To Kill a Mockingbird Research
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Teacher Pages
Primary Sources
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Limiting database search dates to time period will result in news articles and editorials from the specific time period.
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Museums and Universities often have digitized letters and other primary source documents.
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Search Google for LOC (Library of Congress) + name of person or event. Search results usually include other credible institutions as well as Library of Congress.
Emmett Till Murder
Jim Crow Laws
Amistad Digital Resource: From Plantation to Ghetto > Jim Crow
Famous Trials: has some related trials. Each trial page has a wealth of primary sources.
Scottsboro boys / scottsboro trials
The Great Depression
More Research Resources
Don't forget to try the databases!
Webquests
Older Links
Primary Source Analysis Tool: This is an online graphic organizer that will help guide you through conducting an analysis on a primary source like a government document of an image.
www.loc.gov/teachers/primary-source-analysis-tool/
The following two links are from the Library of Congress and are images from the Great Depression in the 1930's.
www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/
www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsac/
This link is also from the Library of Congress and showcases documents from 1936-1940 focused on the lives of African Americans.
Brown Vs. Board of Education- Library of Congress
Civil Rights Act of 1964- Library of Congress
Atlanta Exposition Speech-Library of Congress
Scottsboro: A Civil Rights Milestone
