For Black History Week, Year 5 have been looking into the life of Ruby Bridges – a woman who was the first African-American child to go to a desegregated school in Louisiana in 1960. She faced protests from the white American community and had to spend her first year of school in a classroom with only her teacher.
We discussed the events and situations that Ruby experienced when she went to school during this period of the Civil Rights Movement. The children then had to infer the feeling they think that Ruby felt during her childhood.
The children have spent the week researching different aspects of her life – including her early life; her school life during this time; and what she has achieved in her adult life. Using this research, the children have created their own presentations to show what they have learned about Ruby.
