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Little Rock Nine

Lisa Allis

Created on February 13, 2023

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Little Rock Nine

To Do: Vocabulary Primary Reading Assessment

Goal: To learn about the experiences of the nine black students who bravely enrolled in a previously all white school, the resistance they faced from segregationist, and the community.

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Vocabulary:

  • Racial Segregation
  • NAACP
  • Desegregation
  • Unconstitutional
  • Use Collins Dictionary

Comprehension assessment Page 256. Read the caption. What do you notice? Do you see similarities to something that you went through?

What year did the Little Rock Nine crisis begin? How did Elizabeth start her day? What did she do that morning? Why could no one reach Elizabeth Eckford about the schedule change? Who escorted the Nine students to school on the second day?

Questions for review

What Do You Think?

Do you remember your first day at school? What were you most nervous about? Bystander Grace Lorch tried to get Elizabeth Eckford away from the mob. What do you think would have happened if people would have stepped in? Have you ever witnessed an injustice? Did you step in to help?