THE 1930s TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD PROJECT

Paulsboro High School

Ms. Del Rossi, Librarian

Mrs. Kovalesky, Teacher of English, Grade 10

                                                           

EVENTS OF THE 1930s:

1.      The Great Depression/Stock Market Crash

§         http://history1900s.about.com/cs/greatdepression/

 

§         http://www.bergen.org/AAST/Projects/depression

 

§         http://newdeal.feri.org/magpie

 

§         http://econ161.berkeley.edu/TCEH/Slouch_Crash14.html

 

 

                            

 

2.      Dust Bowl/Black Blizzard                                                                                

 

§         http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dustbowl

 

§         http://www.usd.edu/anth/epa/dust.html   

 

3.      The New Deal

§         http://newdeal.feri.org

 

§         www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/new_deal_for_the_arts

 

 

4.      The Scottsboro Boys/Trial

§         http://library.thinkquest.org/12111/scottsboro/scottsbo.htm

 

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

 

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

 

5.      Harlem Renaissance

A.  Overview

§         http://www.si.umich.edu/chico/Harlem

 

§         http://www.iniva.org/harlem/chron.html

 

B.  Writers

§         http://www.nku.edu/~diesmanj/poetryindex.html

 

§         http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap9/9intro.html

 

             C.   Artists

§         http://www.eyeconart.net/history/Harlem.htm

 

§         www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/bearden_romare.html

 

§         http://northbysouth.kenyon.edu/1998/art/pages/greenshade.htm

 

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/arts/douglas.html

 

http://people.ku.edu/~/Douglas_links.html

 

http://www.usca.edu/aasc/johnson.htm

 

 

                             

Romare Bearden                   Aaron Douglas                       William Johnson

                                               

6.      The Lindbergh Biography/Kidnapping/Trial

§         www.lindberghtrial.com

 

§         www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_mrders/famous/lindbergh/index_1.html

 

§         www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/Hauptmann/Hauptmann.htm

 

7.      Jim Crow Laws

§         http://www.toptags.com/aama/docs/jcrow.htm

 

§         http://infoplease.kids.lycos.com/Ce6/history/A0826301.html

 

§         http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/home.htm

 

§         www.nps.gov/malu/documents/jim_crow_laws.htm

 

 

PEOPLE

     1. Herbert Hoover

§         www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/hh31.html

 

http://www.toad.net/~falkland/hoover

 

  1. Franklin Delano Roosevelt

§         www.feri.org

 

§         www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/fr32.html

 

  1. Eleanor Roosevelt                                                                            

§         http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/ar32.html

 

§         http://www.wic.org/bio/roosevel.htm

 

§         http://personalweb.smcvt.edu/smahady/ercover.htm

 

  1. Amelia Earhart

§         http://www.ellensplace.net/eae_intr.html

 

§         www.womeninaviation.com/amelia.html

 

  1. Joe Louis

§         www.freep.com/sports/pagetwo/qbook22.htm

§          

§         http://info.detnews.com/history/story/index.cfm?id=52&category=sports

§          

  1. Babe Ruth

§         http://www.baberuth.com

 

§         http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00016451.html

 

  1. Jesse Owens

§         www.jesseowens.com

 

§         http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00016393.html

 

  1. Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse    ”Steamboat Willie”

 

§         www.time.com/time/time100/builder/profile/disney.html

 

§         http://www.animationusa.com/dmore.html

 

§         http://www.info-galaxy.com/MickeyMouse

 

§         http://www.geocities.com/disneysmouse

 

§         http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/1205.html

 

 

  1. The Rise of Hitler

§         www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/riseofhitler/index.htm

 

§         http://encyclopedia.com/searchpool.asp?target=@DocTitle%20Hitler%20%20Adolf

 

 

  1. Bonnie and Clyde

§         www.crimelibrary.com/americana/bonnie/main.htm

 

http://www.fbi.gov/libref/historic/famcases/clyde/clyde.html

 

http://www.historybuff.com/library/refbonnie.html

 

  1. Al Capone

§         www.crimelibrary.com/capone/caponemain.htm.

