Thursday, September 17, 2009

Research Assignment 1

Students will work independently to find, evaluate, and summarize a credible source on a given topic relating to the 1930’s in America (setting of To Kill a Mockingbird.

26 comments:

  1. Vanessa Adame 3rd period

    Communications
    http://www.european-schoolprojects.net/living-memory/spain/communication/com2030.htm
    could not be found.

    In the 1930's many people didn't have any communication skills like we do now a days.Many of them didn't have computers, phones, or televisions.And the ones that did have phones had to call the operators and tell them to connect them to the people they were trying to get in contact with.The way most of them got in to contact with most of there family was writing a letter or post cards.The way they would know if any events were happening in there town is if they read the newspaper because televisions weren't invented yet.Thank god for all the brilliant people who invented all the ways we can communicate now because i couldn't imagine how my life would be with out cell phones.

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  2. Monica Legall

    Stock Market
    Crahttp://www.themoneyalert.com/stockmarketcrashof1929.htmlsh

    Robert Valentine

    The Stock Market Crash took place during the Great Depression, which is the setting of the novel that we are currently reading. The crash took place in 1929, and marked the beginning of the Great Depression. The Stock Market Crash was on October 24th, but it lasted longer than a day. This day in history was also known as "Black Thursday," and was the day that a USA record of more than 13 million of dollars were traded. The crash was caused by the large number of people who beleived that they could make a huge profit by getting into the stock market business, and the even bigger number of people who borrowed more money than they could pay back in order to buy stocks. This lowered the value of stocks profusely. Not only people, but businesses lost most if not all of their money, which is why this period of American History was rightfully named the "Great Depression."

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  3. Chelsea Sanders

    Amelia Earhart

    http://www.ellensplace.net/eae_intr.html

    Richard E. Gillespie

    Amelia Mary Earhart set the record for the women's altitude record with a record of 14,000 feet. In 1928, Amelia flew by herself from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific coast. In 1929, Amelia established a women's cross-crountry air race. She became the first president of a women pilots organization. After breaking many records in 1930, Amelia decided to marry George Putnam, the man who helped start her career, in 1931. In 1932, she flew across the Atlantic again and broke many records, such as the first women to fly the Atlantic solo, the only person to fly it twice, the longest non-stop distance flown ny a women, and for flying across it in the shortest time. Amelia went missing on her last flight.

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  4. Luisa Banos

    Transportation in the 1930's

    http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Commercial_Aviation/passenger_xperience/Tran2.htm

    U.S. Centennial of Flight commission

    This site contains updated factual information on air transportation in the 1930's. During this time air travel was mostly for upper class people, it was very expensive and also extremely dangerous. In the early 1930's there were several passenger planes available, but these were very uncomfortable because none had any type of air conditioning so the temperature outside was the one in the plane. Also, since the planes couldn't fly very high, turbulence in low altitudes made passengers prone to airsickness. Female flight attendants called air stewardesses, were first introduced in 1930, they were all nurses becasue they were more capable at treating ailing passesngers. Stewardesses were resposible for a variety of jobs that had to be done in the plane and the requirements to become one were very strict, for example, they had to be under 118 lbs. under 5 feet 4 indes, between the ages 20-26, and they had to be single. As the years progressed, more improved airplanes were introduced to make the air travel expereience better for its passengers, however, not until many years later was air transportation able to surpass travel by train.

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  5. Brenda Penaloza
    Scottsboro Trail
    http://www.wsws.org/articles/2001/apr2001/scot-a23.shtml
    International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI)

    The Scottsboro Trial was based on nine young African American who were accused of raping two white women. The trial took several years. It was the cause of many protests not only in Alabama, but also around the world. Four defendants' charges droped, and the other five defendents had to served six to seventeen years of jail. At the end of this racial battle, the nations system begun to change. Such as civil right movements in history.

