[kids-lib] Dec. 1st is Rosa Parks Day in Oregon => Resources for Quick Review or Deeper Inquiry

[Katie Anderson]

The following email just went out on the Oregon Association of School Libraries and I though public libraries may be interested too. Rosa Parks is sometimes called the mother of the freedom movement or the first lady of civil rights. Considering what’s happening in Ferguson, MO<http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/08/13/us/ferguson-missouri-town-under-siege-after-police-shooting.html?_r=0> right now, it might be a good time to create a display of library material about the civil rights movement—including Rosa Parks. Books can be a great conversation starter for parents and other adults to talk with children and teens about complex issues like racism and civil rights.


Governor Kitzhaber proclaimed December 1st as Rosa Parks Day in Oregon, and encourages “all Oregonians to join in this observance.” Why that day? Rosa Parks’ arrest for civil disobedience was on December 1, 1955.
http://www.oregon.gov/gov/GovAA/proclamations/RosaParks122014.pdf

Here are some resources about Rosa Parks:

            History.com => Bet You Didn’t Know: Rosa Parks (3-minute video)
                        http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/rosa-parks

            NPR => 1992 Interview with Rosa Parks (audio clips)
                        http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4973548

Scholastic => Rosa Parks: How I Fought for Civil Rights (brief slide presentation; includes Q&A interview with Rosa Parks)
            http://teacher.scholastic.com/rosa/index.htm
            http://teacher.scholastic.com/rosa/interview.htm#civilrights

National Archives => Arrest records
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/rosa-parks/
                        http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/rosa-parks/#documents
Library of Congress => Short Timeline of Events & Much More
            http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/modern/jb_modern_parks_1.html
            http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aointro.html
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/rosaparks/rosaparks.html

Discussions or lessons or could be tied to discussions of current events in Ferguson, Missouri.

FYI,
Jen

Jennifer Maurer
School Library Consultant
Oregon State Library
250 Winter Street NE
Salem, OR 97301
503.378.5011
jennifer.maurer at state.or.us<mailto:jennifer.maurer at state.or.us>

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