Connect Reading and Writing

Vocabulary

Civil Rights

determined

equality

integrate

prejudice

protested

segregation

separate

Critical thinking

  • 1. SUM IT UP Review the photos in “The Civil Rights Movement.” Write new captions in your own words. Write a summary of the selection based on your captions.

    Rosa Parks was arrested for fighting against segregation.

    Rosa Parks was arrested for fighting against segregation.

  • 2. Compare Compare the ways segregation was different for African Americans in the North and the South during the early 1960s.

  • 3. Speculate What do you think life was like for students your age at the time of the Civil Rights Movement?

  • 4. Compare Across Texts Explain how the poem “Midway” relates to the fight for equality in “The Civil Rights Movement.”

Reading Fluency

Phrasing Read the passage on page 640 to a partner. Assess your fluency.

  • 1. I read

    • a. great

    • b. OK

    • c. not very well

  • 2. What I did best in my reading was _______.

Reading Strategy

Ask Questions What were two questions you asked yourself as you read the selection? Explain to a partner how you answered them.

Vocabulary Review

Oral Review Read the paragraph aloud. Add the vocabulary words.

In 1961, laws in the South enforced ______ that kept blacks and whites ______. Supporters of the ______ Movement were ______ to change this. Black and white students got on buses to ______ public transportation. People who worked for racial ______ were called Freedom Riders. The Freedom Riders ______ unequal treatment and unfair opinions, or ______.

Written Review Imagine you are a reporter during the Civil Rights Movement. Report on how one school integrated its students. Use five vocabulary words.

Illustration of the pen icon Write About The Guiding Question

Reflect on Making a Difference Which person in the selection made the biggest difference during the Civil Rights Movement? Support your opinion with examples.