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  6. Nathan Sharp

    Amelia Earhart

    http://www.acepilots.com/earhart.html

    By: Acepilots.com

    Amelia Earhart was born on July 24, 1897 and was one of the world's most famous female aviators. She became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean on June 18-19, 1928. In 1931 she was married to George Putnam. On May 21, 1932 she took off in an attempt to be the second person to fly solo across the Atlantic. She would also be the first woman to do it as well. In 1937 Amelia Earthart attempted to fly around the world, which was a 24,557 mile trip. The first time she failed, but the second time she she made it to Lae. From there she took off for Howland Island, but never arived. She had dissappeared, but her legacy inspired many people.

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  7. Alexa Dominguez

    Consumer Products

    http://www.imediaconnection.com/content/20822.asp

    By:iMedia Communications,Inc.

    This web site contains information that was reliable on finding some of the products or brands that were consumed during that era. It gave me useful information because it was what I was looking for. Procter & Gamble, Camel cigarettes, and Chevrolet were brands that were commonly consumed by people during the Great Depression. The important fact about Procter & Gamble company is that it never had a reduction on prices during this event and that this company has made progress during each of the major recessions throughout history. This was because the company apparently realized that even on this economic depression people needed hygiene products.

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  8. Alex Sinakone
    Emilia Earheart in the 1930's
    http://www.ameliaearheart.com/
    Family Of Amelia Earheart

    The information in the site says is useful bacause it shows that in th e1930's Emilia Earheart saw her first plane in a state fair, and that she did not care about it because it lookes like something that wasnt very interseting. She was born July 24, 1897. She was one of the first women to learn how to fly an earplane. She took her first flyign lesson on January 3, 1921. In a short amount of time she saved enough money to but herself a new air plane, it was a Kinner Airster. Later in her life she married George Putnam in February 7,1931. They worked on plans to try to make her be the first women to fly across the atlantic Ocean, and she would also be the second to fly across aswell. On May 0,1932 she bagan in Harbor Grace, then Newfoundland, and then went to Paris. she was heard around the world. after this huge achieve ment she had much more too. But when she turned 40 she wanted to do somthing challanging, somthing that everybody aould remember, she wanted to fly across the world. Her first time she failed and her plane got dameged but her second time she almost made it but her alst words were "we are running North and South" after that she was never found or seen again.

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  9. Amanda Garcia
    Fashion in 1930's
    http//fashion-era.com/1930's/index.htm
    Pauline Westen Thomas and Guy Thomas

    This site on 1930's fashion is useful because it retains information on how americans shifted from the flapper style in the 1920's to more elegant and lady-like trends. Clothes in 1930's were designed to fit and take on the shape of a person's figure. Designers started to experiment with fabrics other than silk that could mold the body. Another example of body fitting fabric was nylon, produced by Dr. Wallace Carother in 1938. Zippers, promoted by Schiaparell in 1933 had also became a popular trend for men and women.

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  10. Patricia Rocha

    Diego Rivera

    http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/diego-rivera/about-the-artist/64/

    By: pbs.org

    The information on this site is useful because it talks about Diego Rivera's many art works. It tells about his many works done in the U.S. during the 1930's. Many of his paintings would address political concerns in the U.S. His original painting style and the force of his ideas remain major influences on American painting. All the information on this site could be used to describe what specific paintings he did and which ones are most famous today.

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  11. Kimberly Picaz
    The Scottsboro Trials
    http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1456
    Historian Wayne Flynt

    This link is creditable because it's run by a lot of universities in Alabama. It's a website to inform people of Alabama culture along with southern culture. It doesn't appear to have a bias. It contains a long list of universities who loan their books and stuff to the site. It has very good information about the Scottsboro trial. I found out that the author of the book we're reading based her trial on the Scottsboro one.

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  12. Michael Walker
    Langston Hughes
    http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/83
    Academy of American Poets

    This site contains useful information on Langston Hughes. It informs people on the life of blacks during the 1930's and also some key events such as the Harlem Renassaince which occured in the 1920's. Langston Hughes had a rough early life and then became a writer and informed people of all kinds about the actual culture of african americans and how they were treated during the depression. The website also has great information on what kind of life Hughes lived and some of the important and famous pieces he has written and the effects they had on the American society. His writings have inspired many and educated lots of people on the reality of american in the early 1900's

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  13. David Defoe

    Consumer Products

    http://www.angelfire.com/retro/lisawebworld/30sproducts.html

    By: Lisa Nostalgia

    This site contains useful information about the products used during the 1930's.This site tells what was around in the 30's and the information about the goods.There are only a numbered ammount of brands of the certan goods. This site even tells how certan goods were bottled and canned as well as the details when they were introduced to the market.

