OPENING ACTIVITYPart 1: Jane Elliot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml7eEklNwNE
Part 2 Jane Elliot Day 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AIGd9PetTs
STUDENTS WILL COMPLETE THE NOTE SHEET AS THEY WATCH THE VIDEOS
PART 2
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD WEBQUEST
Directions:
Research the following websites for each category
and answer the questions below
in complete sentences.
THE SCOTTSBORO TRIALS
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Read about the Famous American Trials, "The Scotsboro
Trials." Begin reading the article
on the bottom of the webpage and hit "cont." to continue onto the
next page.
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Answer the questions below in complete sentences
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Be sure to click on links (blue) for full descriptions
1. What is hoboing?
2. Who is Haywood Patterson?
3. What started the altercation between the
black and white youths?
4. Who is Orville Gilley?
5. Nine African Americans made up the Scottsboro
Boys, who are they?
6. Who are the two girls that said a gang of
twelve blacks with pistols and knives raped them?
7. Do you feel the boys received a fair
trial? Why or why not? Be sure to explain your answer.
8. Who is Harry Emerson and what did he
influence Bates to do?
9. What is your overall opinion of what these
boys had to experience? Be sure to
explain.
HARPER LEE
10. Who is Harper Lee?
11. What work is she most famous for writing?
12. To
Kill a Mockingbird won what award?
13. Harper Lee is a descendant of whom?
14. Who were the characters Finch and Dill based
on?
JIM CROW
15. What was Jim Crow?
16. Stetson Kennedy, the
author of Jim Crow Guide, offered
seven simple rules for Blacks to follow.
Name all seven.
17. Give an example of a Jim
Crow sign.
18. What is lynching?
19. What are lynch mobs?
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
20. What day and date did the stock market
crash?
21. Who made $5,000 more than the
President?
22. What President signed an Act of
Congress that made the Star Spangled Banner
the official United States national anthem?
23. Who became President after Hoover?
24. Adolf Hitler receives dictatorial
power through what Act in Germany?
25. This is the year, when forms of dust
clouds were dubbed “The Dust Bowl.”
26. This group of individuals began
fleeing from Germany as Hitler begins to tighten restrictions.
27. In 2003, this famous animal is used as
a topic for a movie. What type of animal
is it and was is its name?
28. John Steinbeck’s epic Dust Bowl novel
is?
29. How does World War II begin?
PREJUDICE AND RACISM
30. Define prejudice.
31. What is stereotyping and provide an
example?
32. What is race and provide an example?
33. Do people still display acts of
prejudice or racism today? Use an
example to explain your answer.
34. Name five things you can do to fight
prejudice and racism.
35. Name five groups that are currently
trying to end prejudice.
36. Will we ever become a society that is
free from judging others? Why or why
not?
PRE READINGS AND QUESTIONS
37. How important are parents
in shaping their children’s values and beliefs?
38. What is the role of the
community in shaping young people’s values and beliefs?
39. How can we ensure that
people are treated equally even though they differ in race, wealth, religion,
etc.?
40. How fair is our country’s
justice system?
41. What makes people good or
bad?
42. What do you remember about
being in first through third grade?
43. What was important during
that time?
The webquest is due on Tuesday. We will have half the class to work on the quest. We will go over the answers the second half.
