Busing Brewster
Common Core
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.1
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.2
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.3
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.1
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.2
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.3
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.1
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.2
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.3
Virginia Standards of Learning
3.5
4.5
5.5
Grade Level
Time Frame
45-60 minutes
Overarching Themes
Lesson Goals
1. Identify feelings and motivations of characters
2. Determine the fairness of school busing practices
Summary
This story takes place in the 1960s during the busing movement, in which students were bused to schools different from the ones they would normally attend to integrate schools. In this story (told from the perspective of Brewster), Brewster and his brother learn they are going to be bused to a new, traditionally all-White school. The story talks about their feelings about the change and their experiences on the first day.