 

§         http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/Allen/ch10.html

 

  1. Duke Ellington and the Cotton Club

§         www.pbs.org/jazz/places/spaces_cotton_club.htm

 

§         www.cottonclub-newyork.com/About.html

 

§         http://www.schirmer.com/composers/ellington_bio.html

 

§         http://www.redhotjazz.com/duke.html

 

    15. Billie Holiday

§         http://www.duke.edu/~jhg

 

§         http://www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/artist_id_holiday_billie.htm

 

 

  1. Bessie Smith

§         http://physics.lunet.edu/blues/Bessie_Smith.html

 

§         http://www.redhotjazz.com/bessie.html

 

§         www.lewrockwell.com/orig/jarvis6.html.

 

SOCIAL LIFE AND ENTERTAINMENT

  1. Fashion

1.      http://www.sensibility.com/vintageimages/1930s

 

2.      http://library.thinkquest.org/J0111064/30fads.html

 

3.      www.costumegallery.com/1930.htm

 

18. Hoboes and Riding the Rails

§         http://www.erroluys.com/RidingtheRails.htm

 

§         http://www.worthyent.com/proposal/back.html

 

§         http://web.olivet.edu/gradusers/nhenric1/Riding.html

 

    19.  Jazz

§         www.pbs.org/jazz/time/time_depression.htm

 

§         www.jass.com/jazzo.html

 

§         http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/cultureshock/flashpoints/music/jazz.html

 

  1. Classic Movies/Stars of 1930s

§         “Screwball comedies”  - www.moderntimes.com/palace/screw.htm

 

§         http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/FILM/filmfr.html

 

§         http://library.thinkquest.org/29285/history/et3.html

 

§         http://www.mediahistory.umn.edu/time/1930s.html

 

§         http://www.filmsite.org/30sintro.html

 

§         http://www.movieactors.com/30s.htm

 

21. Classic Horror Movies/Stars of 1930s

§         http://or.essortment.com/classichorrorf_rzya.htm

 

§         http://members.aon.at/frankenstein/frankenstein-universal.htm

 

§         http://www.filmsite.org/fran.html

 

§         http://gothlupin.tripod.com/vbela.html

 

§         http://www.filmsite.org/drac.html

 

§         http://www.mediaknowall.com/Horror/decadeframes/1930snotes.html

 

     22.       Golden Age of Radio/Sound Effects

§         www.old-time.com/sfx.html

 

§         www.marblehead.net/foley/index.html

 

§         http://www.greatnorthernaudio.com/audio_theater/Sound_Effects.html

 

  1. Inventions of 1930s

Look up these individual inventions of the 1930s for more information:

Radar, Tape Recorder, Photocopier, Pop-up Toaster, Nylon, Helicopter, Polethylene, Parking Meter

 

§         http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa122299a.htm

 

§         http://www.digicamhistory.com/1930s.html

 

§         http://www.yale.edu/amstud/formac/amst191b/1930s.htm

 

§         http://invention.smithsonian.org/resources/online_articles_detail.aspx?id=301

 

§         http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blpantyhose.htm

 

§         http://www.magicdragon.com/UltimateSF/timeline/timeline1940.html

 

 

24.Comic Strips and Heroes

 

§         Dick Tracy           www.toonopedia.com/tracy.htm

 

www.comic-art.com/bios-1/gould001.htm

 

§         Superman             www.redboots.net/comics/dailies.htm

 

http://superman.ws/origin

 

                                                                       

 

  1. Seabiscuit

http://www.click2flicks.com/seabiscuit_ch1.htm

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wki/seabiscuit

 

http://www.thoroughbred/champions.com/gallery/seabiscuit.htm

 

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/seabiscuit/mammalsevents/e_depression.html

 

 

 

                                            

                                                Superman Comic                                                        Seabiscuit

                                                                                                                                          Hobo Family                                      Hobo jumping on the train.

                                                           

                       

Click here for more Depression Era photographs by Dorothea Lange

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/lange/index.html