Rosa Parks: A Proud Daughter

Analyze a greeting card to learn about a family, who they are, and what feelings they were expressing.

In this episode, children analyze a greeting card to learn about Rosa Parks and her family. The greeting card offers a familiar resource for exploring family traditions. The front of the card has an image and some simple writing. The inside of the card has a poem, and the back of the card features Rosa Parks’ handwritten note to her mother.

Children observe the details of the card and analyze clues to figure out what family tradition was being celebrated. Working with in-game mentor Ella, children use parts of the card as evidence to support their ideas as they generate hypotheses about the card’s recipient, sender, and the feelings the sender wanted to express. Children explore the handwritten note on the card and practice deciphering the message by looking for familiar letters or words.

Recommended Citation: 
Berson, I. R., Berson, M. J., & Snow, B.  (2019). Rosa Parks: A Proud Daughter [App]. Newburyport, MA: Bert Snow & Co. Retrieved from KidCitizen, a Congress, Civic Participation, and Primary Sources Project from the Library of Congress, https://www.kidcitizen.net/