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To mostpeoplearound her, Roca Imagine you are a black person sitting on a
Parks was an ordinarywomanwith an bus.The bus is fuII, and a white p€rson climbs
ordinary life in Montgomery, Alsbama on. The bus &iver says to yor.r,'Stand up and
in the U.S.Withher slim figure,hlack give this person your seat.-What do you do?
hair and brown eyes, she loeked $ke
Rosa's decision was to stay in her seat-The
a qpical African American woman
bus driver was very angry and Rosa was in
in the 1950s. But Rosa Parks was not trouble with the police. But the incident
ordinary. Life for African &ncrican
was soon very famous all over America. And
people was verydlfficult in thcee;,ears, with support from other black people in her
and Ras* wa$ one solution to their
communiry there was a boycott of the bus
problems. company, too for over a year! Now it w1s
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In 1950s America, trlack people's lives clear to all Americans that black people rarere
were very different from thrrse of white not happy with their lives. After a change
people.Theirjobs were bad, and their in the law in 1956, there were more egual
schools were trrrible. Everything for rights for black people in the U.S. Ros* Parks'
white people was better. But Rosa's story shows that one person's simple action
actlons 0n one evening ia 1955 were can make a great difference fqr millions of
very important for change. people.
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I Scan the article and ffir.ze ffi*m* ffiffi# {!s€#st to the article. Then
Find these words and
choose the correst answer the questions.
check their meaning.
answers. Where was Rosa Parks from?
in trouble
Rosa Parks was the w as f rom Mo nt gom e ?y, Alab am a.
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boycott Enstish r@g@
law 'l 1 What did she look like?
equal rights She was in trouble / 2 Why was life difficult for Rosa and many others like her?
happy with the police.
3 How long was the Montgomery bus boycott?
2 Rosa's decision was 4 lmagine you are another black person on the bus.
bad / good for black You hear the conversation between Rosa and the bus
people in the U.S.
driver, What do you think about Rosa? What do you
think about the driver?
3 FregenAagF#ft Look at the pictures of 1 What / the classroom in picture 1 like?
two American classrooms in the 194Os 2 What / the classroom in picture 2like?
and 195Os. Make questions with the
3 What / the classrooms (not) have?
prompts below. Then write answers 4
to the questions. Use your answers to What / life like / children in the
pictures?
prepare a short presentation.
How / life / different for American
Who / in the pictures? children now?
\Nho
are in Ahe pictures?