Viola Desmond
Famous People
High Int
Teens & Adults
Grades 6–12
In this lesson, students read a short biography about a civil rights pioneer from Canada. They also learn new vocabulary and practice phrasal verbs with break.
Focus
topic-based
academic
4-skills
biography
phrasal verbs
Canada
civil rights
Vocabulary
civil rights
pioneer
interracial
segregate
implicit
balcony
trial
injustice
pardon
banknote