Unit 2: History

Refused to give up her seat on the bus, a leader in the civil rights movement.

• Rosa Parks

• Ruby Bridges

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Mae Jemison

A minister and civil rights activist, worked to bring about changes in laws through peaceful movements. He worked for equal rights for all people.

• Rosa Parks

• Ruby Bridges

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Mae Jemison

Scored very well on a test and became on of the first African American students to attend an all-white elementary school in the south.

• Rosa Parks

• Ruby Bridges

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Mae Jemison

The first African American woman to travel to space.

• Rosa Parks

• Ruby Bridges

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Mae Jemison

An American aviation pioneer and the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

• Amelia Earhart

• Harriett Tubman

• George Washington

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jackie Robinson

The 16th president who helped free African American slaves.

• Amelia Earhart

• Harriett Tubman

• George Washington

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jackie Robinson

The first president of the United States of America.

• Amelia Earhart

• Harriett Tubman

• George Washington

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jackie Robinson

African American woman who escaped slavery and became one of the leading figures helping other slaves escape to freedom by the Underground Railroad.

• Amelia Earhart

• Harriett Tubman

• George Washington

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jackie Robinson

The first African American to play Major League Baseball.

• Amelia Earhart

• Harriett Tubman

• George Washington

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jackie Robinson

Something that happens

• Graphic Organizer

• Cause and Effect

• Event

• Text