Have you ever heard about Rosa Parks? Who was she? Why do we talk about her?
She was an American Civil Right Activist who fought for the rights of black people, specially women.
Copy the following glossary before watching and answer the questions to find out why she is known worldwide nowadays:
REMEMBER: A SMALL ACTION CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!!
GLOSSARY:- LEADER: líder
- BELIEVE: creer
- STAND UP: alzarse, levantarse
- CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST: activista en favor de los derechos humanos
- ETNICITY: etnicidad (se refiere a las razas de sus ancestros en este caso)
- AGAINST: contra
- SEGREAGATION: segregación
- UNFAIR: injusto/injustamente
- REFUSE: rechazar
- FINED: multada
- BOYCOTT: Boycot (molestar en algún sitio de forma deliberada, como protesta)
- IMPROVEMENT: mejora
- HEADED: dirigida
- BRAVERY: valor, valentía
- FLY: (ser llevada en avión)
LIFE VOCABULARY:
- TO BE BORN: Nacer (se conjuga el verbo to be en pasado)
- ATTEND SCHOOL : ir al colegio
- GRADUATE : graduarse
- TO GET MARRIED/TO MARRY : casarse
- RETIRE: jubilarse
- TO DIE: morir (cuidado, DEATH: MUERTE)
- TO BE BURIED: ser enterrado, también se conjuga el verbo to be
QUESTIONS:
- When and where was Rosa Parks born?
- Where did she attend to school?
- How old was Rosa when she graduated from high school?
- What is the meaning of RACIAL SEGREGATION?
- When did the bus incident happen?
- What did the driver tell
Rosa to do at the bus?
- Where was she taken after the bus incident?
- How old was she when she died?
- Where does her body lie?
- WHo is usually buried in the Capitol Rotunda?
EXTRA INFORMATION:
“I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people.” ROSA PARKS
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