The Legacy of Rosa Parks Lockland Middle School 6 th Grade

Stage Direction Every play needs great stage direction. Every play needs great stage direction. In basketball, the most dangerous person on the floor is the person without the ball. In basketball, the most dangerous person on the floor is the person without the ball. In theater, the acting that is happening by the characters on stage without lines makes great theater. In theater, the acting that is happening by the characters on stage without lines makes great theater.

Stage Direction The audience and those in the production must know and be able to recognize people, places, and events. The audience and those in the production must know and be able to recognize people, places, and events. Using our social studies format we will identify these as: Using our social studies format we will identify these as: People: characters People: characters Places: setting Places: setting Events: stage directions including movement, emotions, technology, sound effects, music, lighting, entrances/exits, transitions, and curtain Events: stage directions including movement, emotions, technology, sound effects, music, lighting, entrances/exits, transitions, and curtain

Prologue People:Host for the Evening People:Host for the Evening Places:In front of stage, curtains closed Places:In front of stage, curtains closed Events:Audience is sitting in the back of the auditorium, Spotlight on Host who is bus driver makes everyone sit in the back, Curtains closed, Host looking professional of the time period, technology: PowerPoint: Picture of Rosa Parks in Jail, Pictures of Blacks not Treated Fairly (bus, segregation, beatings, denied voting, Jim Crow Laws), Music: “Get Up, Stand Up.” Events:Audience is sitting in the back of the auditorium, Spotlight on Host who is bus driver makes everyone sit in the back, Curtains closed, Host looking professional of the time period, technology: PowerPoint: Picture of Rosa Parks in Jail, Pictures of Blacks not Treated Fairly (bus, segregation, beatings, denied voting, Jim Crow Laws), Music: “Get Up, Stand Up.”

Scene 1 People:Narrator A, Rosa (as a child), Grandfather, Sylvester, Grandma Rose People:Narrator A, Rosa (as a child), Grandfather, Sylvester, Grandma Rose Places:In the South, Tuskegee, AL, in Rocking Chairs on the Front Porch wearing suspenders sipping Iced-Tea Places:In the South, Tuskegee, AL, in Rocking Chairs on the Front Porch wearing suspenders sipping Iced-Tea Events:Curtain Opens, Grandma is rockin’ in a chair with Grandpa cleanin’ his gun rockin’ in a chair talkin’ to Rosa and others. Narrators: people at the bus stop. Events:Curtain Opens, Grandma is rockin’ in a chair with Grandpa cleanin’ his gun rockin’ in a chair talkin’ to Rosa and others. Narrators: people at the bus stop.

Scene 1

Scene 2 People: Narrator B, Teacher, Rosa (as a child), Grandma Rose People: Narrator B, Teacher, Rosa (as a child), Grandma Rose Places:School (desks, chalkboard, books, ruler, supplies), Cottonfield (hoes, and other garden tools) Places:School (desks, chalkboard, books, ruler, supplies), Cottonfield (hoes, and other garden tools) Events: pick cotton while they sing freedom songs, grandma talks to little Rosa about Rosa when she grows up. Events: pick cotton while they sing freedom songs, grandma talks to little Rosa about Rosa when she grows up.

Scene 2

Scene 3 People: Narrator C, Raymond Parks, Rosa (older), E.D. Nixon People: Narrator C, Raymond Parks, Rosa (older), E.D. Nixon Places: civil rights organization (NAACP) sitting around a table voting Places: civil rights organization (NAACP) sitting around a table voting Events: Everyone was voting around a table Rosa was chosen to be the new secretary for NAACP Events: Everyone was voting around a table Rosa was chosen to be the new secretary for NAACP

Scene 3

Scene 4 People: Narrator D, Bus Driver, Rosa, Passenger 1, Passenger 2, Extra Passengers, Police officer, E.D. Nixon People: Narrator D, Bus Driver, Rosa, Passenger 1, Passenger 2, Extra Passengers, Police officer, E.D. Nixon Places: Rosa sat on the bus. Places: Rosa sat on the bus. Events: The bus driver saw that three white men were standing, and that they have told Rosa to stand up several times. Then Rosa got arrested. Events: The bus driver saw that three white men were standing, and that they have told Rosa to stand up several times. Then Rosa got arrested.

Scene 4

Scene 5 People:Narrator E, Jo Ann Robinson, E.D. Nixon, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. People:Narrator E, Jo Ann Robinson, E.D. Nixon, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Places: Jail Places: Jail Events: Rosa is in her jail cell talking to Jo Ann Robinson and Martin Luther King Jr. Events: Rosa is in her jail cell talking to Jo Ann Robinson and Martin Luther King Jr.

Scene 5

Epilogue People:Host for the Evening People:Host for the Evening Places: Stage, curtains reclosed and the host walk out and tells everyone they can move to the front and sit anywhere. And then we will have a curtain call. Places: Stage, curtains reclosed and the host walk out and tells everyone they can move to the front and sit anywhere. And then we will have a curtain call. Events: actors will walk out and take a bow and answer any questions. Events: actors will walk out and take a bow and answer any questions.

Epilogue