“How significant was Rosa Parks for improving Civil Rights?”
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Aim: To be able to select and use relevant historical sources to plan an
A*-B grade answer.
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Starter
Copy the table into your book – you need at least 2/3rds of a page
Bullet point down 3 ideas as to why Rosa Parks WAS significant
Rosa Parks WAS significant
Rosa Parks WASN’T significant
Martin Luther King
Brown vs Topeka
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Little Rock
Rosa Parks WAS significant
Rosa Parks WASN’T significant
Martin Luther King
Brown vs Topeka
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Little Rock
Rosa Parks WAS significant
Rosa Parks WASN’T significant
•As secretary of the local NAACP, she gave
Martin Luther King
them a legal case they could support as she
simply refused to move seats (unlike Colvette
Colvin whose case involved an assault
charge)
•Started the bus boycott which gave rise to
Brown vs Topeka
significant figures such as Martin Luther King
and his peaceful campaigns
•The Federal Court decided to get rid of
integration on the buses
•Inspired a generation of black Americans to Civil Rights Act of 1957
stand up for what they believed in
Little Rock
Martin Luther King
• Led the Bus Boycott along peaceful
ideals – he organised a lot of the
simple logistics during this time (such
as the carpools). His devout Christian
beliefs and unwavering faith won him
many supporters and even though his
house was fire bombed he continued
to protest.
• However, despite his rise to
prominence, in the following years,
king was often just a visible figure –
he did not organise any more
successful Civil Rights events until the
1963
Brown vs. Topeka
• The first steps to Civil right legislature – the NAACP
successfully took the Topeka Board of Education to
court to desegregate the local school of Linda Brown
• However, this was not overly successful as there was
no time scale put on the desegregation and many
Southern states simply ignored the order
Little Rock High School 1957
• Following on from Brown vs. Topeka, Little Rock (in Arkansas – the
deep south) allowed 9 black children to enter. However, the
Governor of Arkansas tried to stop them – bringing in the national
guard to block their path. Eventually the president had to get
involved and he got the National Guard to protect the students for
the rest of the year
• It proved that the President would get involved when called upon
and also showed people across the world the awful segregation of
the USA as the TV cameras filmed every move
Civil Rights Act 1957
• Established the US Commission on Civil Rights
(it’s first act was to look racial discrimination in
voting)
• All people have a right to vote
• Federal Government intervention was legalised
• All people could serve on a jury
Rosa Parks WAS significant
Rosa Parks WASN’T significant
•As secretary of the local NAACP, she gave
them a legal case they could support as she
simply refused to move seats (unlike Colvette
Colvin whose case involved an assault charge)
•Started the bus boycott which gave rise to
significant figures such as Martin Luther King
and his peaceful campaigns
•The Federal Court decided to get rid of
integration on the buses
•Inspired a generation of black Americans to
stand up for what they believed in
Martin Luther King
Ran the bus boycott and became a significant
figure – speeches and Peaceful Direct action
seen as more important that Rosa Parks.
Created the right atmosphere for people to
follow.
Brown vs Topeka
First victory in Supreme Court for Civil Rights,
desegregated schools. Used as a model for
the NAACP in subsequent legal battles.
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Aimed to end equality in voting. Showed that
the US Government and President would step
in to help civil rights – seen as an achievement
of the early Civil Rights movement
Little Rock
US guard had to offer protection to black
pupils attending previously white only schools.
Again shows government willing to get
involved
Selecting relevant and accurate sources to
explain: “How significant was Rosa Parks
for improving Civil Rights?”
In today’s lesson you will…
Plan and begin to write an answer to a CA ‘style’ question focused on
Rosa Parks.
A/A* - will select evidence from sources well, show how sources
disagree, answer the question, use your own knowledge.
B/C – will select appropriate evidence and answer the question
D/E – will select some evidence and use your own knowledge to
answer the question
• Remember to focus on relevant, well selected quotes from the
sources to back up your ideas.
Read the question carefully – What is it
actually asking?
Be clear on what the focus is
What does this really
mean?
“How significant was Rosa Parks for
improving Civil Rights?”
What does this really
mean?
How do we judge significance?
• You need to back it up when you say someone
is significant in History
• Come up with three criteria.
“How significant was Rosa Parks for improving Civil Rights?”
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Broadness
Areas
Fame
Respect
- What about FOR IMPROVING CIVIL RIGHTS?
You have 5 minutes to make a rough plan with no sources.
“How significant was Rosa Parks for improving Civil Rights?”
WWW?
EBI?
“How significant was Rosa Parks for improving Civil Rights?”
Now we need to plan an answer WITH
SOURCES.
Steps in analysing sources
“How significant was Rosa Parks for improving Civil
Rights?”
Read the sources – decide with each one if it helps you
answer the question DIRECTLY.
If it does
TREASURE it!
If it doesn’t
TRASH it!
Steps in analysing sources
“How significant was Rosa Parks for improving Civil Rights?”
Decide which PARTS of the sources you’ve
kept help you answer the question
DIRECTLY.
TREASURE!
Highlight it.
TRASH!
“How significant was Rosa
Parks for improving Civil
Rights?”
Introduction: Remember to say how you are
going to judge her significance
Paragraph 1 - Rosa was very significant
Sources: - write which highlighted quotes you
are going to use.
Paragraph 2- Rosa was not so significant,
other people / events were also significant
Sources:
Conclusion:
Build on the
simple essay
plan to the
left using
the sources
and your own
knowledge
“How significant was Rosa Parks for improving Civil Rights?”
Write your INTRODUCTION
Ext. Write your first paragraph. Use PEEL.
Was MLK important in advancing the
Civil Rights movement?
Identifying PEEL.
Another reason Martin Luther King was important in
advancing the Civil Rights of black people was because
he was very inspirational. Sources F and H supports this
as they say “MLK gave great speeches which inspired
thousands” and “his speeches transformed the
movement”. The shows that the source believes his
speeches made a difference and therefore advanced
Civil Rights because they inspired people who would
then campaign more and harder for black people. This
would increase the chances of success. Therefore, King
helped advance black people through his speeches
“How significant was Rosa Parks for improving Civil Rights?”
Write your INTRODUCTION
Write your FIRST PARAGRAPH
Remember PEEL
“How significant was Rosa Parks for improving Civil Rights?”
Peer mark for PEEL.
Point – 1 mark
Evidence – 1 mark per piece
Explain – 3 marks depending on how well explained
it is.
Link – 2 marks