“When I asked my mom, she said, "Yes. It was an all-white school, until the laws changed - when Brown v. Board of Education won their case in the Supreme Court."”
“When I asked my mom, she said, "Yes. It was an all-white school, until the laws changed - when Brown v. Board of Education won their case in the Supreme Court."”
This book is so monumentally important because it helps black and white children see what happened in the past. Even though this is a very heavy subject, it‘s still important to have a classroom for children to discover for themselves. It‘s important, because a lot of children will never have been told these stories, or with some of the most important people went through.
pickThis book is about the life of civil rights activist Ruby Bridges. This story is an autobiography about her being the first black child to go to an all white school. This is a heavy subject but this book is written in a way that I feel kids who aren‘t black will understand the struggle of what black people have gone through. Black children will also understand what it took for us to come this far who the important people in our history are.
I will bridge the gap between Black and White... and hopefully all people! I suppose some things in life are just meant to be.
This autobiography is a good read for elementary and middle school students since it is a first person perspective of a huge historical event. Hearing Bridges personal account will give students a deeper understanding of that time period and shows the importance of inclusion.
pickThis book tells the story of Ruby Bridges, one of the first ever Black children to be allowed in a “white school“ after integration was enforced in the 1960's. This autobiography tells us Bridges personal perspective and gives the reader a sense of triumph as she keeps her head up high.
“My work will be precious. I will bridge the 'gap' between Black & white... ...and hopefully all people! I suppose some things in life are just meant to be.“
This book would be a great read for students in kindergarten up to middle school. I have personally read this to my last semester placement 2nd graders and they all had so many questions after reading it. It allows students to enter the world of someone with differences in a different time period and see their hardships and challenges and how they overcame them (or are still working towards them) for a more equitable experience.
pickThis is a children's autobiography book written by Ruby Bridges. The book goes over her story of being one of the first black children to attend an all white school. We get to see from her point of view the difficulties and hardships in her education and homelife and how she had obstacles to overcome but also support in her journey for equity.
