Montgomery Bus Boycott – Differentiated Informational Texts & Comprehension Activities (Years 7–10)

Support meaningful Civil Rights learning with this historically accurate resource uncovering the untold story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Perfect for KS3–4 classrooms, this pack includes two carefully differentiated nonfiction texts with engaging comprehension and assessment activities.

Students discover the strategic organizing and sustained sacrifice of Black women who built and led the movement over 13 months. Moving beyond Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr., the text explores Claudette Colvin’s early resistance, Jo Ann Robinson’s overnight mobilization, Georgia Gilmore’s fundraising, and the coordinated systems that sustained the boycott. Learners examine grassroots organizing, economic pressure, legal strategy, and nonviolent resistance—understanding how ordinary people created extraordinary change.

Two Differentiated Reading Levels (Same Content, Adjusted Complexity)

• Mid Level (Years 7–9 | ~900L–1000L)
• High Level (Years 8–10 | ~1000L–1100L)
  Both texts cover identical content with only subtle language adjustments, making differentiation seamless across ability levels.

What’s Included:
10 Engaging Activities (Compatible with Both Levels)

• 2 versions of double-sided written response questions
• Cloze activity building comprehension and recall
• 2 differentiated vocabulary crosswords
• Word search with key terms
• Multiple-choice assessment
• True or False quiz
• 2 mixed-format question sheets
  Part of a differentiated Civil Rights and Black History reading series featuring key figures and events:
  Rosa Parks Biography
  Martin Luther King Jr Biography
  Ruby Bridges Biography
  Harriet Tubman Biography
  Frederick Douglass Biography
  The Little Rock Nine - Civil Rights
  Greensboro Sit-Ins Civil Rights Reading
  Brown v Board Education Reading KS2-3