To Kill a Mockingbird History Project

Emanuella Lleshdedaj

Part 1: Small-town Alabama

• Children of a Resettled Family, Wolf Greek Farms, August 1935

Observations• Broken down• No shoes• Old clothing• Bored• Dirt • No grass• Sad

Connection

• “There was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with, nothing to see outside the boundaries of Maycomb County”(5).

Part 2: African-American Experience

• People Standing in Front of a Church, 1890-1900

Observations

• Dress nicely• Together• No where

near town

Connection

• “The warm bittersweet smell of clean Negro welcome us as we entered the churchyard Hearts of Love hairdressing mingled with asafoetida, smuff, Hoyt’s Cologne Brown’s Mule, peppermint, and lilac talcum.”

Part 3: The Jim Crow Era

Observations

• Not equal• Separate

Part 4: The Great Depression

• Migrate agriculture worker’s family in Nipomo, California, 1936

Observations

• Homeless• Hungry • Dirty clothing• Scared• 2 suitcases• Middle of nowhere

Connection

• “He didn’t forget his lunch, he didn’t have any. He had none today nor will he have any tomorrow or the next day. He had probably never seen three quarters together at the same time in his life.”

Bibliography • http://www.weareca.org/index.php/en/era/WWI-1940s/okies_5.html

• http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/dustbowls/photos