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  14. Katlin Walden
    Langston Hughes
    http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=3340
    The Poetry Foundation

    Langston Hughes first emerged as a poet in the 1920s. Many African American writers such as Hughes would come to the public light during that time. Only recently at that time did African American children get the opportuity of education. The first black writers and poets were published and it was a whole new era in writing. That era is known today as the Harlem Renaissance. Langston Hughes was not popular among the black writers of the time because he wrote much about the ugly parts of living as an African American man during that time period, but his work was quite popular among the average people of the time. So much so that Langston Hughes was the first African American to earn a living solely by writing poetry.

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  15. Langston Hughes

    http://www.kansasheritage.org/crossingboundaries/page6e1.html

    Native Voices International

    Langston Hughes was an African American writer and poet in the 1930's. Langston Hughes began writing when he was in high school. When Langston Hughes grandmother died he created his first verse. His school named him class poet of the eight grade. When Hughes was on a train heading to Mexico he wrote the poem "The Negro Speaks of Rivers." Whiles Hughes was growing up he was in financial dept. Hughes wrote the lyrics to a Broadway musical "Street Scene" and made enough money to buy him a house.

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  16. Jordan Prince

    The Scottsboro Trails

    1)http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/Scottsboro/SB_acct.html

    2)http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/Ftrials/scottsboro/scottsb.htm


    By:Douglas O. Linder

    This Site contains credible information from Douglas O. Linder. The trial case was the gang rape of two white women by nine black youths. The trials slightly resemble a similar case to the story To kill a mockingbird. The black man Tom Robinson is accused of raping a white women with a very slim chance of winning the case.The information from this site is Up to date and accurate.

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  17. Maiya Stephens

    Amelia Earhart

    http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Explorers_Record_Setters_and_Daredevils/earhart/EX29.htm

    US. Centennial of Flight Commission

    Amelia "Lady Lindy" Earhart was born on July 24th, 1897. Neta Snook, the first women to graduate from th Curiss School of Aviation, taught Amelia how to fly (19921-19922). From then on, Earhart's acomplishments were undeniable. On October 22, 1922 , she set the record of the women's alitude at 14,000 ft. On July 6, 1930, she set the women's speed at 181 mph. In January 1935, she also became the first woman to fly solo lond-distance.She also became the first president of WPO. (Women Poliot Organization). She will always be remembered for her success as being a woman pilot.

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  18. Yessica Ramirez

    Diego Rivera

    http://www.lowriderarte.com/featuredartists/0501lra_diego_rivera_life_story/index.html

    Benjamin Francisco Hernandez

    This site can inform you on important information on the life of Diego Rivera. He was cared by a nanny throughout his childhood, whom he was first inspired by to draw people with color in his art. Diego Rivera’s murals were based on the hopes and struggles of Mexican people. He joined Mexico’s Communist Party in the 1920’s and later published a newspaper in which his work was criticized. Critics wanted his murals removed from public buildings due to the involvement in the Communist Party and Mexican people found his work offensive for including people with color in his murals.

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  19. Rebekah Dennings

    Consumer Products

    http://auto.howstuffworks.com/1930-1939-cadillac.htm

    How Stuff Works, Inc [A Discovery Company]

    Cadillac in the 1930's got pretty expensive at times. Many people didn't want to buy them due to the depression, especially when some cost as much as a high-end home. Few were bought, most of which were only sold during all of the hype of the new models. As new cars go, the technology in the cars got better as well as the bodies were different. After the 1930's, these models were outdone by newer engines.

