All About Rosa Parks Worksheets & Activities for Kids
Last year I had the AMAZING opportunity to see AND sit on the famous Rosa Parks bus which inspired this series of “All About Rosa Parks” worksheets and activities for kids! Talk about a surreal learning moment!
Facts About Rosa Parks:
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She met and married her husband at age 19 years old. They had no children.
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Rosa Parks was not arrested for sitting in a “whites only” section of the bus, but for not moving seats when a white man needed the seat she was in.
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She was 42 years old on the day she ultimately became famous for.
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She was one of four people who were asked to move seats on the bus that day.
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Rosa Parks was a civil rights activist before her arrest.
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The Montgomery Bus Boycott was started in protest of Parks’ arrest and lasted 381 days.
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After the arrest Rosa and her husband both lost their jobs and moved to Detroit.
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After her death, President Bill Clinton awarded Rosa Parks the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She was later also awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.
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Rosa Parks was the first black woman to be honored with a statue in the US Capitol.
Get our FREE Rosa Parks Unit Study + Activities and Writing Prompts here!
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Included in our free Rosa Parks worksheets are:
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Facts sheet
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Quotes by Rosa Parks
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Fill-in-the-blank questions
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Answer Key
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Word search game
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Word scramble game
Print HERE: Rosa Parks Workbook
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