Teach pupils in Year 1 and 2 about Rosa Parks this Black History Month, or at any time. She was an influential member of the civil rights movement in America in the 1950s and 1960s.
Her refusal to give up her seat in a bus so that a white passenger could sit down, sparked a year long bus boycott in the town of Montgomery, Alabama.
This resource pack will teach pupils in KS1 about Rosa Parks’ life and how influential she was at the time, and continues to be today, in the fight for equal rights for everyone regardless of colour.
Discuss how people feel when they experience hurtful behaviour, which covers aspects of the PSHE curriculum and learn about a significant individual from the past.
Learning objectives
- Learn about an inspirational person from the past
- Practise listening, reading and comprehension skills
- Discuss why people are inspirational
- Consider how people feel after experiencing hurtful and unkind behaviour
Resource pack contents
- Inspirational People: Rosa Parks text and comprehension questions
- PowerPoint teaching slides
- Discussion cards
- Writing task
National Curriculum Programme of study links
English
- Listen to … non-fiction at a level beyond at which they can read independently
- Understand the books that they can read independently and those that they listen to
- Write about real events
History
- Learn about the lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national or international achievements
PSHE (from PSHE Association programme of study)
- Learn about how people may feel if they experience hurtful behaviour or bullying
- Understand what is kind and unkind behaviour, and how this can affect others
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