Group 4: Growing Up White/Black in the South in the 1930s
Your job is to become an expert on what it was like to group up white and black in the South in the 1930s. Please read the links below and answer the questions. Be sure to read carefully because you will be teaching your classmates everything you know about what it was like to be white/black in the South.
"Growing Up Black in the 1930s" http://fsd79.schoolwires.net/cms/lib/IL01001571/Centricity/Domain/262/Black%20in%201930s.pdf Things to think about while reading:
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"Growing Up White in the 1930s"
http://www.somervillenjk12.org/cms/lib5/NJ01001815/Centricity/Domain/385/tkam_interview_growing_up_white.pdf Things to think about while reading:
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Questions:
1. Please compare the three ladies' backgrounds from "Growing up White in the 1930s." How do their backgrounds differ from Mrs. Barge's background from "Growing up Black in the 1930s"?
2. The ladies in "Growing up White in the 1930s" talk about what made a "good family" in the South. What do they say makes a "good family"? How do you think Mrs. Barge would describe a "good family"? Compare and contrast the three ladies' families to Mrs. Barges family, explain the similarities and differences. Based on your explanation, would Mrs. Barge's family be considered a "good family"? Why or why not?
3. List the occupations available to black women in the South in the 1930s according to Mrs. Barge's interview. How did these occupations influence Mrs. Barge's perception of white people? How did these occupations influence the perception of black people according to the three ladies' accounts from "Growing up White in the 1930s"?
4. Mrs. Barge ends her interview on a positive note by saying "you shouldn't put people into categories." Make a prediction based on these interviews about how Calpurnia, the Black housekeeper, might feel about the Finches, the White family central to To Kill a Mockingbird. Why?
1. Please compare the three ladies' backgrounds from "Growing up White in the 1930s." How do their backgrounds differ from Mrs. Barge's background from "Growing up Black in the 1930s"?
2. The ladies in "Growing up White in the 1930s" talk about what made a "good family" in the South. What do they say makes a "good family"? How do you think Mrs. Barge would describe a "good family"? Compare and contrast the three ladies' families to Mrs. Barges family, explain the similarities and differences. Based on your explanation, would Mrs. Barge's family be considered a "good family"? Why or why not?
3. List the occupations available to black women in the South in the 1930s according to Mrs. Barge's interview. How did these occupations influence Mrs. Barge's perception of white people? How did these occupations influence the perception of black people according to the three ladies' accounts from "Growing up White in the 1930s"?
4. Mrs. Barge ends her interview on a positive note by saying "you shouldn't put people into categories." Make a prediction based on these interviews about how Calpurnia, the Black housekeeper, might feel about the Finches, the White family central to To Kill a Mockingbird. Why?