Webquest

Assignment 1: The Scottsboro Boys Trial Webquest

Search the Internet to find the answers to the following questions:

-What was the trial about?

-Who was on trial?  Why?  When did the trial occur?

-Why were the "boys" accused?

-What happened during the trial?  Did they get a fair trial/were they adequately represented?

-What are the facts of the case?

-What was the outcome of the trial?  Were there any appeals?  What was learned after the trial?

-How did this trial affect America?  

-What was the verdict?  How did America respond?  Explain.

Website Suggestions

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scottsboro/scottsb.htm

Click on the timeline once you reach this site.

http://pbs.org/wgbh/amex/scottsboro/peopleevents/index.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/scottsboro/sfeature/sf_lynching.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/12111/SG/SG5.html?tqskip1=1&tqtime=1103

http://www.users.bigpond.com/burnside/scottsboro.htm

Provides good description of trial

http://www.courttv.com/archive/greatesttrials/scottsboro/trials.html

Assignment 2: The Great Depression Photography

Visit the following website and browse the pictures:

http://history1900s.about.com/od/photographs/tp/greatdepressionpictures.htm

Choose one photograph and describe what the picture is illustrating, how it relates to what you already know about the Great Depression, and relate it to something current.