 
| Research how the Great Depression affected poor farmers
in the South. Report your findings in the form of a
documentary that combines film, photographs, oral
histories, and so on. |
| Create an editorial cartoon that expresses an opinion you have
about discrimination. Use a paint or draw program for this
assignment. |
| Investigate the pattern of change in the prices of cotton and
other farm commodities over the past five years. You might
consider prices of cattle, hogs, cotton, wheat, corn, soybeans,
and so on. Also show how the prices affected local farmers.
Present your findings in a spreadsheet.
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| Create a timeline that depicts significant events that
have affected African Americans’ equality under the
law OR create an illustrated civil rights timeline focusing
on events during 1865 to 1967.
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| Design a new front and back cover for Roll of Thunder,
Hear My Cry using a paint/draw program. Include a brief
overview of the book and your opinion about its meaning
on the back cover.
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| Create a map of the Logan’s farm and surrounding area.
Show the houses of the Logans, Averys, and the Simmses;
Jefferson Davis and Great Faith Schools; the Wallace Store;
Harlan Granger’s land; and other details. Complete this
assignment using either Hyperstudio or a paint/draw
program. |
| Develop a storyboard for a stop-action animation based on
a short segment of the novel. Create your characters of clay
or other media, draw your background, and then complete
your animation using the digital camera. |
| The title Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry comes from an
African-American spiritual. Research other spirituals and
choose lines from a different song that could be used as an
alternate title for the book. |
| Think about an incident in the novel that aroused
emotions of sorrow, anger, joy , or frustration in you.
Write a poem or song that expresses your feeling(s)
about the incident. |
| Create a radio news broadcast about the events that took
place the night the cotton fields burned. You might want
to add commercial spots from local businesses. To complete
this project use Hyperstudio. |
| Use the link for epals and discuss the novel Roll of Thunder,
Hear My Cry with another student.
http://www.epals.com |
| Create a cause-and-effect chart that shows the chain of
events leading up to T.J.’s arrest. Organize the information
in a chart using the program Inspiration. |
| Research and study the work of an African-American artist
that might have been familiar to Cassie. Consider the folktales
of Zora Neale Thurston, the poetry of Langston Hughes or
Countee Cullen, or the music of Louis Armstrong and Jelly
Roll Morton. Present your findings in journal form using
Microsoft Word. |
| Research and compare the practices of sharecropping and
migrant farming. Write a one page journal entry protesting
one of these practices. |
| Make a map of the Cotton Belt region of the United
States. Use symbols to indicate other products grown in the
area as well. Use Hyperstudio to complete this project. |
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