Pre-Reading Project: Of Mice and Men and To Kill A Mockingbird- Research Guidelines
Allowable Sources:
Citations:
Best resources broken down by topic:
Censorship/Importance of each book:
The Great Depression/Dust Bowl/Migrant Workers/Life & Culture of 1930's:
African Americans/Jim Crow, etc:
History: http://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/what.htm
Elements of: http://americanhistory.si.edu/brown/history/1-segregated/jim-crow.html
Brown vs. Board of Education: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/rights/landmark_brown.html
Origins: http://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/origins.htm
Treatment of the Mentally Disabled:
History of intellectual disabilities: https://www.aacap.org/App_Themes/AACAP/docs/resources_for_primary_care/cap_resources_for_medical_student_educators/The%20History%20of%20Mental%20Health%20Treatment%20in%20the%20US.ppt & www.dualdiagnosis.org/mental-health-and-addiction/history/
Intellectual disability fact sheet: http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/pdf/parents_pdfs/IntellectualDisability.pdf
Intellectual disability resources: http://www.thearc.org/page.aspx?pid=2448
Treatments 1930-1950: www.sos.mo.gov/archives/exhibits/quest/treatment/1930-1950
Scottsboro Trials/Walter Lett/Emmett Till:
Pardoning of Boys: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/22/us/with-last-3-pardons-alabama-hopes-to-put-infamous-scottsboro-boys-case-to-rest.html?_r=0
History and Context: http://www.blackpast.org/aah/scottsboro-boys-trial-and-defense-campaign-1931-1937
Red Tape: http://gender.stanford.edu/news/2013/scottsboro-case-helped-redefine-rape
Harper Lee/John Steinbeck:
- Books (look at this collection on the library catalog)
- Research databases
- Britannica School High
- Explora for High Schools
- E-books (password protected)
- Websites listed below (they are all are reliable resources)
Citations:
- Log in to Noodletools & start a project (ONE person should do this for a group assignment)
- Manually enter citations for websites. For books, you can copy/paste book citations from Destiny Discover or import using the ISBN number.
- Databases: Click 'Export' on the right & export into Noodletools (Explora) or copy/paste your citation from Britannica School High (look for the checkmark)
- E-books: Click 'cite' and export to Noodletools
Best resources broken down by topic:
Censorship/Importance of each book:
- Book resources from the collection (especially '120 Banned Books' and 'Literature and Its Times'...there are other books, too!)
- Search the database called "Explora"
- E-books (scroll up for the link): Search 'Of Mice and Men' or 'To Kill a Mockingbird'. The results for "Novels for Students" or "The American Novel" might have helpful information.
- You could also search the Literary Reference Center on MeL, especially the search 'Of Mice and Men banned book' or 'To Kill a Mockingbird banned book'
The Great Depression/Dust Bowl/Migrant Workers/Life & Culture of 1930's:
- There are a TON of helpful book resources
- Search the database called "Explora"
- There are great e-book resources (scroll up to click on the link). Be sure to search "impact of the great depression on women" if you are in the culture group!
- Farm labor in the 1930's: migration.ucdavis.edu/rmn/more.php?id=788
- This website may be useful for migrant workers: http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/migrants.html
African Americans/Jim Crow, etc:
- Look at book resources in the collection
- Search the database called "Explora"
- There are great e-book resources (scroll up to click on the link). Search 'Impact of the Great Depression on African Americans'.
- Take a look at these websites about the Jim Crow laws:
History: http://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/what.htm
Elements of: http://americanhistory.si.edu/brown/history/1-segregated/jim-crow.html
Brown vs. Board of Education: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/rights/landmark_brown.html
Origins: http://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/origins.htm
Treatment of the Mentally Disabled:
- Look at book resources in the collection
- There might be helpful info in the e-book resources (scroll up for the link).
- These websites might be useful:
History of intellectual disabilities: https://www.aacap.org/App_Themes/AACAP/docs/resources_for_primary_care/cap_resources_for_medical_student_educators/The%20History%20of%20Mental%20Health%20Treatment%20in%20the%20US.ppt & www.dualdiagnosis.org/mental-health-and-addiction/history/
Intellectual disability fact sheet: http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/pdf/parents_pdfs/IntellectualDisability.pdf
Intellectual disability resources: http://www.thearc.org/page.aspx?pid=2448
Treatments 1930-1950: www.sos.mo.gov/archives/exhibits/quest/treatment/1930-1950
Scottsboro Trials/Walter Lett/Emmett Till:
- Look at book resources in the collection
- Search the database called "Explora"
- There might be helpful info in the e-book resources (scroll up for the link).
Pardoning of Boys: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/22/us/with-last-3-pardons-alabama-hopes-to-put-infamous-scottsboro-boys-case-to-rest.html?_r=0
History and Context: http://www.blackpast.org/aah/scottsboro-boys-trial-and-defense-campaign-1931-1937
Red Tape: http://gender.stanford.edu/news/2013/scottsboro-case-helped-redefine-rape
Harper Lee/John Steinbeck:
- Look at book resources in the collection
- Search the database called "Explora"
- There might be helpful info in the e-book resources (scroll up for the link).
- You could also check the Biography Reference Center or the Literary Reference Center on MeL