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 * 3)Activity: In the bus **
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//**Rosa Parks was an African American woman and an American Citizen ( ciutadà) **//

//** She was born ( va nèixer )on February 4, 1913. She grew up in Alabama. She had a little brother whose name was Sylvester. Rosa’s mother’s name was Leona and her father’s name was James. Leona was a schoolteacher and her father built houses. They lived on a farm with her grandmother and grand father. **// //** - **// //** Usually Rosa and her brother walked to school because there were no buses for blacks to ride on. **// Even though //** white children **// rode by //** on a yellow school bus. **// //** In 1932 she married a black man named Raymond Parks. He was a barber and lived in Montgomery, Alabama. They lived happy for many years. **//

//** One day Rosa was riding in a bus and she was sitting in one of the seats in the section for blacks. But there wasn’t **// enough //** room for one white person to sit down. The bus driver stood up and said, “Let me have those seats.” He wanted them to give our seats to the white people waiting inline. " **// //** Every black person got up except Rosa. The bus driver came over to my seat and said. “ I am going to have to arrest you” but all Rosa said was,”you can do so” and she stayed where she was. **//

=//** Soon two policeman arrived. One of them asked her “ Why didn’t you stand up?” The policemen took her to **// jail //** and took her picture. She refused to pay the **// fine. = =//** Many black people had heard about Rosa’s arrest and were very angry. Mo **// st of them //** thought it was time to fight harder for better laws. **// No matter //** the color of your skin, you are human, not a dog!! **//= =**//She asked all black people in the city of Montgomery//** to stay off **//the buses for one day. The buses wouldn’t make much money if all the blacks got off. This is called a boycott. Martin Luther king told the people not to ride buses.//**= =**//Soon Christmas arrived and still the l//** aw **//was the same and the buses were emp//** ty of **//blacks. The white people were mad at them. They wanted them to ride the buses again. Some black people even lost their jobs. Some blacks were arrested and//** beaten. = =**// Summer came and the buses stopped running. There simply weren’t enough riders //** without **// black people. Mr Nixon and Martin Luther King //** hired **// a lawyer to take the case to court. The people at the court said the laws //** against **// blacks were wrong. They had won, after stay //** ing off **// buses for a year. //**=

=Circle the correct option or options =


 * 1) ** ** Rosa Parks lived In Europe, in Africa, in America. **


 * 2) ** ** Her father was a construction builder, a teacher, a lawyer. **


 * 3) ** ** She lived in the 19th /20th /21st century. **


 * 4) ** ** Black kids could/couldn’t go to school by bus **

- ** black and white people sat together on buses ** - ** blacks couldn’t get on buses ** - ** blacks and whites sat in different section in the bus. **
 * 5) ** ** At that time **

- ** all the people in the bus stood up ** - ** only black people stood up. ** - ** Rosa Parks didn’t stand up but the other blacks did. **
 * 6) ** ** When the bus driver told her to stand up **

- ** Was put in prison ** - ** had to pay a fine ** - ** was put in prison and had to pay a fine. **
 * 7) ** ** Rosa Parks **


 * 8) ** ** In order to protest **
 * -Black people went on strike **
 * -Blacks organised a boycott **
 * -Black people burnt buses. **


 * 9) ** ** As a result of these actions **
 * - Black people went to work on foot. **
 * - Many blacks lost their jobs. **
 * - Blacks were beaten. **

- ** Ronald Reagan ** - ** Sadam Hussein ** - ** Martin Luther King **
 * 10)Rosa Parks lived at the same time as **


 * Find the suitable word **
 * Person who lives in a city **
 * Become bigger and older **
 * Place where people sit **
 * Space **
 * Prison **
 * Money you pay if you commit any unlawful act **
 * I am very angry with you **
 * Rules of the state **
 * It is not important **
 * Didn’t want to **
 * Identical **
 * Hit **
 * Sufficient **
 * Person who defends people accused of unlawful act **
 * Tribunal **
 * Incorrect, unjust **