It requires preparation prior to showing so i read biographies about martin luther king jr rosa parks and ruby bridges first so that students understand what was happening at the time and then show the movie.
Ruby bridges 2016.
She was the first african american child to desegregate the all white william frantz elementary school in louisiana during the new orleans school desegregation crisis on 14 november 1960.
As a young 6 year old girl growing up in the south during the days of the civil rights movement ruby was selected by the courts and ordered to attend the all white school of franz elementary school.
It requires preparation prior to showing so i read biographies about martin luther king jr rosa parks and ruby bridges first so that students understand what was happening at the time and then show the movie.
Disney s ruby bridges is a great movie and i show it every year when teaching about the civil rights movement to third graders.
Ruby nell bridges hall born september 8 1954 is an american civil rights activist.
Disney s ruby bridges is a great movie and i show it every year when teaching about the civil rights movement to third graders.
She later became a civil rights activist.
Ruby bridges was the first african american child to desegregate the all white william frantz elementary school in louisiana during the new orleans school desegregation crisis on 14 november 1960.