Rosa Parks - Montgomery Bus Boycott

This Civil Rights in the USA lesson investigates how successfulness the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Students look at the causes, events and impact of the boycott. The plenary features Claudette Colvin so her legacy is not forgotten either.

This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated 2 ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, clip questions/activities, think pair share activity, mini plenary, information sheet with mindmap to complete, a consolidation written question and a discussion plenary.

Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion.

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