Warriors Don’t Cry Introductory Project Name: Partner: Partner:

You will be in a group with two other people. You will be doing research on a topic. Once you have sufficiently researched your topic you will prepare a PowerPoint presentation to give to the class. Both the information you research and your presentation will be graded. This information is very important for the entire class to know. We are depending on you to do a great job on this project so the book makes more sense! You can add graphics, music or video clips to your project for extra credit. However, they must pertain to your topic in some way. Each presentation should be 3-5 minutes in length.

Topics available:  Jim Crowe laws  Brown v. Board of Education and Plessy v. Ferguson  President Eisenhower  Music, fashion, entertainment of the 1950’s  Martin Luther King Jr.  Mary McLeod Bethune and Thurgood Marshall  Ruby Bridges  Governor Orval Faubus, Little Rock Nine, Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas  World political climate of the 1950’s

I would suggest you begin your searches using Nettrekker.com with the login: northsearch and password: north You may not find all the information here but it is an excellent place to begin. Make sure you click on the high school tab before you begin searching.

For each of these topics you may want to use some of the following information and questions to help you.  Jim Crowe Laws: what are they, what did they do, how long did they last, what is the lasting result of these laws? http://www.lawbuzz.com/tyranny/crow_laws/what_law.htm http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/home.htm

 Brown v. Board of Education and Plessy v. Ferguson: what did these two court cases decide, how did these decisions affect America, how did these decisions affect education? http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/early-civilrights/brown.html http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/post-civilwar/plessy.html

 President Eisenhower: what is he known for, what role did he play in civil rights, what is significant about his presidency? http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=360 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/34_eisenhower/eisenhower_politics.ht ml

 Music, fashion and entertainment of the 1950’s: what music was popular, what did people wear, what did people do for entertainment in the 1950’s? http://www.loti.com/fifties_history/life_in_the_1950s.htm http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade50.html http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/50smusic.html http://www.buzzle.com/articles/1950s-clothing-fifties-fashion.html http://www.kidsnewsroom.org/elmer/infoCentral/frameset/decade/1950.htm

 Martin Luther King, Jr.: what did he do in relation to the civil rights movement, why is he important to American history, what biographical information is important? http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/special/mlk/ http://www.lib.lsu.edu/hum/mlk/srs218.html# http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/

 Mary McCleod Bethune and Thurgood Marshall: who are they, what significance do they have in American history, what did they do for the civil rights movement, what did they do beyond the civil rights movement.? http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=18 http://www1.phillyburbs.com/bhm/marshall.shtml

 Ruby Bridges: who is she, why is she important to the civil rights movement, what happened to her, what did she do as she got older? http://www.rubybridges.com/ http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/race_relations/jan-june97/bridges_2-18.html

 Governor Orval Faubus, Little Rock Nine, Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas: what role did Faubus play in the Little Rock Nine, integration in Arkansas, who are the Little Rock Nine and what did they do, what do we need to know about Central High school? http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/school-integration/lilrock/faubus.html http://www.centralhigh57.org/ http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=361 http://www.littlerock9.com/

 World political climate of the 1950’s: what else was going on in the world in the 1950’s, what effect would those events have on civil rights, what effect would civil rights have on those events? http://history1900s.about.com/od/timelines/tp/1950timeline.htm http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=379 http://history-timeline.deepthi.com/world-history-timeline/world-history-1951- 2000.html