Monday, February 9, 2009

Hw: Rosa Parks/Bus Boycott (Mon/Tues. 2/9-10)

1. What went through your mind while reading the selection/watching the film? Describe your thoughts using examples from the text/film.

2. What is your opinion of Rosa Parks and her accomplishments? Do you think she has affected your life today in any way?

3. Based on your understanding of the "Montgomery Boycott" what qualities do you think were valued by the early participants of the civil rights movement? How do you know?
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3 paragraphs=30 pts. (You may post response to the blog)

3 comments:

Unknown said...

caitlynn wentz

1. i thought that rosa parks was very brave and i tried to understand how she was able to stand up to the same bus driver twice.

2. my opinion of rosa parks and her accomplishments are that she is a very brave a determined individual. I think that she has affected my life in the way that now when i get on the bus every day black people dont have to give up their seats for me or any white person.

3. i think that the qualities that were valued were loyalty, bravery, determination, and the will to succeed.

Unknown said...

Patrick Simoneit

1. I thought how could people be doing this to people. Everyone has their own rights and what happened to them is just wrong. Like how the drivers would drive away in the video, that's just wrong.

2. Rosa Parks was a very brave women to do what she did. She is one of the greatest people in the civil rights movement. I think if she hadn't had done what she did, life wouldn't be as "fair" as it is now.

3. They where a non-violent protest. Martin Luther King Jr. said it himself that if they fought back, it would be just more reason for the white people to hate African Americans.

Unknown said...

1. I thought how could human beings treat other human beings like dirt just because of their skin tone.

2. Rosa Parks was a courageous person for standing up to the white man. She was one of the people in the civil rights movement for creating racial equality in the United States. If she didn't do what she did then blacks or african-americans (whatever floats your boat)would probably have to give their seat up to a white person till this day if Rosa Parks didnt stand up for what she believe in.

3. They was non-violent ,brave,determined and focused on equal rights.

-Mirita M.