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Name<br />

A time line is a diagram that organizes information. Time lines<br />

help you keep track of events in the order in which they took place.<br />

Look at the time line. Then answer the questions.<br />

<strong>Practice</strong><br />

Text Feature:<br />

Time Line<br />

1940 1970<br />

1. What is this time line about?<br />

2. What happened in 1955?<br />

3. What happened fi rst: the Civil Rights Act or the Brown v. Board<br />

of Education ruling?<br />

4. To which city did civil rights protesters march in 1963?<br />

5. Would Rosa Parks have been arrested for refusing to give up her seat after<br />

1964? Explain your answer.<br />

6. Where would this event appear on the time line? In 1946, the United States<br />

Supreme Court bans segregation on buses that travel across state lines.<br />

116<br />

Important Civil Right Dates<br />

1954:<br />

Brown v.<br />

Board of<br />

Education ruling<br />

Goin’ Someplace Special<br />

Grade 5/Unit 4<br />

1955:<br />

Rosa Parks<br />

arrested<br />

1960:<br />

Ruby Bridges<br />

desegregates<br />

her school<br />

1963:<br />

March on<br />

Washington, D.C.<br />

1964:<br />

Civil<br />

Rights Act<br />

passed<br />

At Home: Draw a time line of the events in the past year of<br />

your life.<br />

© <strong>Macmillan</strong>/<strong>McGraw</strong>-<strong>Hill</strong>

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