Hillcrest High School Library
Johanna Spoljaric,
Librarian
Ms. Ruggiero, Teacher
Down These Mean
Streets
by Piri Thomas
Aim: How can we find information about the important
events in the United States in the 1930’s & 40’s?
Piri Thomas was born
in the 1930’s during the Great Depression and he was sent to jail in the 1940’s
when he was nineteen years old.
Topics: (1930’s)
Wall Street Crash –Al Capone –
Scottsboro Trial - Bonnie & Clyde - J. Edgar Hoover -The Dust Bowl - Mary McLeod Bethume
–Jesse Owens
(1940’s): Richard Wright - Japanese Internment Camps – Pearl
Harbor – World War 11
Your
group will be given a topic or event that occurred during the 1930’s or 1940’s,
the most pivotal time of Piri Thomas’ life. Working in groups, prepare a one page report
about your topic or event. Tell the
class what you found most interesting about your topic or event. Choose
a presenter to read the report to the class.
You may include pictures. The
paper will be handed in to Ms. Ruggiero for extra credit.
Database website to use
http://hillcrestlibrary.org/databases.htm
Click on Student Resource Center Gold
Search by keyword – enter your search
term
Other online websites
Video to
watch: WGBH American Experience . The Crash of 1929 | PBS