Sample Rosa Parks – A Woman of Courage (Grades 6-8) Worksheet
Reading Comprehension Worksheets

edHelper.com Subscribers:
Build a printable worksheet with the complete story and puzzles
Build a proofreading activity

 

Rosa Parks – A Woman of Courage
By Tammy Scarbrough 		  
1     Rosa Parks was born Rosa Louise McCauley in Tuskegee, Alabama, in 1913. She is known as the "mother of the civil rights movement." Here is her story.
 
2     One day in December of 1955, Rosa had just gotten off work as a seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama. As she was riding the bus home, she was told she had to give up her seat to a white passenger. Although she was not any more tired than usual, she refused to give up her seat. She was tired of black people being treated as second-class citizens.
 
3     What should have been a normal ride on the bus ended up with Rosa being thrown in jail for not giving up her seat. Black people had been treated unfairly for a very long time in the South. They could not enter "white" restaurants or drink out of "white" water fountains. This event in Rosa Parks' life began to change all of that.

Paragraphs 4 to 5:
For the complete story with questions: click here for printable
Weekly Reading Books

          Create Weekly Reading Books

Prepare for an entire week at once!

Feedback on Rosa Parks – A Woman of Courage (Grades 6-8)
Leave your feedback on Rosa Parks – A Woman of Courage (Grades 6-8)   (use this link if you found an error in the story)

More Lessons
             Rosa Parks Activities, Worksheets, Printables, and Lesson Plans



Copyright © 2018 edHelper