Ms. Gilbert

The Hiding Place - WebQuest

Corrie Ten Boom

http://www.amadeus-hotel.com/GB/tenboom.htm
http://www.corrietenboom.com/history.htm
http://www.heroesofhistory.com/page59.htm

1. Where is Corrie Ten Boom from?
2. What religion were the Ten Booms?
3. What did Mr. Ten Boom do for a living?
4. What was the family attempting to do during the Nazi invasion?
5. How many lives did Corrie’s family save?
6. What happened to each family member?
7. When did Corrie Ten Boom die, and what is significant about that date?

WWII and the Holocaust
http://www.webster.edu/~woolflm/chronology.html  timeline for the Holocaust

1. What happened in 1923 that was important to the Nazi philosophy?
1. http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/disabled.html
1. What was the law of sterilization?
2. How many people were affected by this by July 14?
2. On January 30, 1933, what significant events happened in Germany?
3. On April 1, 1933, what happened that affected the Jews?
4. On November 24, 1933, who was sent to the concentration camps?
5. What does “Juden Verboten” mean?
6. In 1936, what happened with the Germany, Italy, and Japan governments?
7. In 1938, Germany annexed what country? What does that mean?
8. November 12, 1938, what happened to the Jews?
9. 1939, what country did Germany occupy?
10. August 18, 1939, what happened and what does euthanasia mean?
11. September 1, 1939, is an important date. Why?
12. What is a Judenstern?
13. June 22, 1940 is an important date. Why?
14. June 22, 1941 is an important date? Why?
15. How many Jews died just between October 23-December 22, 1941
16. What happens December 7, 1941? What happened one day later?
17. April 30, 1045, was an important date? Why? And what the main result of this?
18. August 6 & 9, the United States will forever be known for this action? What is it?

http://www.mengele.dk/

1. Who is Josef Mengele?

Ravensbruck Concentration Camp
http://www.jewishgen.org/ForgottenCamps/Camps/RavensbruckEng.html

1. How many victims suffered at Ravensbruck?
2. This concentration camp was set up for only ____________.
3. What was the Walzkommando?
4. Name three atrocities that happened to the children of Ravensbruck?
5. What is the The Uckermark "Youth Camp?”
1. Why were women sent here?
2. What did they have to do to be sent here?
3. What actually happened to them?

The Pearl - WebQuest

by John Steinbeck

Instructions
You will answer the questions below to familiarize yourself with several topics and the author of The Pearl. Use the web site listed below each group of questions to answer them.
1. The novel's setting is La Paz, Mexico. 

1. Where is La Paz located?
2. What is the geography of La Paz?
3. What is the weather of La Paz?
4. What are the main ways to make a living in La Paz?

http://www.trybaja.com/lapaztourism/ 
http://www.bajatravel.com/guidebook/lapaz/ 

2. Familiarize yourself with the first villain of the story: 

Give an overall description of scorpions including their body, where they live, etc. 

1. Why does a scorpion sting?
2. What are the common effects of a scorpion sting?
3. What is the name of the scorpion found in Mexico?

http://www.desertusa.com/oct96/du_scorpion.html 

3. Familiarize yourself with the author: 

1. What did Steinbeck's writing explore?
2. Why is Steinbeck very popular in South America?
3. When was The Pearl written?
4. What did Steinbeck study in college?
5. How did Edward Ricketts influence Steinbeck?
6. Of Mice and Men was Steinbeck's first, real success; what was that story about?
7. Most of Steinbeck's novels are set in what part of the country? Why?
8. In 1940, Steinbeck went where to get away from the publicity from The Grapes of Wrath?
9. What was Steinbeck's poodle's name?
10. Steinbeck was friends with both President John F. Kennedy and President Lyndon Johnson.  What was his position on the Vietam War?

http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/johnstei.htm 
http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/John_Steinbeck

4. Familiarize yourself with Pearls:

• What make pearls?

http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/pearls/what/index.html

• Why does a pearl form?

http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/pearls/what/form.html 

• What color can pearls be?

http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/pearls/what/color.html

 

Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry - WebQuest

Guided Learning Sheet: The Great Depression

Go to the following web site to answer the questions below:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dustbowl/peopleevents/pandeAMEX05.html (video on the Dust Bowl and The Great Depression)

http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/about.htm

1. What years did the Great Depression occur?
2. What percentage of people were out of work during the Depression?
3. List three major problems that the U.S. faced during the Depression.
4. Find one person and/or organization that helped black Americans succeed following the Great Depression.
5. What caused the Dust Bowl?

Guided Learning Sheet: Racism and Segregation

Go to the following web site to answer the questions below:

http://www.bookrags.com/history/america-1930s-education/sub19.html

NOTE: You will also need to go the the links on the page which are “Discrimination at home and work” and “Folklore of the South” to complete the questions.

1. What is segregation as it applies to life in the 1930’s? Explain.
2. What were some of the implications of segregations? Find at least 2.
3. What were some of the challenges to segregation? Why were they challenging?

Guided Learning Sheet: Sharecropping

Go to this website to answer the questions below:
www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/a_f/brown/photos.htm

1. Study the photographs. What stands out to you about these images? Describe the quality of life for sharecroppers.
2. Put yourself in one of these photographs. Write a diary or journal entry describing your thoughts about your life and your future. Use the remaining space and/or the back page to write your entry.

Go to this link to answer the questions below:  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/sharecrop/sf_economy.html

3. Define sharecropping
4. How is sharecropping similar to slavery?
5. Describe the traps which tied sharecroppers to the land.

Guided Learning Sheet: Mob Violence/KKK

Go to www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_org_kkk.html to answer the questions below.

1. What groups do the KKK oppose?
2. During what time period did the KKK have the most political power?

Go to www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_events_kkk.html to answer the questions below.

3. What things did the KKK do to frighten people and maintain power over non-whites?
4. Imagine the reaction of a man being hunted by the KKK. How would it be different for his wife? for his children? Write a short diary entry or journal entry from the perspective of a hunted man, his wife or child.  Use the back of the page to complete your entry.

Guided Learning Sheet: Jim Crow Laws

Go to www.americanradioworks.org/features/remembering/laws.html to answer the question below.

1. Define Jim Crow laws. Give some examples.

Now go to www.jimcrowhistory.org or www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow for the following questions to answer.

2. What years (roughly) did the “Jim Crow” laws occur?
3. List 2 horrific events that occurred in American history due to these laws.

Finally, visit this site to learn of actual laws that were in place against black men and women.
http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/scripts/jimcrow/insidesouth.cgi?state=Alabama

4. Write 2 of the laws here and tell why they are so ridiculous or degrading.

Guided Learning Sheet: Education

Go to the following web site for information on this topic:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/schools/sf_postwar.html

1. While this deals with a post-civil war time period, the impact of what happened then still applies to schools in the 1930’s that you will read of soon.
2. Why did the black community feel education was important for BOTH children and adults?
3. How did the black community pay teachers to work in their schools?
4. Why was teaching dangerous during this time period?
5. Write about 3 things you didn’t know before.
6. Write about 2 things you found surprising or interesting.
7. Write 1 question you still have about this subject or time?
8. Make 1 prediction about what schools will be like for blacks in the 1930’s.