History of the Mockingbird
Before we begin reading Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" we must be able to put the events of the novel in their historical context. You and your group will research one of the following topics and write as a comment to this post about the event, focusing on:
a) What happened?
b) What was the lesson to be learned from the event?
c) Have we learned that lesson? (Remember, discrimination is not only white against black)
Topics:
A. Scottsboro Boys Trial
B. Montgomery Bus Boycott
C. The Great Depression
D. Jim Crow Laws
E. MLK's "I Have A Dream" speech
F. School Desegregation Governor George Wallace
G. The march on Selma
Remember! Each member of your group needs to have his or her name at the top of your comment in the following format: dconlay p#.
posted by dconlay @ 7:55 AM
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"I Have A Dream"
1. MLK's "I Have A Dream" speech is about how Martin Luther King Jr. said a speech so that slaves and slaves owners will sit down at the same table. So there will be no more slavery or other people treating other people poorley.
2.The lesson to be learned in this event is every one should be treated equal. Like they say "Treat Others How You Want To Be Treated!"
3.Yes, we have learned are lesson because we have somthing called the constitution that says everone no matter what race should be treated equal. Some people didnt learn there lesson from this beacuse they are raicist and dont treat people right.
"The Scottsboro Boys"
Madie Santoyo
Tiana Shefflette
Christina Marin
a) "The Scottsboro Boys" Trials is an alleged gang rape of two white girls by nine black teenagers on a southern freight train.
b) The lesson to be learned is not to commit crimes at all. You will always get your just deserve. Racism is pointless, there is no reason behind it, and nothing good comes from it.
c) Rape happens everywhere everyday, this event or any others have not taught anybody anything. There is no reason for racism, rape, or fighting. It still goes on today. Who knows how far someone has to take it before we realize that these are bad choices, and they need to be stopped completely.
KMolter, MAllred, RAlejandro, CWhiteside DDelasancha Per #1
1)On Sunday March 7, 1965, 525 people began a fifty-four mile march from Selma, Alabama to the state capital in Montgomery. They were showing African American voting rights and to appreciate the death of Jimmie Lee Jackson, shot three weeks earlier by a state trooper while trying to protect his mother at a civil rights demonstration.After they crossed the "Edmund Pettus Bridge" the marchers were assaulted by state troopers and deputies. After the Civil War the population for African Americans were still yet high and they only let 2Percent of them vote.
2)This event was learned to be less racial and more equal. These African Americans fought for there race and the death of there fellow associate Jimmie Lee Jackson.
3)No, we haven't learned this lesson,in life there will always be discrimination no matter where you are. As hard as we try this problem still occurs everyday in normal life maybe not as drastic as it used to be but still harsh.
1.In 1955, Montgomery, AL had a municipal law which required black citizens to ride in the back of the city's buses. On December 1st of that year, Mrs. Rosa Parks, a forty-two year old seamstress, boarded a city bus and sat in the first row of seats in the black section of the bus.
2.The lesson was you should always stand up for your rights in any situation.
3.Most of the people haved learned this lesson. For eaxmple, we are working together in schools,communities, and any other events.
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
A)In October 1929 the stock market crashed, wiping out 40 percent of the paper values of common stock.Many people lost their jobs. The banks lost al of the money.Now the people did not trust the bank or the goverment. President Roosevelt helped the people by making a program called "New Deal" This program made more jobs for the people who lost their jobs.
B)We have learn that you can't trust on the stock market. You have to have a back up your money.
C)We have learnd our lesson. Now we don't put all of our money in the stock market. Now we have a back up in which we can relie on when one fails the other will back it up.
iespada p#1,jcalderon p#1, rortiz p#1
The Jim Crow Laws were anti-African American laws passed after the American Civil War by the South. These laws discriminated against African Americans for the use of public facilities like hotels and restaurants. Marriage between whites and African Americans was also prohibited. The segregation on inter-state railways was declared unconstitutional in 1952. The same thing happened in buses in 1954. Also, there were seperate schools to teach Caucasians and African Americans seperately. In general, the Jim Crow Laws promoted the segregation of Caucasians and African Americans in the South. In every aspect from public baths to restaurants to schools and health care, the African Americans were seperated.
The lesson that should have been learned from the Jim Crow Laws was that the seperation of Caucasians and African Americans was racial and completely wrong on plenty of levels.
We, unfortunately, didn't learn our lesson. There was still racism in the United States.
Hgolden
Irobles
Jperez
1. Martin Luther King wrote a speech called, “I Have A Dream” and announced it to a crowd of hundreds of thousands of people in front of Washington Monument. It was a speech about how even though they slaves were freed that blacks were still not treated as equals. It was also about how there treatment violates the bill of rights and that no one should be discriminated against there skin color or religion.
