Academic Vocabulary Level 3--The Courage of Rosa Parks


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This lesson integrates academic vocabulary instruction into content-area lessons. Two easy-to-implement strategies for teaching academic vocabulary are integrated within the step-by-step, standards-based social studies lesson.




Academic Vocabulary: 25 Content-Area Lessons Level 3


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Integrate academic vocabulary instruction into content-area lessons with this engaging new resource for Level 3, which provides teachers with 12 easy-to-implement strategies for teaching academic vocabulary. Included are 25 step-by-step standards-based lessons that each incorporate two vocabulary strategies. Also included are activity pages and assessments, an answer key, and a Teacher Resource CD. This resource is correlated to the Common Core State Standards. 176pp.




Rosa Parks: A Life of Courage


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Rosa Parks lived her life courageously. She refused to change bus seats because she was African-American. Children will discover the bravery of Rosa Parks during a time of racial segregation.




Rosa Parks : My Story


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Rosa Park's life story reveals the deliberate choices she made that earned her the title "Mother to a Movement."




Rosa Parks


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On the morning of December 1, 1955, hardly anyone in Rosa Parks' home town of Montgomery, Alabama had heard of her. By the time that night fell, she was on her way to becoming a household name all over the United States. That morning, she had refused to give up her bus seat to a white person. Rosa, who was African American, was tired of being pushed around because of the color of her skin. The news of her arrest spread like wildfire. African American leaders decided to urge their fellow African Americans not to ride the buses until they were treated equally. It took a year, but the movement that Rosa Parks began ended in triumph.




Rosa


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A biography about Rosa Parks, the Alabama black seamstress who refused to give up her seat on a bus and helped establish the civil rights movement.




I Am Rosa Parks


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How special and inspiring to read about Rosa Park's life in her own words! This BIOGRAPHY READER is now available in Step into Reading, the premier leveled reader line. When Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man on December 1, 1955, she made history. Her brave act sparked the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott and brought the civil rights movement to national attention. In simple, lively language, Rosa Parks describes her life from childhood to the present and recounts the events that shook the nation. Her story is powerful, inspiring and unforgettable. An NCSS-CBC Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies Step 4 Readers use challenging vocabulary and short paragraphs to tell exciting stories. For newly independent readers who read simple sentences with confidence.




National Geographic Readers: Rosa Parks


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Find out about the life of Rosa Parks and how her actions in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955 helped end racial segregation in America. This book follows the same standards as other National Geographic Readers with the same careful text, brilliant photographs, and fun approach that kids love. The life story of Rosa Parks has enduring lessons to teach us and this biography should appeal to kids, parents, and teachers.




Dear Mrs. Parks


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Presents correspondence between Rosa Parks and various children in which the "Mother of the Modern Day Civil Rights Movement" answers questions and encourages young people to reach their highest potential.




The Life of Rosa Parks


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Known as the “mother of the civil rights movement,” Rosa Parks took a small stance that made a big impact. Just by sitting in a bus seat, she inspired thousands of black Americans to boycott buses altogether! Readers will be introduced to Rosa Parks and the civil rights movement through the details of her biography and the great change brought about by her actions. Historical photographs engage readers further, transporting them back to one of the most troubling times in American history, and a helpful timeline summarizes important events in Rosa’s life.