Use recycled materials to create props to act out Rosa Parks' historic role in the U.S. Civil Rights movement.
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Read about Mrs. Rosa Parks' act of civil disobedience, and the roles she played in the civil rights movement.
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Use a tissue box to create a bus. Paint your bus with Crayola® Tempera Paint and Paint Brushes. Dry overnight. Add details with Crayola Washable Markers.
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Use Crayola Scissors to cut wheels from recycled cardboard. Decorate them with markers. Attach wheels to your bus with Crayola School Glue. Dry completely before standing on its wheels.
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Make bus seats from construction paper. Glue them inside the bus. Dry.
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With construction paper, make puppets of people who were involved at the beginning of the Montgomery bus boycott: Mrs. Parks, bus driver, police officer, passengers of different races, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Draw people's features and clothing wit
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Write a play in your own words about Mrs. Parks' experience. Use your puppets to reenact the events.
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