To Kill a Mockingbird Topics
The Internet Resources
The Great Depression
Harper Lee & Governor George Wallace
Scottsboro Trial
Jim Crow Laws
Civil Rights Movement
American Industrial Revolution
- Biography Reference Bank - Search here for articles on Gov. George Corley Wallace and Harper Lee. If accessing from home, see page 12 of your student planner for password.
- Gale Reference eBooks - Search here for articles on Jim Crow, Civil Rights, Harper Lee, Gov. George Corley Wallace, the Great Depression, the American Industrial Revolution, and the Scottsboro Trials. If accessing from home, see page 12 of your student planner for password.
- Salem Reference eBooks - Search here for articles on Gov. George Wallace and The Civil Rights Movement. If accessing from home, see page 12 of your student planner for password.
The Great Depression
- 1929-1939: The Great Depression - This collection of photographs will help you to understand what life was like during the Great Depression. The photos were taken in areas of California and show you what life was like for average people, the poorest people, and the people who found themselves living in Hoovervilles. An overview provides you with information on the causes of the Great Depression, poverty, unemployment, and homelessness. It explains what life was like for the average person and elaborates upon the images that you will find in the collection.
- America in the 1930s - Cool site from the University of Virginia.
- Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945 - Good introduction from Library of Congress. Look to the right for additional links.
- The Great Depression - Herbert Hoover was the president of the United States when the country was going through the worst economic disaster in American history. This profile serves as an online companion to the Great Depression gallery at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library, putting the Depression in historical context and detailing Hoover's early response to the crisis.
- The Great Depression - Awesome Stories - This Web offering tells the story of the Great Depression in America. The text outlines how the Depression affected the people of the country and changed their lives in so many ways. The content of the site includes dozens of links that take the user to sites that provide photographs, audio clips, economic graphs, artwork, and additional articles about the Depression.
- The Great Depression and New Deal, 1929-1940s - Good article from a community college course on American history.
- The Stock Market Fell To Its Lowest Point During the Depression - Part of the Jump Back in Time series from The Library of Congress' America's Story site, this page is about how after the Great Wall Street crash of October 1929 people all over the world lost their jobs and their homes because of the economic depression that followed.
- Top 5 Causes of the Great Depression - What caused the Great Depression, the worst economic depression in US history? It was not just one factor, but instead a combination of domestic and worldwide conditions that led to the Great Depression.
Harper Lee & Governor George Wallace
- George Wallace - Biography of George C. Wallace from the Encyclopedia of Alabama.
- George Wallace: Timeline - Good site from PBS.
- Harper Lee from Biography.com - This brief biography explains that Lee prefers to live a quiet life and never gives an interview.
- Nelle Harper Lee - Lengthy biography from Encyclopedia of Alabama.
Scottsboro Trial
- 'The Scottsboro Boys' Trials - No crime in American history-- let alone a crime that never occurred-- produced as many trials, convictions, reversals, and retrials as did an alleged gang rape of two white girls by nine black teenagers on the Southern Railroad freight run from Chattanooga to Memphis on March 25, 1931.
- Scottsboro: An American Tragedy - Check out The Film and More, Timeline, and People & Events links.
Jim Crow Laws
- Jim Crow Laws - After the Civil War, many laws passed by Southern states that segregated black people and discriminated against them were referred to as the 'Jim Crow Laws.' Good overview of Jim Crow from a state government resource.
- Jim Crow Laws *Excellent Source* - From the 1880s into the 1960s, a majority of American states enforced segregation through 'Jim Crow' laws. Here you will be able to read about the 'Jim Crow' laws that enforced segregation of the races for a good many years. There are sections here on marriage, baseball, and even on library privileges.
- Jim Crow Stories - Good site from PBS.
- Jim Crow in America - Good set of primary source documents (posters, audio files, etc.) depicting Jim Crow in America.
- Remembering Jim Crow - Great site from American RadioWorks.
- Virtual Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia - Includes an explanation of the term Jim Crow, and features many examples of derogatory caricatures and stereotypes, such as the mammy, the brute, the picaninny, and the tragic mulatto.
Civil Rights Movement
- Eyes on the Prize: History of the Civil Rights Movement from 1954-1985 - Check out the Video and More links as well as Profiles and Milestones.
- The Civil Rights Era *Excellent Site* - Great overview from Library of Congress. Highlights major events/battles.
American Industrial Revolution
- Antebellum Industrialization - Article about Industrial Revolution in Georgia.
- Cotton and African-American Life - Another essay from UsHistory.org.
- Economic Growth and the Early Industrial Revolution - Essay from UsHistory.org.
- The United States and the Industrial Revolution in the 19th Century - Overview of the Industrial Revolution.
- Wake Up, America: The Industrial Revolution - Scroll down and follow the links at the bottom of the page.