What is Justice?

Lesson 10
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ELA

Unit 6

Kindergarten

Lesson 10 of 18

Objective


Explain how the whole community made the Montgomery Bus Boycott a success.

Readings and Materials


  • Book: Rosa by Nikki Giovanni  p. 15 — to end

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Target Task


Discussion & Writing Prompt

Rosa Parks inspired the Montgomery Bus Boycott, but she could not have done it alone. How did the whole community make the bus boycott a success?

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Key Questions


  • How does Jo Ann Robinson respond to the news that Rosa Parks was arrested?

  • What action did the women take? Why?

  • How did people feel when they saw the posters? Why?

  • The people boycotted the bus. What does that mean? Give two examples.

  • The author says that everyone was proud of their “nonviolent movement.” What does it mean that it was nonviolent?

  • What decision did the Supreme Court make? Why was it important?

Vocabulary


vicious

adj.

cruel or violent on purpose

injustice

n.

not just or fair

boycott

n.

purposefully not buying or working with a person or organization

nonviolent

adj.

using peace rather than force to make change

inspire

v.

to make someone want to do something

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Common Core Standards


  • L.K.6 — Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts.
  • RI.K.3 — With prompting and support, describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.
  • RI.K.7 — With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear (e.g., what person, place, thing, or idea in the text an illustration depicts).
  • RI.K.8 — With prompting and support, identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.
  • SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.

Supporting Standards

RI.K.1
RI.K.10

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Explain why Martin Luther King Jr. was important.

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