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 The purpose of this text set is to meet the Georgia Performance Standards standards by having both teachers and students read the books silently, in partnered pairs, and aloud. The students and teachers will discuss the topics within the books and will participate in the activities planned in accordance to each text. These texts are all relevant books in explaining the important events, people, and changes that occurred during the Civil Rights movement. Through this text set, the students will explore, the lives of Ruby Bridges, Rosa Parks, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. They will also learn more about the Montgomery Bus Boycott, //Brown v. Board of Education//, and the important role Thurgood Marshall played during this time period. They will explore this social studies standard through literature by participating in various comprehension skill activities, graphic organizers, vocabulary building activities, and persuasive, narrative, expository writing prompts.