2. The lesson to be learned is that everybody has natural rights and should not be discriminated. “Everybody has the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
3. Yes we have learned the lesson for the most part. Racism still is around but it is a cultural understanding not to be.
dlettieri,thunt,elagrand per 4
1. The montgomery bus boycott was when Rosa Parks seat in the front of the bus when she was supposed to sit in the back. She then was arrested. Then the leader of montgomery's black community organized a protest where many people boycotted the bus company.
2.The lesson we should have learned is that everyone should be treated equal. Equality is something that everyone should be born with.
3.The lesson on equality was learned,for the most part. For people should not be seperated.
In some ways it wasnt learned. Becuse people were still juged by there color and how they look.
"The march from Slema"
1. Lots of african americans got together to protest the nonequal right to vote and be treated equaly, because of the protest they got wiped, tea gasses, spited on, stomped on by horses.
2. That people should not have to go through the trubble that they did just to be able to vote, or have freedom.
3. Yes it has, every one has the right to vote and equal rights, and if people they they dont get beatten by the police or miss treated.
"The Jim Crow Laws"
1.Anti-African American laws are called "Jim Crow" laws. These laws were passed in the Southern states after the Civil War.
2.The lesson to be learned from this event is that segregation is wrong.
3.Our group feels that the United States have mostly learned from this lesson, independently, some people still continue you to try to segregate themselves from other races, but as a whole, segregation has stopped.
K.Monroy,M.Vichis,B.marousk per4
1.The Scottsboro boys was about two women accusing 9 black men of rape. 1 white girl was raped by six of the the young men, the other one was raped the other three.
2.the lesson learned is not to believe what they tell you and not to judge people by their skin color.
3.no lesson has been learned because there is still descrimanation to others not just blacks.
B.Olvera,M.Casillas,J.Gallegos,
E.Essen P4
1. The school desegragation of Governor George Wallace took place on June 11, 1963 at he university of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. George Wallace stood at the front door of the university in order to block two black students from enrolling at the school. Deputy Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach told Wallace he simply wanted him to abide by the federal court order. When Wallace refused to step aside Katzenbach called president Kennedy and told him to send national guards to help him. Finally, Wallace stepped aside and the two black students were allowed to register for classes.
2. The lesson to be learned from the event was that anyone can be enrolled in school. Also, that it is not right to be racist to other people or students. For example Wallace didn't want the two black students to get enrolled in the school. When the national guards arrived his plan failed. We learned a lot from this event.
3. We have learned our lesson. Today we have all kinds of people in our schools not just white people. We accept pertsons from different cultures and religions. Here in the U.S. everyone is equal.
jade novotchin
nadia ensastegui
joaquin ortiz
john dubon
Jim Crow laws were passed as anti- African American Legislation after the American Civil War. Jim Crow Lawn included discrimination against African Americans, such as public schools, hotels, cinemas, and buses. Many more places were segregated such as trains and buses and in many states marriage between white and African American people. In 1896 the Crow Laws were tested by a man named Hommer Plessey. He was convicted for ridding a white only railway car. Finally in 1964 president Lyndon Baines Johnson influenced the congress to pass the Civil Rights Act. This meant that racial discrimination was illegal in all pubic places such as restaurants and cinemas.
We think the lesson to be learned from this event is to stop discrimination. The civil rights act now doesn’t allow anyone to discriminate against.
We have learned our lesson from this historical event. We are no longer to discriminate against because it is now illegal.
C Nichols
Tara
Luis
Welanie
The Great Depression
1. The Great Depression was an economic collapse between 1929 to the early 1940's. It started in the U.S. and spread to most of the world's industrial contries. In the height of the Depression in 1933 more than 15 million U.S. citizens were unemployed.
2. A large cause of the Depression was uneven distribution of funds, the rich had more money, and people were spending more then they actually had. One of the lessons learned by those who lived through it was how to be frugal and carefully save.
3. I do not believe we truely learned our lesson from the depression, Hurricane Katrina is a good example, we have several billion dollars into the war in Iraq, and now we have to deal with the problems with Katrina. We will most likely end up in debt to our allies.
1)On june 11,1963 George Wallace, governor of Alabama stood in front of Froster Auditorium at the University of Alabama.His objective was to stop two african american students from enrolling at the school.The two african American students,Vivian Malone and James Hood stood alone and against a whole crowd of racist people.Deputy attorney general Nicholas Katcenbach insisted that wallace respect the fedral court order.Since Wallace refused Katcenbach called president Kenned. Kennedy then turned to the Alabama Nation Guard for help. In the end Wallace had no choice but to let the two students in the university.
2)Showed us that segration is not good.Everyone should be treated equal.
3)Some people did open up thier minds and accepted people for who they are and not what they looked like. Still some peole refuse to accept differences in skin color and culture.
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