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Claudette Colvin:
Twice Toward Justice
By:
Philip Hoose
Name:__________________________________________
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Terms to Know for this Unit: Social Injustice: Unfair treatment; a situation in which the rights of a person or a group of people are ignored. Social injustice is committed when equals are treated in an unequal way. Perspective: A particular attitude toward or way of regarding something; a point of view.
Thematic Concept (Motif)
Thematic Statement
Social Injustice
The Civil Rights Movement caused people to suffer from many kinds of inequality-‐related
injustices.
Individual vs. Society
The Role of Perspective in History
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Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice, Chapter 1
KEY MOMENTS GUIDING QUESTIONS NOTES
Claudette’s anecdote about learning to never
touch white people (pg. 3)
What is the difference between Claudette’s
anecdote and the rest of the chapter?
The description of the system of racial segregation called
“Jim Crow” (pg. 4).
Why did the Jim Crow system work to keep blacks
poor?
How did the bus system impact the black
community?
The explanation of the detested number ten in
regards to public transportation (pg. 7-8).
Why do you think the author titled the chapter “Jim Crow and the Detested Number
Ten”?
The end of the chapter when Hoose speaks
What impact did the Brown vs. Board of Education ruling
have on the black community, especially
Claudette?
What central idea does the author convey in this chapter?
Vocabulary
• Defied • Minstrel • Ordinance
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Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice, Chapter 2
KEY MOMENTS GUIDING QUESTIONS NOTES
Claudette’s description of herself as a religious person
(pg. 14-15)
What have we learned about Claudette from her
personal stories?
Hoose’ descriptions of Claudette Colvin (pg. 12)
What do we learn about Claudette from the list of
questions that Hoose decides to include in these
paragraphs?
Claudette’s ccounts of her experiences with the
saleslady at the store and with the optometrist (p. 17)
What is Claudette’s experience with the white
community?
The end of the chapter when Claudette recounts her sister’s death (p. 19).
Why does the author choose to tell the story of Delphine’s death from the perspective
of Claudette and not the narrator?
The end of the chapter when Hoose speaks
What impact did the Brown v. Board of Education ruling
have on the black community, especially
Claudette?
Why is the majority of this chapter written
from the perspective of Claudette?
Vocabulary
• Inquisitive • Degrading • Integrated
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Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice, Chapter 4
KEY MOMENTS GUIDING QUESTIONS NOTES
Claudette’s explanation for her decision (pg. 32).
What does Claudette mean when she says: “my decision
was built on a lifetime of nasty experiences”?
Claudette’s account of the arrest (pg. 34).
What is the tone of
Claudette’s account?
The text feature with the police report (pg. 35).
What are the differences
between Claudette’s account and the police
report?
Claudette’s description of her pride (pg. 37).
n/a
What is the author’s message about the role of perspective in history?
Vocabulary
• Constitutional • Profane • Penitentiary • Revolution
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Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice, Chapter 6
KEY MOMENTS GUIDING QUESTIONS NOTES
Hoose’s description of the community’s reaction to
Claudette (pg. 51-52).
Why were the black leaders concerned with who
triggered the movement?
Claudette’s classmates’ reaction to her hair (pg. 55).
Based on her actions, is Claudette crazy? Emotional?
The story about Mary Louise (pg. 58-60). Why does the author include
the story about Mary Louise?
The last paragraph of the chapter (pg. 61).
Does Hoose agree that Claudette and Mary Louise
Smith were “unfit” to serve as symbols for the Civil Rights
Movement”
Close Read: Epigraph (pg. 51).
What is Hoose attempting to say about Claudette by including this epigraph?
Why does the author include various perspectives, especially when some of those perspectives give the reader the impression that Claudette is crazy and
unfit?
Vocabulary
• Precipitated • Pioneer • Profane
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Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice, Chapter 7
KEY MOMENTS GUIDING QUESTIONS NOTES
Claudette Receives boycott leaflet (pg. 67).
What is the significance of Claudette’s misspelled
name?
Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech (pg. 69).
Why does Claudette have mixed feelings about the bus
boycott and Rosa Parks?
Why does Martin Luther King Jr. use this particular
language to describe Rosa Parks?
Claudette’s decision to return back home (pg. 71).
What is the significance of Claudette’s decision to
return home?
What are the differences between Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks? Use the venn diagram below:
Vocabulary
• Contained • Coercion
Claudette Rosa
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Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice, Chapters 8-9
KEY MOMENTS GUIDING QUESTIONS NOTES
Claudette’s decision to be a part of the court case (pg.
83-84).
Why did Claudette decide to be a part of the trial?
Fred Gray’s description of Claudette’s acceptance
(pg. 84) Why does Hoose include
Fred Gray’s perspective in this book?
What is Hoose trying to teach us about individual vs. society?
(What is his thematic message?)
Short Response Plan: How did individuals work together to make a difference during this time?
• E1:________________________________________________________________________
• E2:________________________________________________________________________
Vocabulary
• Indicted • Reprisals
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Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice, Chapter 10
KEY MOMENTS GUIDING QUESTIONS NOTES
Claudette’s description of her own reaction to the
court decision (pg. 104-106).
What is significant about the way in which Claudette discovered the news?
The black community’s response to the rulings (pg.
107-109).
How does the excitement around the court ruling
compare with the reality of Claudette’s life?
Why did Frank Sikora think the first bus ride was
“interesting”?
Claudette’s encounter with Martin Luther King Jr.
How did this experience affect Claudette’s life?
What is Hoose’s message about the role of
perspective in history?
Vocabulary
• Segregationists • Futile • Plaintiffs • Tempered