Rosa+Reinforcing+Activity

__**Materials: **__ ROSA by Nikki Giovanni Bus & Rules Worksheet Crayons/Markers

__**Objective:**__ Students will be able to illustrate what happened at the Montgomery Bus Boycott in order to discuss how people make the community a better place by solving problems in ways that promote the common good.

__**Procedures: **__ 1) Read //ROSA// to entire class

2) After reading the picture book, distribute to every student a copy of the worksheet that will be use for the activity. (worksheet will consists of the rules that people had to follow when riding the buses and a blank illustration of a bus with a key for labeling with crayons)

3) Ask for volunteers to read rules aloud to entire class and relate them to Rosa Parks story

4) In groups of 2, have students label an illustration with color crayons/markers of the bus to reflect the rules

(Front door, back door, fare box, driver, prediction where Rosa sat, back standing only area, white people section, black people section, etc.)

5) Bring group back together, ask for volunteers to share their worksheet

6) After the sharing of the worksheets, students are placed in three groups of eight

7) Students will write up a small skit and role play the Montgomery Bus scene with the roles of the Rosa, bus driver, policeman, man that wanted Rosa seat, extra bus riders coming on and two getting off bus

8) Bring class together for discussion on the skits:
 * Discuss the reality of segregation in the south; the typical bus ride for an African American in the south at that time
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Discuss the term boycott. Ask how do we know the boycott was a success?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Can you stand up to a police officer like Rosa did?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Explain to students how Rosa takes the reader through subsequent civil rights events that helped change American History and how Rosa Parks courageous actions have shaped the world in which we live that relates to riding the buses in today's society

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">9) Collect all worksheets at end of period

__<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Other Ohio Objectives with this book:** __ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Grade 4 <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Government, Rules and Laws <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">18. Laws can protect rights, provide benefits and assign responsibilities.