"Ruby Bridges" Viewing Questions
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Part 1:
1- Why was Ruby selected to be one of the first children integrated into the white schools?
2- Why was Ruby's dad worried about letting her go to the new school?
3- When the Louisiana policeman tells the U.S. Marshal that the Governor of Louisiana won't
allow them to enter, what does the U.S. Marshal say?
4- Describe Ruby's first day at school?
5- How did the other teachers treat Ruby's teacher Mrs. Henry?
6- Why did Ruby's father lose his job?
Part 2:
7- What type of doctor is Mr. Cole?
8- How does Ruby's dad feel about the "privilege" of Ruby attending an integrated school?
9- What did Ruby's dad tell the store owner when she told him not to come to the store
anymore?
10- What did the protestors call the Priest who was trying to take his daughter to school?
11- Why does Ruby only want to eat packaged food?
12- What threat did Mrs. Henry make to the vice principal that results in the kids being
integrated?
Part 3:
13- What was Ruby really doing when it looked like she was talking to the crowd of
protestors?
14- Why did Ruby start using brown crayons to color her pictures?
15- What reason did the vice principal give for lowering Ruby's test scores?
16- Why do you think Mrs. Spencer changed her mind and said that Mrs. Henry had done a
"great job" at the end of the video?
Think It Over:
If you were Ruby’s parents, living in the 1960’s and fighting the integration battle, would you
have been brave enough to send your child into the white school system? Why or why not?
After learning about the events of Civil Rights, such as the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
in Alabama and the integration into white schools with Ruby Bridges, how do you feel about
the Civil Rights Movement? Consider how you would feel if you were a relative to any of these
characters.