Montgomery’s Stand

This informative reading and writing worksheet helps students in Grades 4, 5, and 6 strengthen summarization skills and historical understanding through a focused study of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. After reading a historical passage, students identify key ideas and write a clear 3-5 sentence summary that captures the event’s essential meaning while maintaining accuracy.

Learning Goals

• Summarizing Informational Text (Grades 4-6): Condense a dense passage into a concise, accurate summary.
• Determining Central Ideas: Identify the most important points and exclude minor details.
• Civil Rights Movement Understanding: Explain the significance of the Montgomery Bus Boycott and Rosa Parks’ role.
• Organized Historical Writing: Present information clearly and logically in paragraph form.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource: Designed by educators to align with upper elementary ELA and social studies standards.
• Builds Historical Reasoning: Helps students focus on cause, impact, and significance.
• Strengthens Writing Clarity: Encourages well-organized, focused summaries.
• Flexible Classroom Use: Ideal for history units, literacy blocks, homework, or assessment.

This printable worksheet supports both literacy and social studies instruction by teaching students how to identify central ideas and summarize historical events effectively. By translating complex information into a shorter summary, learners deepen comprehension, improve writing skills, and gain a clearer understanding of a key moment in U.S. history.

This worksheet is part of our historical text worksheets collection.