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Copyright 2012, Red River Press Inc. For use by members of ESL-library.com in accordance with membership terms. 1 Rosa Parks 1. On December 1 st , 1955, Rosa Parks said “No!” to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama. The white man was a bus driver. He asked Rosa Parks to move to the back of the bus because another white man wanted to sit down. Rosa Parks was a black woman. She had worked all day and she was tired. So, when the bus driver told her to move, she decided to say no. 2. The police came and took Rosa Parks to jail. Black people in Montgomery, Alabama became angry about this. So, they started a bus “boycott.” The bus company lost a lot of money because black people in Montgomery wouldn’t ride the buses. The bus boycott lasted 381 days. It was in newspapers all over America. Rosa Parks became a national hero. 3. Rosa Parks had been working for a long time to help black people before the police put her in jail. She was a secretary for a black organization in America called the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). She worked with black children in poor neighborhoods, too. She had been shouted at by white bus drivers before. But on December 1 st , when Rosa Parks said “No!” to the white bus driver, the Civil Rights Movement in America began. 4. Rosa Parks resided in Detroit until she died at the age of 92 on October 24 th , 2005. Rosa Parks Mini-Biographies 1 1
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Rosa Parks
1. On December 1st, 1955,
Rosa Parks said “No!” to a
white man in Montgomery,
Alabama. The white man
was a bus driver. He asked
Rosa Parks to move to the
back of the bus because
another white man wanted
to sit down. Rosa Parks was a black woman. She had worked all day and she was tired. So, when
the bus driver told her to move, she decided to say no.
2. The police came and took Rosa Parks to jail. Black people in Montgomery, Alabama became
angry about this. So, they started a bus “boycott.” The bus company lost a lot of money because
black people in Montgomery wouldn’t ride the buses. The bus boycott lasted 381 days. It was in
newspapers all over America. Rosa Parks became a national hero.
3. Rosa Parks had been working for a long time to help black people before the police put her in jail.
She was a secretary for a black organization in America called the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). She worked with black children in poor
neighborhoods, too. She had been shouted at by white bus drivers before. But on December 1st,
when Rosa Parks said “No!” to the white bus driver, the Civil Rights Movement in America began.
4. Rosa Parks resided in Detroit until she died at the age of 92 on October 24th, 2005.
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READING COMPREHENSION
Answer the following questions using complete sentences.
1. What did Rosa Parks say to a white man?
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2. When did Rosa Parks say “No!” to a white man?
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3. Where did Rosa Parks live?
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4. Was the white man a truck driver?
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5. Why did he ask Rosa Parks to move?
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6. Was Rosa Parks an Asian woman?
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7. What did the police do to Rosa Parks?
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8. When Rosa Parks was put in jail, many black people became angry. What did the black people do?
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9. Why did the bus company lose a lot of money?
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10. How long did the bus boycott last?
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11. Did Rosa Parks become a national hero?
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12. What black organization was Rosa Parks a secretary for?
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13. What began when Rosa Parks said “No!” to the white bus driver?
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VOCABULARY REVIEW
Unscramble the words below from the story. Then write one original sentence for each word.
1. r i d v e r
________________ _________________________________________________________________2. g r a n y
________________ _________________________________________________________________3. i j l a
________________ _________________________________________________________________4. r o h e
________________ _________________________________________________________________5. t o b y o c t
________________ _________________________________________________________________6. s o n d i b o g h r e h o
________________ _________________________________________________________________7. d e r t i
________________ _________________________________________________________________8. n e m t o v m e
________________ _________________________________________________________________
Find the words from above in the Word Search below.
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VOCABULARY REVIEW
1. r i d v e r! ! = driver2. g r a n y!! ! = angry! ! 3. i j l a! ! ! = jail! 4. r o h e! ! ! = hero5. t o b y o c t! ! = boycott 6. s n d i b o g h r e h o! = neighborhoods 7. d e r t i! ! ! = tired! 8. n e m t o v m e!! = movement
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ANSWER KEY A
Find the words from above in the Word Search below.
READING COMPREHENSION
1. Rosa Parks said “No!” to a white man.
2. Rosa Parks said “No!” to a white man on December 1st, 1955.
3. Rosa Parks lived in Montgomery, Alabama.
4. No, the white man was a bus driver.
5. He asked Rosa Parks to move because another white man wanted to sit down.
6. No, Rosa Parks was a black woman.
7. The police came and took Rosa Parks to jail.
8. The black people started a bus “boycott.”
9. The bus company lost a lot of money because black people in Montgomery wouldn’t ride the buses.
10. The bus boycott lasted 381 days.
11. Yes, Rosa Parks became a national hero.
12. Rosa Parks was a secretary for the NAACP.
13. The Civil Rights Movement began when Rosa Parks said “No!” to the white bus driver.
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Spelling Note: The text shows the American spelling of the word Neighborhoods. Most other English-speaking countries spell it this way: Neighbourhoods.
