5We completed our study of Jamestown andPlymouth. Your timeline project is due Friday 11/6. Use your flex block or bring home your work. There will be no additional classroom time provided for you to work on the timeline project.
This week we will take a break from Early American History and study the Civil Rights period by watching a video about Ruby Bridges. This is a true story about a young black girl living in New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1960, when Ruby was in first grade, she became one of the first black students to attend an all white school. At that time in America, black and white neighborhoods and schools were segregated (separated). Ruby's story is one of courage and determination.
RUBY BRIDGES DAY 1:
Define the following words on Pg 57 of your notebook. Use collinsdictionary.com or learners dictionary.com for definitions that seem to make more sense.
discrimination, segregation, integration, equality, boycott
Answer the following questions in complete sentences.
1. Describe Ruby's first day at school.
2. The crowd chants "2,4,6,8, We don't want to integrate". What are they unhappy about?
3. Who is Ruby's teacher? How is she different from the other teachers?
4. How many other students are in Ruby's class?
5. Finish the quote from Ms. Spencer. "Around here, we don't _________them and our kids don't __________ with them."
You will be asked to complete daily assignments and a culminating project as we watch the video over the next few days.
We will also study the painting "The Problem We All Live With", by the famous illustrator, Norman Rockwell.