How should we remember someone who helped change people’s lives? In this final enquiry, KS1 pupils draw on their learning about Rosa Parks to suggest and compare ways of celebrating her achievements. Through discussion and a practical ranking activity, they decide which forms of remembrance would best help children today understand her importance. Pupils then select a key message for a commemorative plaque, explaining why Rosa’s contribution to the struggle for equality deserves to be remembered.
Learning objectives
- Children are able to consider the most appropriate ways of celebrating Rosa’s achievements
- They can pick out the most significant change she brought about and summarise that on a plaque using a limited number of words.
Activity 1
Pupils are invited to think of three ways in which Rosa might be remembered by children growing up today so that her contribution to the lives of black people, especially in the USA,
