understanding historical context for to kill a mockingbird - group jem 9/15/2014
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Understanding Historical Context for To Kill a Mockingbird - Group Jem
9/15/2014
Welcome to the PowerPoint Quest!
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Directions: Step 1 – Open up a Word document and put the header:
Name Date
Class Period “PowerPoint Quest”
Step 2 – Go to my website: http://www.nutleyschools.org/olc/class.aspx?id=41345&s=671
Step 3 – Under “Class Handouts/Important Documents,” click “TKAM PowerPoint Quest – Group Jem” and open up the PowerPoint
Step 4 – Begin!
Part I – Jim Crow Laws
Research “Jim Crow Laws” in Google. 1. Where did the term "Jim Crow" come
from? How is the origin of this term offensive? List 3 ways.
2. How did the term "Jim Crow" become synonymous with the segregation laws in the South?
3. What ended Reconstruction in the South, and what effect did that have on southern blacks?
4. Legally, African-Americans had the right to vote. How was their right to suffrage compromised? Please list 3 ways whites made it nearly impossible for blacks to vote.
5. How did the Plessy v. Ferguson case (1896) uphold Jim Crow laws? What effect did this case have on the lives (transportation, education, social implications, etc) of southern blacks?
Try to avoid using Wikipedia!
Analyzing Photographs… Look at the picture to
the right. In your word document,
describe the things you notice in the picture. What is interesting about
the headline? What do you notice about
their clothes? How does this connect to
Jim Crow/segregation?
All answers must be in 3-4 complete sentences.
Part II - The Ku Klux Klan
Warning – some images may be disturbing
Research the Ku Klux Klan in Google. 1. Why was the KKK initially
founded? Where is the birthplace of the organization?
2. What were some of the main methods of intimidation for the group?
3. What was the clan’s membership in 1965? Why was there such a significant increase?
4. How many people were hurt or killed by the KKK? How did they hurt their victims?
5. Do you consider the KKK a group of domestic terrorists? Why or why not?
All answers must be in complete sentences.
Lynching Look at the picture to
your left.
In your word document, describe your immediate reaction to the picture. Reference what you
notice – who is in the picture? Where are people looking?
You responses should be in 4-5 complete sentences.
Part III - The Civil Rights Movement
Google search 1. When did the Civil Rights
movement begin? Why did it begin?
2. What are the NAACP, SCLC and SNCC? How are they different?
3. What was Brown vs. Board of education? What did it do? What effect did the case have
on the movement and schools in America?
4. Why did the movement gain momentum in the 1960s?
5. Name one of the prominent figures in the CRM. You cannot use Martin Luther
King!
Part IV - The Scottsboro Trial
Read through “The Scottsboro Boys Trial”
Go back to my website.
Click on the “Scottsboro Boys Trial” Word document.
Read through it and answer in your record the following questions:
1. Who were the Scottsboro Boys? How did they get into so much trouble?
2. Where and when did the Scottsboro Boys' original trial take place? How do you think this affected the outcome of their trial?
3. Describe the trials. Were they fair or unfair? Please include at least 3 supporting facts to back up your description.
4. Were the Scottsboro Boys ever pardoned of their convictions? 5. The Scottosboro Boys' trial took place during the childhood of To
Kill A Mockingbird's author, Harper Lee.. Make a prediction about how this trial might be an important impetus for the book.
Final Product! Please make sure
you email your final products to me:
If you finish early… https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdLPe7XjdKc
This is “The Sneetches” by Dr. Seuss.
Do a quick write reaction on your word document about this story. Who do the Sneetches remind you of?