To Kill a Mockingbird and the Depression Era
AP/Wide World Photos
There is a cart of books available for your research. Make sure you use the table of contents and index to find your topic.
The following web sites will help you collect information on your topics. Don't forget to use Noodlebib to create your Works Cited list.
Usernames and passwords on page 24 of your planbook, or on Edline under Media Center, Online Database passwords.
The following online databases have information on most of the topics:
African American History Online
Student Resource Center Gold (or use the PowerSearch). A general search of 1930s will give you many topics, including information on Popular Culture and Lifestyles. Click on the Book tab for best results.
History Resource Center: US (Gale)
NetTrekker - search for any of the topics.
Use these websites to find additional information:
Scottsboro
Scottsboro: An American Tragedy
The Scottsboro trial seen through the eyes of journalists from the AFRO-American Newspapers
Jim Crow laws
The 1930s
The History Channel - Type keywords, famous people, events to search
KKK
Supreme Court Cases
Brown v. Bd. of Education, National Parks Service site
Southern Life
African American Women and Domestic Work
Oxford African American Studies Center there is a nice article on domestic work by African American women. Type in "domestic work" with the quotation marks.
White Citizens Council
White Citizens Council hear excerpts from interviews of former members.
Poll Tax
American Memory use the links to get additional primary source documents.