1. How did Ruby handle her problems?
1.1. How?
1.1.1. Ruby was nervous but she went to school anyway.
1.1.2. Ruby was scared but she walked in to school with the U.S. Marshals because she wanted to go to school.
1.1.3. Ruby wished that the other students would come back so she could have friends to play with.
1.1.4. Ruby worked hard at school and never missed a day. She wanted to learn.
2. Who were the characters in the story?
2.1. Who?
2.1.1. Ruby Bridges- Link to Biography
2.1.1.1. Link to Biography
2.1.1.2. Link to Website-
2.1.2. Mrs. Henry
2.1.3. Ruby's Classmates
2.1.4. Ruby's Mom and Dad
2.1.5. U.S. Marshals
2.1.6. The White Community of New Orleans
3. What happened in the story?
3.1. What?
3.1.1. Ruby Bridges is picked to go to an all-White school.
3.1.2. People thought black children shouldn't go to school with white children.
3.1.3. Ruby Bridges was the first black child to go to William Frantz Elementary School
3.1.4. People didn't want Ruby Bridges to go there. People held signs and yelled.
3.1.5. U.S. Marshals walked with Ruby into school to keep her safe from all of he protesters.
3.1.5.1. Watch Video about Ruby Bridges
3.1.6. The other children didn't come back to school, so Ruby was alone with Mrs. Henry.
3.1.7. Ruby and Mrs.Henry were best friends but Ruby wished the other children would come back to school.
3.1.8. Later, the children came back and Ruby had friends to play with, even though they were white.
3.1.9. Ruby Bridges believes that people who have different color skin can be friends.
4. Why did these events happen to Ruby?
4.1. Why?
4.1.1. Ruby was a different color than everyone else.
4.1.2. People didn't like having someone that was a different color go to school with the white children.
4.1.3. The schools were segregated and a judge wanted for schools to be integrated.
4.1.4. Parents of white children didn't want a black child to go to school with their children.
4.1.5. View a Scholastic News article on Ruby Bridges
5. What was the setting of the story? When did it happen?
5.1. When?
5.1.1. 1960
5.1.2. The book said it happened "a long time ago."
6. Where did the story happen?
6.1. Where?
6.1.1. William Frantz Elementary School
6.1.2. New Orleans, LA
6.1.3. United States