1. Scottsboro Trials Historical Websites and Project Requirements English 10-2 Semester 2 2011

2. Unit 4: Essential Questions Keep these questions in mind as you work on this project: 1.What does it mean to have the courage to do what is right? 2.Why is it so difficult for people to stand up and do what is right? 3.Is it possible for one person to make a difference? 4.What stereotypes exist in the world? Why do stereotypes exist?

3. Websites – Scottsboro Trials http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scottsboro/scottsb.htm http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/scottsboro/ http://www.courttv.com/archive/greatesttrials/scottsboro/index.html http://www.afroam.org/history/scott/scotts.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/scottsboro/filmmore/ps_pardon.html http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=525 http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/ http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/images/jail.jpg (image site) http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam012.html http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/aopart7b.html http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trr114.html Scottsboro Limited a drawing by Prentiss Taylor, dedicated to Langston Hughes. At the trial in Scottsboro, Alabama, nine black youths accused of raping two white females declared their innocence, but were convicted. Several years later the courts reversed the convictions against the men. Scottsboro Limited includes four poems protesting the treatment of the group widely known as the "Scottsboro Boys," and a play in verse by Langston Hughes, with illustrations by Prentiss Taylor, a white artist.

4. Recent Websites http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/scottsboro/ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/scottsboro/timeline/index.html These two sites (above) summarize the video we watch in class. http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/scottsb.htm http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/SB_HRrep.html http://library.lawschool.cornell.edu/WhatWeHave/SpecialCollections/Scottsboro.cfm http://www.duluth.lib.mn.us/Programs/Mockingbird/Scottsboro.html http://library.thinkquest.org/12111/SG/SG5.html Comparison between TKAM & Scottsboro. (two sites just above). Search for the source of this image!

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