Author: Yona Zeldis McDonough
Illustrator: Stephen Marchesi
Who Was Rosa Parks? by Yona Zeldis McDonough and illustrated by Stephen Marchesi is the life story of Rosa Parks. Rosa Parks was one the important people in history who played a huge role in the Civil Rights Movement . In 1955, on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama she refused to give up her seat to a white person and she was then arrested . This small act by her then started the bus boycott and civil rights protest around America.
The illustration by is Stephen Marchesi is in black and white throughout the entire book.
The genre of this book is biography, it tells the story of the life of someone. Its a careful biograohy to be exact. " Careful biographies find a balance between telling everything and telling just enough to portray a person's life accurately, in an interesting manner." (Galda,Cullinan,&Sipe,2010)
Some of themes in "Who is Rosa Parks?" is fighting against human injustice, determination, and courage.
The genre of this book is biography, it tells the story of the life of someone. Its a careful biograohy to be exact. " Careful biographies find a balance between telling everything and telling just enough to portray a person's life accurately, in an interesting manner." (Galda,Cullinan,&Sipe,2010)
Some of themes in "Who is Rosa Parks?" is fighting against human injustice, determination, and courage.
Classroom Activities:
1. Students will create a biopoem about Rosa parks. They will use three adjectives to describe her, who was her husband, where did she love,one thing that challenged her, and who or what she cared about.
2. Students will create a timeline of all of the important events that took place in Rosa Parks life.
This timeline activity aligns with Saint Leo University's core value Respect because as students are doing this activity they will gain much more respect for Rosa Parks and all of the events that he had to go through and endure throughout her life.
2. Students will create a timeline of all of the important events that took place in Rosa Parks life.
This timeline activity aligns with Saint Leo University's core value Respect because as students are doing this activity they will gain much more respect for Rosa Parks and all of the events that he had to go through and endure throughout her life.
Readers Response Questions
1. When was Rosa Parks born?
2. Where did Rosa grow up?
3. Why did Rosa and friends stop walking the road to school?
4. Why did Rosa's grandfather sleep on the porch?
5. What are "Jim Crow" laws?
6. What is segragation?
7. What did Rose refuse to give up her seat?
1. When was Rosa Parks born?
2. Where did Rosa grow up?
3. Why did Rosa and friends stop walking the road to school?
4. Why did Rosa's grandfather sleep on the porch?
5. What are "Jim Crow" laws?
6. What is segragation?
7. What did Rose refuse to give up her seat?
Personal Comments:
This is a great book it tells the life of woman who made a difference and was an important factor in the Civil Rights Movement. She made history.
References
Galda, L., Cullinan, B., & Sipe, L. (2010). Literature and the Child (7 ed.). Belmont: Wadsworth Cengage Learning.
McDonough, Y. Z., & Marchesi, S. (2016). Who was Rosa Parks? New York, NY: Scholastic.
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