Montgomery Bus BoycottLEARNING TARGET: I CAN UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS ERA.

OPENER: WATCH THE FOLLOWING VIDEO

FROM WATCHING THE VIDEO- WHAT KEY IDEAS/PHRASES DID YOU RECOGNIZE? WHO WAS THE KEY PLAYER IN THE MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT?

Round 1

In your group, go over the timeline and Document A (textbook)

Define what the word boycott means

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Reason suggested by this document- refers to the Focus Question

What from the text would give you a reason that the Boycott was successful.

Evidence from document- this is a direct quote from the document that PROVES your reason

Review what a TOPIC SENTENCE looks like.

NOW create a claim (TOPIC SENTENCE) that would answer WHY the Montgomery Bus Boycott was successful/or not.

Round 2

Read documents B and C

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Reason suggested by this document- refers to the Focus Question

What from the text would give you a reason that the Boycott was successful.

Evidence from document- this is a direct quote from the document that PROVES your reason

Create a CLAIM (topic sentence) using only Document B and C that would answer the Focus Question.

Round 3

Read documents D and E

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Reason suggested by this document- refers to the Focus Question

What from the text would give you a reason that the Boycott was successful.

Evidence from document- this is a direct quote from the document that PROVES your reason

Create a CLAIM (topic sentence) using only Document D and E that would answer the Focus Question.

ON YOUR OWN

Using your claims, create a THESIS statement. This would be ALL THREE reasons WHY the Montgomery Bus Boycott was successful/or not.

Closure- CHOOSE 2 to answer

Explain why did the Montgomery Bus Boycott succeed?

To what extent was Rosa Parks responsible for its success?

Did your thinking change during the readings/rounds? Explain either way.

What evidence from the documents caused you to revise your hypotheses?