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Rosa Parks Activities Using a Nonfiction Rap Passage

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Cover: The Truth About Rosa Parks main idea and details reading activity, with photos of Parks and the line No More Myth!
Title page introducing the Rosa Parks reading unit
Main idea mini-lesson: tips on repeated details and first/last sentences, then organizer 1 for three similar details
Model the first organizer together before independent work
Organizing details continued: students record 3 similar details from verses in organizers 2 and 3, then write a main idea
Guided practice after students read the song lyrics
Rosa Parks song lyrics part 1: intro, chorus and verses 1A-1C on bus segregation, Viola White and Claudette Colvin
Reading passage for the first half of the lesson
Song lyrics part 2: verses 2A-2C on Parks' past resistance and family, then the boycott and 1956 desegregation
Second half of the text students reread for questions
Find the main idea: multiple-choice questions 1-3 asking for the main idea of the intro and verses 1A and 1B of the song
Comprehension check on the first set of lyrics
Find the main idea continued: students choose the main idea statement for verses 2A and 2C and the outro, questions 4-6
Follow-up questions for the second set of lyrics
Find the supporting details: students read excerpts of verses 1A and 2B and pick the supporting detail for each
Practice telling a supporting detail from the main idea
Supporting detail question on verse 2C, then Main Idea on Beast Mode!: partners choose the main idea of the entire song
Partner wrap-up that pulls the whole song together

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The Truth About Rosa Parks | Nonfiction Passage with Questions Engage students with these main idea and supporting details activities based on the true story of Rosa Parks. The song lyrics act as nonfiction passages to practice key reading comprehension skills. Keep learners' attention by using engaging rap lyrics that incorporate historical content vocabulary. These printable or paperless activities are perfect for whole class lessons, small groups, independent work, or homework. The multiple-choice questions and answer keys make assessment easy. Kids will enjoy learning about this iconic civil rights activist while sharpening their ability to identify main ideas and details. Differentiation is built-in since the passages have three levels of difficulty. Check students' understanding of this significant historical event while improving their reading skills! Everything is included in this teaching resource: song lyric passages, graphic organizers, multiple-choice questions at various depths of knowledge, and answer keys.

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