Reading Comprehensions - Black History Month

The birth of the Civil Rights Movement in the USA is celebrated during Black History Month. But do your students know the full story behind Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King?

This collection of four guided reading activities, aimed at children aged 10-13 years old, tests children in the Common Core and National Curriculum reading skills. They will learn to:

Determine the meaning of words such as segregation and discrimination.
Refer to examples in the text, both explicitly and implied.
Compare the values of characters like Martin Luther King and Malcolm X.
Identify what is happening in images.
Comment on the wider historical implications of the stories.

Each activity has questions and answers, with an indication of how many marks are on offer at the end of each question. This is particularly helpful for children preparing for reading tests and exams, encouraging them to give fuller answers where required.

As with all of my reading
comprehensions, I aim to make
them engaging and challenging.
The characters may be well
known, but your students will
fully understand the broader
context of their actions in history
through these in-depth character
studies.

CONTENTS
Rosa Parks
The Bus Boycott
The Civil Rights Movement
“I have a dream” and Black Power.