The Long Road to Freeom

Match the following vocabulary words-

• feeling that you want to help someone

• compassion

• separation of one group from another

• clustered

• came together in a group

• segregation

• gave someone a punishment (like jail)

• sentenced

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

The story "The Long Road to Freedom" is​ ​ ​ (a)  

• nonfiction
• fiction
• fantasy

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

Who does the author say had a reputation for being "fierce and unstoppable"?

• John Lewis

• Freedom Riders

• Diane Nash

• Students

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What happened in Anniston, Alabama?

Where is the setting of the story?

• Washington, DC.

• Northern States

• Georgia

• Memphis

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What happened to the freedom riders?

• They went back to Washington, DC.

• Nothing

• They went to prison.

• Their parents came to get them.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Why do you think these freedom riders refused to stop fighting for freedom (at least 3 sentences!)