Student Activity #1
We walk with the Logans past the white school to their school. Plessy v. Ferguson was the court case that allowed the "separate but equal" think to happen in the South.
As you read the below links, please answer these questions:
1) What happened in the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court case?
2) What was the "separate but equal" policy established?
3) How did the affect the Logans?
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_events_plessy.html
http://americanhistory.si.edu/brown/history/1-segregated/separate-but-equal.html
http://www2.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/scales/plessyvis.html
We walk with the Logans past the white school to their school. Plessy v. Ferguson was the court case that allowed the "separate but equal" think to happen in the South.
As you read the below links, please answer these questions:
1) What happened in the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court case?
2) What was the "separate but equal" policy established?
3) How did the affect the Logans?
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_events_plessy.html
http://americanhistory.si.edu/brown/history/1-segregated/separate-but-equal.html
http://www2.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/scales/plessyvis.html
Student Activity #2
In the novel we meet the Logans, an African-American family that owns land, while many in the black community were sharecroppers.
Read about sharecropping, then write your definition in a Google Doc.
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/sharecropping
http://www.pbs.org/tpt/slavery-by-another-name/themes/sharecropping/
Next, read about what slavery was, and write your definition
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/slavery
https://www.civilwar.org/learn/articles/slavery-united-states
Write about slavery compared to sharecropping, noting the differences.
What surprises you about what you see in the pictures?
What do you learn about sharecroppers from the photos that you didn't learn from the definition?
In the novel we meet the Logans, an African-American family that owns land, while many in the black community were sharecroppers.
Read about sharecropping, then write your definition in a Google Doc.
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/sharecropping
http://www.pbs.org/tpt/slavery-by-another-name/themes/sharecropping/
Next, read about what slavery was, and write your definition
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/slavery
https://www.civilwar.org/learn/articles/slavery-united-states
Write about slavery compared to sharecropping, noting the differences.
What surprises you about what you see in the pictures?
What do you learn about sharecroppers from the photos that you didn't learn from the definition?
Student Activity #3
We hear about "Jim Crow" and the laws that make life difficult for the Logans. What are they?
Look at the images about Jim Crow. In a Google Doc, describe what you see and how it's different than what you might see today.
How would this affect you if you were an African-American during this time, and saw these images in a publication?
http://www.ferris.edu/news/jimcrow/what/
http://www.shmoop.com/jim-crow/photos.html
We hear about "Jim Crow" and the laws that make life difficult for the Logans. What are they?
Look at the images about Jim Crow. In a Google Doc, describe what you see and how it's different than what you might see today.
How would this affect you if you were an African-American during this time, and saw these images in a publication?
http://www.ferris.edu/news/jimcrow/what/
http://www.shmoop.com/jim-crow/photos.html
Student Activity #4
We've talked a lot about theme with this story. If you've forgotten, we'll start with this
Give us your definition of theme.
https://literarydevices.net/theme/
http://literary-devices.com/content/theme
What you'll need to do next, describe what you think the theme of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. Use your definition to guide your thinking. Please cite three different places in the book where your theme is found and how if fits.
We've talked a lot about theme with this story. If you've forgotten, we'll start with this
Give us your definition of theme.
https://literarydevices.net/theme/
http://literary-devices.com/content/theme
What you'll need to do next, describe what you think the theme of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. Use your definition to guide your thinking. Please cite three different places in the book where your theme is found and how if fits.
