Workshop 9: the Front Lines of Justice Study Guide

Workshop 9: The Front Lines of JusticeStudy Guide

When Martin Luther King, Jr. was riding the bus with his English teacher, he faced segregation by being forced to (1) ______. He wanted to fight the segregation, but his teacher told him not to because

(2) ______. After this experience, Martin was determined to spend his life (3) ______. (p. 238)

4. Who were the Freedom Riders? (p. 240)

______

5. List three details remembers happening when the Freedom Riders were attacked. (p. 240- 241)

a. ______

b. ______

c. ______

When the Freedom Riders were riding together on the bus, the law said that segregation was (6) ______, yet when people saw them they reacted by (7) ______. (p. 240- 241)

8. Why did the older members of the Freedom Riders tell the younger members to put the bats away? (p. 242)

______

9. Describe the Birmingham Bombing. (p. 244)

______

10. Bernita Roberson said she was not angry about what happened in the bombing because ______. (p. 244)

11. What did the people warn Towanner would happen if she marched for voting rights? (p. 246)

______

12. What was the reaction of employers when Towanner told them she had been to jail for marching? (p. 247)

______

In the poem Ballad of Birmingham, the mother did not want to her daughter to

(13) ______because she thought it was too dangerous, so she told her she could (14) ______instead. (p. 248-249)

Write the definitions for the following terms.

15. fact: ______(p. 245)

16. opinion: ______(p. 245)

17. irony: ______(p. 251)

18. point of view: ______(p. 249)

19. rhyme: ______(p. 249)

Inferences (p. 239)

To make an inference when you are reading, you need to combine

(20) ______and

(21) ______.

22. “A boy cleaned the whole house. He made all the beds. He made dinner for his parents. Finally, after dinner, he slowly pulled his report card out of his backpack, winced, and quickly looked away.” What can you infer from this passage?

______

Noun Endings (p. 252)

For each noun, write the correct plural ending.

Vocabulary

Match each word to its definition.

28. horrifyA. to enroll or sign up for something.

29. registerB. saw something happen.

30. protestC. to disagree strongly.

31. enforceD. having the power to change things.

32. influentialE. to do or succeed at something.

33. accomplishF. to shock or upset.

34. witnessedG. to make people obey a rule or law.

35. Write a synonym for the word abdicate. ______

36. Write a synonym for the word sacred. ______

37 Write an antonym for the word massive. ______

Write the definitions for the following words.

38. segregation: ______

39.federal: ______

40. demonstration: ______

41. ballad: ______

Birmingham Questions

42. Who was responsible for blowing up the church?

43. Who did Dr. King blame for the deaths of the girls?

44. How did the city begin to desegregate?

45. What happened to Birmingham’s baseball team?

Workshop 9: The Front Lines of JusticeStudy Guide Answer Key

1. stand on the bus for a 90 mile drive.

2. he did not want to cause any problems.

3. fighting for equal rights for all people.

4. A group of interracial (mixed-race) people who challenged segregation by riding on the bus together.

5. a. The police left the scene.

b. The white people’s ambulance would not help the Freedom Riders, even they were white.

c. Four to five hundred U.S.Marshalls came to protect the Freedom Riders at the church.

6. illegal

7. attacking the Freedom Riders.

8. Because they knew fighting back would only make the problems worse.

9. A church was bombed, and four African American girls were killed.

10. She was taught not to be angry.

11. That should be sent to jail.

12. They did not mind that she had been in jail for marching because they did not see it as a crime.

13. go to the march

14. go to the church

15. A statement that can be proven.

16. A statement that tells what someone thinks.

17. The contrast between what is expected and what happens.

18. The perspective from which a story or poem is told.

19. When two or more words have the same ending sound.

20. What you learned from reading

21. What you already know

22. That the boy had a poor grade and was nervous to show his parents.

23. beaches

24. buses

25. guesses

26. houses

27. wishes

28.

28. F

29. A

30. C

31. G

32. D

33. E.

34. B

35. abandon/leave

36. holy

37. small

38. the act of keeping people or groups apart.

39. relating to the central government of a country.

40. an act of protest by a group of people, often a march or rally.

41. a song or poem that tells a story.

42. Ku Klax Klan

43. George Wallace

44. They integrated grocery stores, restaurants, and golf courses

45. they abandoned it