Reading Guide: Little Rock Nine

Answer the following questions using the provided article about the Little
Rock Nine with or without a partner. We will use these questions to guide our
discussion about the Little Rock Nine.
1.

Who was the President while Little Rock was integrating its schools?

2.

What Supreme Court case led to the integration of schools throughout the
South?

3.

What does the term federalized mean in terms of the National Guard?

4.

How were the Little Rock Nine received on their first day of school?

5.

How did you react to the pictures as you read the article?

6.

Would you be angry if the President of the United States sent in the 101st
Airborne to enforce a Supreme Court decision?