To Kill a Mockingbird History Project
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To Kill a Mockingbird History Project
Emanuella Lleshdedaj
Part 1: Small-town Alabama
• Children of a Resettled Family, Wolf Greek Farms, August 1935
Observations• Broken down• No shoes• Old clothing• Bored• Dirt • No grass• Sad
Connection
• “There was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with, nothing to see outside the boundaries of Maycomb County”(5).
Part 2: African-American Experience
• People Standing in Front of a Church, 1890-1900
Observations
• Dress nicely• Together• No where
near town
Connection
• “The warm bittersweet smell of clean Negro welcome us as we entered the churchyard Hearts of Love hairdressing mingled with asafoetida, smuff, Hoyt’s Cologne Brown’s Mule, peppermint, and lilac talcum.”
Part 3: The Jim Crow Era
Observations
• Not equal• Separate
Part 4: The Great Depression
• Migrate agriculture worker’s family in Nipomo, California, 1936
Observations
• Homeless• Hungry • Dirty clothing• Scared• 2 suitcases• Middle of nowhere
Connection
• “He didn’t forget his lunch, he didn’t have any. He had none today nor will he have any tomorrow or the next day. He had probably never seen three quarters together at the same time in his life.”
Bibliography • http://www.weareca.org/index.php/en/era/WWI-1940s/okies_5.html
• http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/dustbowls/photos