Group #1 – Jim Crow Laws
En.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_crow_laws
1. From where did the term, "Jim Crow," originate?
2. What were Jim Crow laws?
3. How did the name Jim Crow come about?
4. What Supreme Court case upheld segregation, or "separate but equal?"
5. List 5 facilities that were segregated.
6. What was the “first major blow” against the Jim Crow System, and in what year did it happen?
7. Which president worked with civil rights leaders to end segregation?
8. What year was segregation finally ended by legislation?
Group #2 – Black Tuesday
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_Crash_of_1929
1. What does the term, "Black Tuesday," refer to?
2. What was the date of Black Tuesday?
3. What was the name of the decade that lead to the crash?
4. Explain how the Wall Street Crash led to The Great Depression.
5. How many points did the Dow lose on Black Tuesday?
6. What effect did WWII have on the Great Depression?
Group #3 – American History 1930-1939 http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade30.html
1. During The Great Depression, many Dust Bowl farmers packed their families into cars and headed where?
2. Why did the farmers go?
3. Who were the presidents during the 1930s?
4. What did the sculptor, Gutzon Borglum, create?
5. Observe the painting, American Gothic (on the website). Describe Grant Wood’s famous work. What does it
look like? What kind of life does it portray?
6. What was fashion like during the 1930’s? Observe the pictures on the site and read about the trends during
the times.
7. Who were some of the prominent authors of the time? What famous works are they responsible for?
Group #4 – The Scottsboro Boys
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scottsboro/SB_acct.html
1. What were The Scottsboro Boys known for? Who were they? What did they do? How did
they get in so much trouble?
2. The Scottsboro Boys’ attorneys were extremely incompetent. How did the defense attorneys
show their lack of experience?
3. Were The Scottsboro Boys ever pardoned of their wrongful convictions?
*Your group needs to tell the entire story of the Scottsboro Boys.
Group #5 – Harper Lee
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/harperle.htm
1. What work is Harper Lee most famous for writing?
2. When did she win the Pulitzer Prize and for what piece of literature?
3. Where was Lee born and what was her early life like?
4. Which other literary work did Lee assist in writing?
5. Where and during what time is Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, set?
6. Describe Lee’s literary career after To Kill a Mockingbird.
Group #6 – Maycomb County Map
http://www.swisseduc.ch/english/readinglist/lee_harper/mockingbird/maycomb.html
1. Based on the Maycomb County map, the Finch’s live next door to whom?
2. What is located behind the Radleys’ house?
3. Draw a map of Maycomb.