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Claudette Colvin:

Twice Toward Justice

By:

Philip Hoose

Name:__________________________________________

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Terms to Know for this Unit: Social Injustice: Unfair treatment; a situation in which the rights of a person or a group of people are ignored. Social injustice is committed when equals are treated in an unequal way. Perspective: A particular attitude toward or way of regarding something; a point of view.

Thematic Concept (Motif)

Thematic Statement

Social Injustice

The Civil Rights Movement caused people to suffer from many kinds of inequality-‐related

injustices.

Individual vs. Society

The Role of Perspective in History

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Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice, Chapter 1

KEY MOMENTS GUIDING QUESTIONS NOTES

Claudette’s anecdote about learning to never

touch white people (pg. 3)

What is the difference between Claudette’s

anecdote and the rest of the chapter?

The description of the system of racial segregation called

“Jim Crow” (pg. 4).

Why did the Jim Crow system work to keep blacks

poor?

How did the bus system impact the black

community?

The explanation of the detested number ten in

regards to public transportation (pg. 7-8).

Why do you think the author titled the chapter “Jim Crow and the Detested Number

Ten”?

The end of the chapter when Hoose speaks

What impact did the Brown vs. Board of Education ruling

have on the black community, especially

Claudette?

What central idea does the author convey in this chapter?

Vocabulary

• Defied • Minstrel • Ordinance

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Claudette’s description of herself as a religious person

(pg. 14-15)

What have we learned about Claudette from her

personal stories?

Hoose’ descriptions of Claudette Colvin (pg. 12)

What do we learn about Claudette from the list of

questions that Hoose decides to include in these

paragraphs?

Claudette’s ccounts of her experiences with the

saleslady at the store and with the optometrist (p. 17)

What is Claudette’s experience with the white

community?

The end of the chapter when Claudette recounts her sister’s death (p. 19).

Why does the author choose to tell the story of Delphine’s death from the perspective

of Claudette and not the narrator?

The end of the chapter when Hoose speaks

What impact did the Brown v. Board of Education ruling

have on the black community, especially

Claudette?

Why is the majority of this chapter written

from the perspective of Claudette?

Vocabulary

• Inquisitive • Degrading • Integrated

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Claudette’s explanation for her decision (pg. 32).

What does Claudette mean when she says: “my decision

was built on a lifetime of nasty experiences”?

Claudette’s account of the arrest (pg. 34).

What is the tone of

Claudette’s account?

The text feature with the police report (pg. 35).

What are the differences

between Claudette’s account and the police

report?

Claudette’s description of her pride (pg. 37).

n/a

What is the author’s message about the role of perspective in history?

Vocabulary

• Constitutional • Profane • Penitentiary • Revolution

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Hoose’s description of the community’s reaction to

Claudette (pg. 51-52).

Why were the black leaders concerned with who

triggered the movement?

Claudette’s classmates’ reaction to her hair (pg. 55).

Based on her actions, is Claudette crazy? Emotional?

The story about Mary Louise (pg. 58-60). Why does the author include

the story about Mary Louise?

The last paragraph of the chapter (pg. 61).

Does Hoose agree that Claudette and Mary Louise

Smith were “unfit” to serve as symbols for the Civil Rights

Movement”

Close Read: Epigraph (pg. 51).

What is Hoose attempting to say about Claudette by including this epigraph?

Why does the author include various perspectives, especially when some of those perspectives give the reader the impression that Claudette is crazy and

unfit?

Vocabulary

• Precipitated • Pioneer • Profane

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Claudette Receives boycott leaflet (pg. 67).

What is the significance of Claudette’s misspelled

name?

Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech (pg. 69).

Why does Claudette have mixed feelings about the bus

boycott and Rosa Parks?

Why does Martin Luther King Jr. use this particular

language to describe Rosa Parks?

Claudette’s decision to return back home (pg. 71).

What is the significance of Claudette’s decision to

return home?

What are the differences between Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks? Use the venn diagram below:

Vocabulary

• Contained • Coercion

Claudette Rosa

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Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice, Chapters 8-9


Claudette’s decision to be a part of the court case (pg.

83-84).

Why did Claudette decide to be a part of the trial?

Fred Gray’s description of Claudette’s acceptance

(pg. 84) Why does Hoose include

Fred Gray’s perspective in this book?

What is Hoose trying to teach us about individual vs. society?

(What is his thematic message?)

Short Response Plan: How did individuals work together to make a difference during this time?

• E1:________________________________________________________________________

• E2:________________________________________________________________________

Vocabulary

• Indicted • Reprisals

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Claudette’s description of her own reaction to the

court decision (pg. 104-106).

What is significant about the way in which Claudette discovered the news?

The black community’s response to the rulings (pg.

107-109).

How does the excitement around the court ruling

compare with the reality of Claudette’s life?

Why did Frank Sikora think the first bus ride was

“interesting”?

Claudette’s encounter with Martin Luther King Jr.

How did this experience affect Claudette’s life?

What is Hoose’s message about the role of

perspective in history?

Vocabulary

• Segregationists • Futile • Plaintiffs • Tempered

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