Curated OER
Fun in the Sun
Students freeze colored water. In this art lesson, students take the blocks of ice out of the freezer, put the blocks into a small pool and watch the ice melt.
Curated OER
Hide the Acorns
Students search for acorns. In this art lesson students imagine they are squirrels finding and storing acorns. The students dig through a water table filled with sand or soil looking for acorns that have been buried.
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat and set in motion one of the largest social movements in history, the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Rosa Parks: Civil Rights Activist
Through two primary source activities and a short video, young scholars will learn about Parks' lifelong commitment to the Civil Rights Movement.
CommonLit
Common Lit: "Before Rosa Parks, There Was Claudette Colvin" by Margot Adler
Rosa Parks is well-known for her refusal to give up her seat to a white person on a bus in Alabama. A famous bus boycott followed because of her act of protest. However, Parks was not the first person to refuse to give up her seat. In...
US National Archives
Nara: Teaching With Documents: An Act of Courage: Arrest Records of Rosa Parks
A vividly detailed account of the events that led to the arrest of Rosa Parks for "violating a city law requiring racial segregation of public buses". Provided are copies of documents relating to her arrest that were used as evidence in...
Other
Historical Thinking Matters: Rosa Parks: Intro
Extensive teaching aid to help students understand the Montgomery Bus Boycott using primary sources such as letters, police reports, leaflets, and speeches. Includes many student activities and resources.
US National Archives
Docsteach: A Famous Person and Event Revealed: Examining Where Rosa Parks Sat
In this activity, students will examine a diagram of the bus in which Rosa Parks took a seat. Ms. Parks' name has been blacked out. Students will analyze and evaluate the document, then apply prior knowledge to discern what this document...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Teachers: Meet Rosa Parks
Learn about the life of American civil rights activist Rosa Parks by exploring this insightful biography and timeline of her life. With activity extension for teachers.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Discussion Guide: Rosa Parks
Scholastic presents this discussion guide of "Rosa Parks" by Camilla Wilson. The guide includes discussion questions, extension activities, and more.
US National Archives
Docsteach: A Famous Person and Event Revealed: Examining an Arrest Record
This activity requires learners to examine the arrest record of an un-named person. Students will analyze and evaluate the data contained in the document, applying prior knowledge, to discern what happened in the incident and the...
Alabama Department of Archives and History
Adah: Riding the Bus Taking a Stand
Teacher activities and primary documents that can be used when teaching the story of Rosa Parks and The Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Stanford University
Stanford University: Lesson Plan on the Montgomery Bus Boycott
A comprehensive five part lesson plan that teaches student how to use what happend in the famous bus boycott for both content knowledge and also how to apply to other social movements. The role of Rosa Parks is examined in detail.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Women in American History
At this site from Encyclopedia Brittanica, Inc. you can follow brave-hearted women through a timeline of unbelievable "Herstory." Impressive site tracks the unsinkable American woman from Early American adventurers like Sacagawea and...