Reading a Timeline: Montgomery Bus Boycott

Analyze a timeline of the Montgomery Bus Boycott with this informative worksheet! First, students will review a timeline highlighting five significant events from the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Then, learners are asked a series of questions about the timeline. Students must identify the order, sequence, and timing of certain events, then reflect on the significance of the boycott.

Geared towards fourth and fifth graders, this worksheet will give learners the opportunity to practice reading and analyzing a timeline. Students must be able to comprehend timelines, as they are commonly used in social studies curriculum to show the sequence of historical events.

Continue learning about the civil rights movement with the Voices from the Past: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. worksheet. For more practice with timelines, try Reading a Timeline: Space Travel or Reading a Timeline: Early Colonial History.