WEbquest

 

451 Web Quest 2021

Fahrenheit 451 – WebQuest

Your Task: Complete this webquest to learn more about the events that inspired Bradbury’s novel, Fahrenheit 451.

Directions:

**Copy the questions on to a MS Word or Google Doc.  Answer all of the questions using the web links included with each question.

-Use complete sentences, and research your answers by reading the information on the links.

Read everything below:

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution passed by Congress September 25, 1789. Ratified December 15, 1791.

Explore the following sites for information on the kinds of historical censorship Ray Bradbury discusses in Fahrenheit 451:

Introduction

This class will be studying issues related to Censorship and has asked you to investigate some of the history of censorship in order to use the information to help the Federal Communications Commission (The FCC, This is a government group that regulates interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories.) make judgments about contemporary censorship issues. You will be using this Web Quest to find information about some of the instances of censorship in which the Commission is interested.

Task

Part I requires you to explore Web sites on censorship in the past and the present. You will be given a selection of websites related to these issues from which to choose. Take notes and  write out important information needed for your report to the Commission.

Part II is a list of modern day censorship issues affecting teenagers today. Select two topics about which you wish to report on to the Commission.

Process:

Part I

Explore these sites for information on the kinds of historical censorship Ray Bradbury discusses in Fahrenheit 451: For this part of the Webquest, I will be collecting answers to the questions that accompany each web site. Click on each link and answer all the questions in each section.

Step A:  Censorship

•  Censorship from Wikipedia

1. What is censorship?

Step B: The burning of Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley:

• Latimer, Ridley, Cranmer Link #1
• Latimer, Ridley, and Cranmer Link #2

1. Why were they burned at the stake?
2. Why was Latimer confident that they were doing the right thing?
3. Why would it be important to remind people of this history?
4. What was Latimer's final quote to Nicholas Ridley?
5. What do you think this quote means?

Step C: Nazi Book Burning:

• Nazi Book Burning Article
• Nazi Book Burning: The History Place

1. Why do you think the Nazis burned these books?
2. How is this similar to why the firemen in Fahrenheit 451 burn books?
3. In what way might these images have inspired Bradbury to write Fahrenheit 451?  

Step D: McCarthyism and Blacklisting in Hollywood: 

This site will take you to a page of links. Each link takes you to a page that tells a small part of the story of Blacklisting in Hollywood in the late 1940’s and early 1950’s.

• About McCarthyism from PBS 

1. Who was Joseph McCarthy?
2. What did McCarthy say had happened?
3. Were his accusations true?
4. What is "McCarthyism?" (according to the second paragraph)?
5. Was it right?

• "Hollywood Ten" Article

1. What were the "Hollywood Ten" accused of?
2. When did this happen?
3. When did it end?
4. Do you think it's right or wrong?
5. In what situation do you think this could happen again?  Think about the politics today and give an example of how this could happen in today's society with the things of which Americans are afraid. 
6. How might the Red Scare and "The Hollywood Ten" have inspired Bradbury to write Fahrenheit 451? 

Part II
Explore two of the following sites to look at censorship issues that are in the news today and answer the question.

A.. Book Banning

• Banning Young Adult Novels in Libraries 
• Banning Books like Huck Finn
• The First Amendment
• Library Guide to Banning Books

Topic #1 ______________

1. Who is in favor of these limitations on freedom of speech? 
2. Why are they in favor of them? 
3. Who is opposed? Why are they opposed? 
4. Which side do you agree with? Why?

 Topic #2 ______________

1. Who is in favor of these limitations on freedom of speech? 
2. Why are they in favor of them? 
3. Who is opposed? Why are they opposed? 
4. Which side do you agree with? Why?

The webquest is due on Tuesday, 9/20@ midnight.  www.turnitin.com

We will have half the class to work on the quest.  We will go over the answers the second half.

TKAM Web Quest

 

To Kill a Mockingbird Web Quest

Assignment: 

1. Complete WebQuest by the end of period 8 on Tuesday, 4/11

2.Wednesday, 4/12, Review Web Quest.  

 Mockingbird Webquest

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD WEB QUEST

What is the purpose of our WebQuest?: With any piece of literature, understanding the historical context of the novel can be just as important as the text itself. The information in this WebQuest will provide you with essential information about the social, political, and economic climate in the South during the 1930s, along with important author information and background. By providing you with this background knowledge, you will be able to better understand character motivation and action, author point of view, and the important messages within To Kill a Mockingbird.

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD WEB QUEST

 

PART 1

Directions:  Research the following websites for each category and answer the questions below in complete sentences.

THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS TRIAL

THE SCOTTSBORO TRIALS

 LINK 1: The Scottsboro Boys  http://famous-trials.com/scottsboroboys

LINK 2: https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/scottsboro-boys

-  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.

-  Answer the questions below in complete sentences

-  Be sure to click on links (blue) for full descriptions

1. a.  What were The Scottsboro Boys known for? Who were they? What did they do? How did they get in so much trouble?

   b. The Scottsboro Boys’ attorneys were extremely incompetent. How did the defense attorneys show their lack of experience?

   c. Were The Scottsboro Boys ever pardoned of their wrongful convictions?
   
    d. Define 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

Bio Link 1:

https://www.biography.com/people/harper-lee-9377021

Bio Link 2:

https://www.britannica.com/biography/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

http://www.ferris.edu/JIMCROW/what.htm

History of the Jim Crow Laws

15. Where did the term, “Jim Crow,” originate from?16. After the year 1900, what did the term, “Jim Crow,” become identified with?

17. What Supreme Court case upheld segregation, or “separate but equal?”

18. Who was Booker T. Washington? What was his stance on the segregation debates?

19.      What was Jim Crow?

20.      Stetson Kennedy, the author of Jim Crow Guide, offered seven simple rules for Blacks to follow.  Name all seven.

21.      Give an example of a Jim Crow sign.

22.      What is lynching?

23.      What are lynch mobs?

THE GREAT DEPRESSION

There is nothing to complete in this section.  We discussed this in OMM

http://history1900s.about.com/od/1930s/p/greatdepression.htm

http://www.history.com/topics/great-depression

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/timeline/rails-timeline/

http://www.history.com/topics/dust-bowl

http://livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/water_02.html

PREJUDICE AND RACISM

https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-prejudice-5092657

https://www.verywellmind.com/10-organizations-that-support-racial-equality-5071298#:~:text=10%20Organizations%20That%20Support%20Racial%20Equality%201%20NAACP,...%208%20Live%20Free%20USA%20...%20More%20items

34.      Define prejudice.

35.      What is stereotyping and provide an example

36.      Do people still display acts of prejudice or racism today?  Use an example to explain your answer.

37.      Name five things you can do to fight prejudice and racism.

38.  Name five groups that are currently trying to end prejudice.

39.  Will we ever become a society that is free from judging others?  Why or why 

not?

Macomb Map

LINK 1:– Maycomb County Map

41. Based on the Maycomb County map, the Finch’s live next door to whom?

42. Whose house is the school behind? 

Part II

PRE-READINGS AND QUESTIONS

Please provide short, simple answers:

A.      How important are parents in shaping their children’s values and beliefs?

B.      What is the role of the community in shaping young people’s values and beliefs?

C.      How can we ensure that people are treated equally even though they differ in race, wealth, religion, etc.?

D.      How fair is our country’s justice system?

E.      What makes people good or bad?

F.      What do you remember about being in first through third grade?

G.      What was important during that time?

Review info: (Please read the following information)

COMPARE & CONTRAST

1930s: During the Great Depression, unemployment rose as high as 25%; the New Deal program of government-sponsored relief leads to a deficit in the federal budget. 
1960: After a decade of record-high American production and exports, unemployment dips to less than 5 percent, while the federal government runs a small surplus. 
Today: Unemployment runs between 5 and 6 percent, while the federal government works to reduce a multi-billion dollar deficit amidst an increasingly competitive global economy. 

1930s: Schools are racially segregated; emphasis in the classroom was on rote learning of the basics. 
1960: Although backed up by force at times, school integration laws were being enforced; the 1959 launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik leads to math and science gaining increased importance. 
Today: School populations are as racially diverse as their communities; classes include a focus on combining subjects and problem-solving skills. 

1930s: Only property owners who were white and male could serve on juries. 
1960: Women and minorities could now serve on juries; while the Supreme Court ruled that eliminating jurors from duty on the basis of race is unconstitutional, many trials still exclude blacks and Hispanics. 
Today: All registered voters are eligible to serve on juries, although in many cases prosecution and defense teams aim to create a Jury with a racial balance favorable to their side. 

1930s: A big trial serves as a entertainment event for the whole town and a child who has been to the movies is unusual. 
1960: Television was becoming the dominant form of popular entertainment, while families might see films together at drive-in movie theaters. 
Today: Although television and film are still large presences, computers and computer games swiftly gain a share in the entertainment market. Trials still provide public entertainment and are featured on their own cable channel.  

CC.1.2.9-10.A: Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.