Ruby Bridges Sparknotes

Ruby Bridges’ family moved from Mississippi to New Orleans in 1960. As a result of that she had to attend a whole new school for first grade, William Frantz Elementary. But that is the least of Ruby’s worries, and the reason is because Ruby is the first African American to attend an all white school. She had to face angry mobs and parents who did not want their children in school with her.
This book is non-fiction, because it chronicles the actual event that Ruby Bridges went through. This book is important because it relays the story of the first African American student to go to an all white school, also all the problems she faced. This story is important because Ruby Bridges set the way for equal education for African Americans. This book relates to social acceptance in the sense that Ruby was fighting to be accepted in this school and how important

it is for people to feel welcomed. Because, even though Ruby was allowed to attend William Frantz, the parents of her classmates, her classmates, and even some of her teachers did not accept her.
A couple of LAFS that correlate to this book are LAFS.K12.SL.1.1 (prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively) and LAFS.K12.SL.1.2 (integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally).

These standards work wonderfully with the goal of opening up a dialogue about the issues presented in the book. Students will be able to share and build their thoughts upon listening to what their classmates have to say, all the while using the book as a reference. There are also two NGSS standards that correlate to this book, SS.3.G.4.4 (identify contributions from various ethnic groups to the United States) and SS.3.C.2.1 (identify group and individual actions of citizens that demonstrate civility, cooperation, volunteerism, and other civic virtues). These two standard will serve students recognize what decisions were and by whom they were made that ended up resulting in Ruby Bridges attending William Frantz

Elementary.
This bit of American history is not widely known. Many students assume that schools have always been interracial, or that they became interracial from one day to the next. They have no knowledge of what occurred in order for Ruby to end up where she did. So, a good strategy for this book would be Read and Say Something. Students will read this book in pairs, and as they read they will turn to one another and express how they feel about specific section of the text. This will allow students to process the book together instead of alone. Another useful strategy would be Quick Talk. Students will be given a brief amount of time in which to share their thoughts with the class about an upcoming assignment. This will build the class’ interest and help them have a clear idea what the lesson will be about.