To Kill a Mockingbird



To Kill a Mockingbird

Research Paper

DUE: March 17th- A Day/ March 18th B

Objective:  To research an aspect of the 1930s in order gain an understanding of the

                   setting in terms of time and place of the novel, To Kill  A Mockingbird.

Requirements:

In this major assignment you will practice the skill of preparing a 5-minute presentation related to your research.  You will research a social or historic issue from the 1930s at home and perhaps at school.  Once you have completed your research and formulated an opinion, you will organize your ideas and practice your public speaking skills by preparing a class presentation on your research.  Remember, learning to research and present well is hard work!  To do this assignment, you will need to complete the following steps:

Part I Research

1. Research your topic.  A minimum of 3 sources and 9 note cards are required per person. You must have the following types of sources in your group: at least one book, one online database, and one Web site.  **No Wikipedia or Google**

Part II Prepare a 5 Minute Presentation

1. Organize your notes and identify the critical pieces that must be in your presentation.                 

2. Brainstorm a creative way to present your information.  Examples: PowerPoint, Skit, Book, Poster, Movie, etc.  It is important to also consider necessary props.                                            

3. Practice your presentation (time yourself!).                                           

4. Deliver your 5 minute presentation.                                           

What will be graded?

9 note cards – 20 points

Research Paper – 50

Works Cited – 10 points

Presentation (including visual) – 20 points

Possible topics:

All topics relate to the United States in the 1930s.  Suggested topics are listed, but more should be sought out. 

|Women of the 1930s |Economic Concerns of the 1930s |Science/Technology/ |

| | |Innovation during 1930s |

|Fashion, careers, family roles, taboos |President Hoover |Television, radio, World’s Fair (1933)|

|for women, the work place, wages |President Roosevelt’s "New Deal," social security | |

|Gertrude Stein, Mrs. Wallis Simpson, |Wall Street |U.S. Nobel Prize winners |

|Margaret Mitchell, Jane Addams, Pearl S | Statistics:  population, wages and salaries, |Glenn Curtiss,  Sigmund Freud, T.A. |

|.Buck, Amelia Earhart |costs of home, food, cars, rent  |Edison, Thomas Hunt Morgan |

| | |Golden Gate Bridge, Boulder Dam |

|Education in the 1930s |Status of African -Americans |Popular Entertainment of the |

| |in the 1930s |1930s |

|Educational Reforms: John Dewey - |Jim Crow laws, voting rights, civil rights, |Movies, Hollywood Stars |

|"Experience and Education" |education, occupations in North and South |Dance |

|Level of education - State Laws |Discrimination, treatment by white people. | Radio Programs |

|Literacy |Education for African American | Popular music: "The Cotton Club" |

| |Great Depression, New Deal effects on African | Shirley Temple, Charlie Chaplin, |

| |Americans. |Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Judy |

| |W.B. Dubois, George Washington Carver, Booker T. |Garland |

| |Washington. Marian Anderson, Langston Hughes, Zora| |

| |Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, Bessie Smith, Lena | |

| |Horn | |

|The Headlines of the 1930s: |Political Concerns of the 1930s - | |

|What and Who Made the News |International Relations | |

|Sports, disasters, "big" events, 21st |Relationships with other world leaders | |

|amendment, crime |League of Nations | |

|Howard Hughes, Charles Lindbergh, Knute |Hitler, Churchill, Stalin, MacArthur | |

|Rockne, Joe Louis, John Dillinger, | | |

|George Eastman | | |

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Criteria:

Proper Heading

Page numbers

4 – 6 pages

Double spaced

Times New Roman

Includes direct quotes and parenthetical citations

APA format

Works Cited page

Intro, body, conclusion

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