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  20. Brandan Taylor
    President Hoover
    http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=603
    Donald J. Mabry / The Historical Text Archive

    Historicaltextarchive.com was a great way to learn about President Hoover. It talked about how he tried to help the people get back on there feet and get jobs. Like buying farming surplus to help out the farmers but he didn't buy enough. Hoover and the Republicans did not want to help individual citizens they tought it would currupt him or her, aiding businesses was different. It looked like the Republicans were only interested in the rich. Hoover broke precedent because the national government assumed some responsibility for what happens during economic depression.he believed that depression was a part of normal business cycle and caused by international factory and not US ones. he thought "prosperity was just around the corner."

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  21. Harlem Renaissance
    www.JCU.edu/harlem/index.htm
    John Carroll University

    The Harlem Renaissance also called "The Negro Movent" is a period during the great deprssion when african americans expressed their feelings through art and music.During this time there was plenty of racismn and blacks started to lash out not in harsh words but,in their art and music.Some sculpters, paintings,poems, and songs often portrayed the government and whites as selfish evil people.Most of the arts in the renissance were intended to encourage and uplift the blacks with beautiful art and uplifting songs.This site is a educational site which has been updated recently.

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  22. D'varius Conerly

    Entertainment

    http://memory.loc.gov/learn///features/timeline/depwwii/art/art.html

    The Library of Congress

    Even between war and hard times people needed too be entertained, and in the 1930's it was no different. With the addition of sound movies and plays helped people forget their problems at once. In the 1930's singers such as Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, and Glenn Miller were considered stars and they were admired for their music. The radio was also popular for entertainment. It offered soap opera's and sermons.

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  23. Santiago Rodriguez
    Diego Rivera
    pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/rivera_d.html
    Sponsorship provided by pbs.org,The National Endowment for the Humanities, The National Endowment for the Arts, The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Rosalind P. Walter, The Blanche & Irving Laurie Foundation, Judith B. Resnick, Jack Rudin, Marvin and Mary Davidson, The Marilyn M. Simpson Charitable Lead Trusts, American Playhouse, The André and Elizabeth Kertész Foundation

    I found this web site very useful because it had a lot of information. It tells when and where he was born and when he died. It also talks about his accomplishments and awards. It contains information about where he lived. It talks about his beliefs and thoughts about art. There is a lot of information over his paintings and his life.

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  24. The Scottsboro Trail gave a perfect example to me what it would be like to be stated as a negro, during the great depression. Two white female claimed to have been rape by nine black boys while accompanied by four white men. The case was taking to trai and after being humilated, threatened and discrace to thousands of whites the black boys were sentenced to death. After reading letters from the boys while in jail and a confession from one of the girls, it was obvious they didn't do it. The girls lied to get publicity and hopefully a job at a mill, reading this let me know what people did for anything worth value during the depression.

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  25. Gjavaie Powell
    Scottsboro Trail
    http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/Ftrails/scottsboro/scottsb.httm
    Universit yof Missouri-Kansas City School of Law




    The Scottsboro Trail gave a perfect example to me what it would be like to be stated as a negro, during the great depression. Two white female claimed to have been rape by nine black boys while accompanied by four white men. The case was taking to trai and after being humilated, threatened and discrace to thousands of whites the black boys were sentenced to death. After reading letters from the boys while in jail and a confession from one of the girls, it was obvious they didn't do it. The girls lied to get publicity and hopefully a job at a mill, reading this let me know what people did for anything worth value during the depression.

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  26. Cielo Cardenas

    Library of congress

    http://memory.loc.gov/learn///features/timeline/depwwii/art/art.html

    Entertainment in the 1930's [1940]

    Entertainment in the 1930's was very different from our current entertainment. Not only because technology has advanced but because it was during the great depression and WW II. Entertainment was a way to help them forget there troubles and help them enjoy life during "Hard times". Entertainment also had to be inexpensive because of the condition and of course entertaining. People enjoyed movies with audio since it was new to them. Like comedy, gangster and musicals movies. The radio was also entertaining, they were able to listen to sermons, soap operas, or music like swing music, war songs and big bands.

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