Rosa Parks is known for the stand she took on the bus during the time of segregation. She refused to give up her seat just so a white man wouldn't have to stand. Due to segregation, the police were called and she was arrested. It was then that the blacks decided to take a stand together. They decided to walk to their destinations instead of riding the bus. Eventually white people as well as others joined them to show their support. The people walked for so many days that giving in and riding the bus again was very tempting. Walk with the people as you read the Boycott Blues.
After reading this book to the class, I would take them outside and we would walk for about a mile around the school. Once we finished walking, we would return to the classroom and discuss the hardships the blacks faced during their time of taking a stand. I would then have them imagine having to walk for more than 1 mile (comparing longer distances to what they walked) and ask the students to write in their journals about their thoughts on the situation. I would then collect their journals to take home to read.
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