Read All of This Jim Crow Site

To Kill A Mockingbird Webquest

Directions: Follow the directions on this page. When you get to each website, take your time and completely read the site. You will need a good understanding of the material so that you will better be able to understand the background and setting of TKAM. Take copious notes and keep them all together.

1. Go to http://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/who.htm  Read the whole page and summarize—What is Jim Crow and what is the history of the name? Fill out the Who, What, When, Where, Why, How sheet—you might want to wait until you read the website in #2, as it gives you more info.

2. Go to http://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/what.htm  Read all of this Jim Crow site.  Choose 3 Jim Crow etiquette rules that are most interesting to you. Record those 3 in your notes.  Choose 3 Jim Crow laws/statutes that are most interesting to you. Record those 3 in your notes.  Discuss some of the punishments/outcomes of the Jim Crow laws and etiquette— choose at least 2, tell the punishment or outcome, and give your thoughts/feelings about it. This should be about a ½ page.

3. Go to http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_narratives.html  Choose 2 people from this site—choose the person whose first name is closest in the alphabet to yours and the person whose last name is closest in the alphabet to yours. Read/listen to their stories (If you can’t access your person, choose someone else); In your notes, write a half page paragraph on one of the people (or both together). Summarize the impact Jim Crow had on them.

4. Go to http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_people.html  Choose 2 people from this site--choose the person whose first name is closest in the alphabet to yours and the person whose last name is closest in the alphabet to yours. (If you can’t access those, choose someone else) Read/listen/watch their stories; summarize their impact/struggle against Jim Crow. In your notes, write a half page paragraph on one or both of them: Include—name, birth date, place of origin, struggle, and major accomplishments 5. Go to http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_events_plessy.html  Read the Plessy v. Ferguson court case and the impact it had on America. Watch the video if you are able. Fill out a Who, What, When, Where, Why, How sheet.

6. Go to http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112391/brown_v__board_of_education.htm  Read the Brown v. Board of Education court case and the impact it ahd on America. Fill out a Who, What, When, Where, Why, How sheet.

7. Go to http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/085_disc.html  Look through all the pictures of segregation and discrimination on this site. ** After looking at all the pictures, write a half page paragraph recording your thoughts/opinions. Consider how the people in the pictures might have felt, what it would be like to live during that time, if similar conditions still exist, etc. Mention specific pictures in your paragraph.

8. Choose one of the websites listed below. Read it and type the name of the incident into a search engine like google. Read 2 other web sites about this same incident. Fill out a Who, What, When, Where, Why, How chart summarizing all 3 sites. 1: http://www.blackwallstreet.freeservers.com/omaha%20riot.htm 2: http://library.thinkquest.org/2986/index.html 3. http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/T/TU013.html 4. http://crdl.usg.edu/events/ny_race_riots/?Welcome

9. Go to http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/till/peopleevents/e_lynch.html  Read the website about lynching. Write a ½ page to summarize what you learned about lynching—what is it, why was it used, what effect did it have on African Americans, and what are your thoughts about what you learned?

10. Search the web for a modern day incidence of discrimination. It can be in any country, but needs to be within the last 5 years. It must be a specific incident, not just that women are discriminated against in the Middle East, etc.  Fill out a Who, What, When, Where, Why, How sheet.