Social Studies Inquiry Project
By Jack Dunphey & Gracie Blackburn
Standards and Objectives:
Standards:
1.B.1 Understand how culture, values, and beliefs shape people, places, and environments.
�1.C&G.1 Understand how people engage with and participate in the community.
Objectives:
1.B.1.2 Summarize ways that culturally, racially, and ethnically diverse people help shape a community.
1.C&G.1.1 Exemplify ways individuals and groups play a role in shaping communities.
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Anchor Text:
If a Bus Could Talk by Nikki Giovanni
Illustrated by Bryan Collier
What is it about?
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Link to Book: https://www.amazon.com/If-Bus-Could-Talk-Story/dp/0689856768/ref=sr_1_1?crid=OAZ81O2AFO8X&keywords=if+a+bus+could+talk&qid=1682968315&s=books&sprefix=if+a+bus+could+talk%2Cstripbooks%2C254&sr=1-1
Discussion Questions:
Before:
During:
Ending:
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Activity:
Materials Needed:
What to do:
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What the Activity Looks Like:
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Link to Graphic Organizer Document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qHUSbtkWP6jlRGFd8c6VFccC4FGalRwuOxOkrRRXkC0/edit?usp=sharing
Complimentary Text 1:
Rosa Parks By Christine Taylor- Butler
What’s it all about?
A easy to read biography about Rosa Parks that contains many facts, pictures, primary source information about montgomery alabama, and events in Rosa’s Life in 1913, that lead to the bus boycott that started in 1955, and the life of Parks after the boycott as well how the United States changed as a result of the actions of Parks and others.
This book details actions of civil protest prior to Mrs. Parks arrest. Highlights her activism in political organizations. It further details acts of discrimination that occurred before and after the bus boycott.
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Complementary Text 2:
Because Claudette By Tracey Baptiste, Illustrated by Tonya Engel
What’s it all about?
The story of Claudette Colvin, a 15 year old girl who refused to ride get up from her seat on a bus, prior to the Rosa Parks boycott. She is the precursor to Mrs. Parks, very much an unsung hero among the civil rights movement.
Claudette Colvin’s case was extremely influential in the bus boycott movement. Rosa Parks helped raise money for Claudette Colvin’s defense case.
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Complimentary Text 3:
The History of the Civil Rights Movement: A History Book for New Readers By Shadae Mallory
What's it all about?
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Primary Source 1:
The Police Report:
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Primary Source 2:
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Link to BooK: https://www.amazon.com/Claudette-Colvin-Twice-Toward-Justice/dp/0312661053/ref=asc_df_0312661053/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312151238048&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2155427419244816446&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9010192&hvtargid=pla-553270770147&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=61316181079&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=312151238048&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2155427419244816446&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9010192&hvtargid=pla-553270770147
Primary Source 3
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Picture Source:
https://www.loc.gov/resource/mss85943.001906/?sp=2&r=-0.784,-0.003,2.568,1.632,0
Resource 1:
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Image Source: https://blogs.kentlaw.iit.edu/library/exhibits/montgomery-1955/images-documents/montgomery-city-code/
Resource 2:
The Pittsburgh Courier, Saturday, January 14, 1956:
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Resource 3:
Montgomery bus boycott
United States history By Encyclopedia Britannica
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Resource 4
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Khan Academy Video: Civil Rights Act of 1964 | Montgomery Bus Boycott for Kids | Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King
Context & Vocabulary:
Context:
Vocabulary:
-Boycott:
-Oppression
-Segregation
-Racism
-Integration
-Ethnicity
-Advocacy
- Civil Protest
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Teacher Content Knowledge:
The topic chosen to research was the 1955 Montgomery Boycotts, focused on the connection primarily with the story of Rosa Parks, further influential figures and groups are mentioned and discussed such as Claudette Colvin, Jo Ann Robinson, WPC, NAACP and their involvement with inspiring the communities and being a leader in promoting civil acts of protest to develop the rights of African American citizens in the United States. The boycott was the active result of civil unrest due to Mrs. Parks being arrested to refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a montgomery alabama bus on December 1st, 1955. Parks was the key post figure in a large group effort to create change in this country. It is important to know the circumstances that lead up to the boycott, key figures and groups involved, and the effects of the boycott changed the community of montgomery alabama but the state and views of the country nation wide.
Through research, we gained knowledge on boycotts that occurred before Rosa Park’s and how Rosa’s became the central case of focused used to gain sympathy and create change. There were other boycotts that occured prior to Rosa’s although her case was deemed to gather the most sympathy from white people. Learned about the meetings and countless community discussions that were held in order to discuss what course of action could be taken. Further teacher should educate themselves on the multiple political groups that had an effect on the movement such as the NAACP and WPC and influential members of those groups. The teacher should also educate themselves on the timeline of civil rights events primarily in the 1900’s to showcase the course for change in the United States.
Life in the United States was not pleasant under Jim Crow law in the United States. Segregation made it illegal for blacks and white to share common public spaces. Beyond this, segregation caused high racial tensions in communities, forced children to attend separate schools, and was overall unconstitutional and deprived people their basic human rights. Through tragedy, communities advocated, protested, and demanded change. Teachers should fully submerge themselves in learning about what happened in Montgomery Alabama on December 1st, 1955 but also need to be aware of the actions that occurred prior and the actions that followed up. Change is not the act of one singular person, it requires community, faith and action, and the subject of the montgomery bus boycotts highlights such action.
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Interdisciplinary Connections:
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Music, Art, Language Arts
Oh Freedom Over Me:
An old spiritual song that Rosa Parks mother would sing to her.
This song inspired many african americans in the civil rights movement to stand up and fight for their rights.
Rosa Parks By Harvey Dinnerstein
This artwork was done in 1956 after the artist, who lived in New York was inspired by the revolution that was occurring in the south
More Information: https://delart.org/dr-martin-luther-king-jr-and-the-montgomery-bus-boycott/
Link to Song With Civil Rights Images https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veiJLhXdwn8
Bus Boycott By Eve Merriam.
A poem written in 1956 inspired by Mrs. Parks. She wrote many poems about social issues. More of her poems linked here: https://www.crmvet.org/poetry/amerriam.htm