence

segregation? The Obama Care
The Civil Rights Act of 1964

“Black people were equal to

white citizens” True False

Give a definition of “to show prejudice against anyone because of race, color,
“discrimination”
religion nationality or gender”.

“to love anyone because of race, color, religion nationality or

gender”.

Give a definition of “prejudice” “It is a negative attitude towards an entire group of people.”

“It is a positive attitude towards an entire group of animals.”

What Rosa’s refusal to give up the world.

her seat created? It started protest throughout the universe.
the country.

Today, she is remembered as: Nelson Mandela’s wife.

The mother of the modern days civil rights movement.
The first black woman president of the United States.