Rosa Parks
Social Studies, technology
Grades K-2
Materials needed:
- Computer with internet access
- Copy of song of Sister Rosa by Aaron Nevelle (It is on the CD The Neville
Brothers Gold)
- Computer with internet access
Description:
Play the song while you and your child
listen. Discuss the events of Rosa Park's
life that are mentioned in the song. Give your child some
background information on the differences in the way whites and
blacks were treated during that time period of America's
history.
This is
a website that gives some personal stories from this era, for
parents to read for further information. (http://learnhub.com/redirect?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.crmvet.org%2Fnars%2Fnarshome.htm)
Sing the song together, and talk
about why the Negro community boycotted public
transportation. Explain the nonviolence of
this action, and how it eventually resulted in
desegregation.
Together find a picture of Rosa Parks
online. (Use the Creative Commons Search
feature in Flickr to do a search for images of Rosa Parks. Be sure
to use proper citation for the image.
Keywords:
demonstration, protest, discrimination, boycott
Image Source: Rosa Parks,
Originally uploaded by Cliff1066 on Flickr under a Creative
Commons Attribution License
