1. Day 1 Notes on Introduction of Freedom Walkers: the Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott
By Russell Freedman
1. TOC: Use the TOC to write a prediction. I predict the Freedom Walkers are ______ and they’re walking because ____. Boycott might mean____.
Introduction: Write a summary of what you read in the introduction. Use your notes on Summary vs. Critique!
Conflict: Demonstrate your understanding of the literary term “conflict” by analyzing the image on the front cover and the image on p. 2. Underline the key terms in your answers.
Describe each image in terms of conflict.
Which image would you have put on the cover? support your answer.
Vocab to know: What does boycott mean?
Titles: Critique the title of the Introduction.
Genre:
How is this text different from a play/drama?
How is this text different from a poem?
How is this text different from a novel?

2. Day 2 Notes on Ch. 1 “Jo Ann Robinson”
SCAN the chapter’s title and captions. What does it seem like this chapter will be about?
Read Ch. 1
Describe Jo Ann Robinson’s flashback at the beginning of Ch. 1
Give 3 of the best details from Ch. 1 that show segregation in the Montgomery, Alabama, bus system.
cause effect
What are the key terms from this chapter?
What is the main idea, or main point, Russell Freedman is trying to tell his readers in chapter 1? (use 2 of the most important key terms in your main idea statement)
Which image and caption best supports Russell’s main idea? Support your choice.
Reread paragraph 2 on p. 12 “To be effective… even murdered.” How is this paragraph organized?
Compare/contrast
Sequential
Chronological
Cause and effect #10-13 on the next slide… ? ?
Participation in
bus boycott
Abusive behavior by some white bus drivers
Didn’t own cars, so if can’t work, can’t make money. ? ?
Which phrases prove your answer.

3. Day 2 Notes on Ch. 1 “Jo Ann Robinson”
Which of the following is a detail that should NOT be included in this chapter? Explain your reasoning.
Robinson joined the women’s Political Council (WPC).
Every day, as many as 40,000 blacks rode Montgomery’s public buses
NAACP was organized to prevent abusive behaviors towards blacks
Jo Ann Robinson said, “I felt like a dog, and I got mad…and I realized I was just as intelligent and far more (educationally) trained than that bus driver was.”
What is the purpose for this chapter? How do you know?
Persuade
Inform
Entertain
Explain how Jo Ann Robinson is a Freedom Walker.
Prediction: Will a boycott be successful? Explain your thinking.
Be ready for discussion tomorrow. You will be getting a participation grade.