TKAM Research Paper - McKenney – Acad. 9
 You must utilize 3+ total sources of 2+ different types of sources
When you find a source you plan to use, be sure you…
a) print it
b) create your Works Cited entry
c) can get back to it
 The book is set in early 1930’s.
o (Lee wrote it during the beginning of the civil rights era (from about 1955 to 1958).)
 Consider combinations of the search terms below; base your research in the 1930s
AND in America. Generate more search terms as you go.
Civil rights; Jim Crow Laws; fight for equality; Rosa
Parks; Brown v. the Board of Education; Segregation;
Civil Rights Act of 1957; sit-down strikes; NAACP;
lynch mobs;
Scottsboro Trial; Attorney Samuel Leibowitz
Great Depression (Economics and poverty);
Medical Issues and Treatment—lice, broken bones,
alcoholism, drug addiction
Women’s Rights; suffragettes; Rosa Parks
Inventions and Technology of the 1930s
Education/Literacy; schools; Brown vs. Board of
Education
Racist Organizations; racism; Ku Klux Klan, Black
Shirts, Nation of Islam; Eugenics
1929 Stock Market Crash; 1929 economy; Wall Street
Crash of 1929; Black Tuesday; economy 1930s;
Herbert Hoover; 1930s financial crisis; banks;
banking panic;
Wagner Act; National Labor Relations Act; labor laws;
employee rights; labor unions; labor policy and
Roosevelt
John Dewey; educational reform 1930; public school
system; teacher salary; National Economic League’s
“Paramount Problems of the US”;
religion 193os;
criminal justice system 1930s; legal system; crime and
punishment; police; law enforcement; law; lawyers;
Reconstruction ; Reconstruction in 1930s
Social Security Act; President F.D. Roosevelt “First
Hundred Days”; Second New Deal;
Harlem Renaissance; “New Negro Movement”; AfroAmerican great migration; African-American arts
Prohibition; alcoholism 1930; amendment 18th of the
constitution; gangsters; liquor sales; hootch;
homebrew
Eleanor Roosevelt; contributions; Progressive
movement; New Deal; Women's Movement; struggle
for racial justice; the United Nations
Plessy vs. Ferguson
anti-Semitism 1930s; immigration; Jewish
stereotypes 1930s; Henry Ford and "The
International Jew"; President Franklin D. Roosevelt;
the New Deal
gender roles 1930s; working women; women’s jobs;
women’s pay; women’s treatment in the workplace;
household responsibilities; female stereotypes;
widows; single women;
National Recovery Act; National Industrial Recovery
Act (NIRA) Public Works Administration; Franklin
Roosevelt; the New Deal
Print Books - Library Catalog
Use the table of contents and indexes to
find your topic
Online Books
Look for the Table of Contents or an Index
or a “Search Within” box
Databases – for images; books; articles in newspapers, magazines, journals, etc.; maps, etc.
you may try any of the databases, but these are our suggestions to get you started.
Use for US history topics
Use to look up people associated with your topic
General reference—may have something for everyone
Use for newspapers from back in the day
Of course,
Relevant Websites - Note the reliability of the websites below (some more so than others). Be cautioned
about using just any website. Who is responsible for the website, and can they be “trusted” as a credible
source? To use any website other than those below, you must get permission from Ms. McKenney or Ms. DV by explaining the websites’ credibility!
General – Life in the 1930s
Awesome 7 min video about growing up in the South
Living History Farm – see “About the Farm” and “Home” pages for works cited information
American Memory Collection at The Library of Congress 1930s-1940s
Alabama Dept. of Archives and History – Alabama timeline
The United States in the 20s and 30s
Prohibition http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/life_27.html
Anti-Semitism http://www.alba-valb.org/resources/lessons/jewish-volunteers-in-the-spanishcivil-war/anti-semitism-in-the-1920s-and-1930s
Civil Rights
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow
TeacherServe The Civil Rights Movement
HAA - Civil Rights Movement and the Reconstruction
LOC - The Civil Rights Act
Smithsonian National Museum of American History
"Separate But Equal" - University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School
National Civil Rights Museum
Jim Crow Laws - informational video
Jim Crow Laws on PBS
America's Black Holocaust Museum
Civil Rights Era Chronology http://www.chipublib.org/civil-rights-era-chronology/
The Scottsboro Trials
Trial of the Scottsboro Boys
Encyclopedia of Alabama
Scottsboro trial NOW
Scottsboro on PBS
Scottsboro Boys Museum
The Great Depression
Office of the Historian - The Great Depression
America's Story - Great Depression and WWII
Great Depression and WWII
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library - the Great Depression
National Archives - The Great Depression
Race Relations in the 1930s and 1940s
Women’s Rights
Women's Rights - Nat'l Historical Park ; Women's Suffrage Timeline
HAA - Women's Right Movement
Women's Rights - 19th Amendment to the US Constitution
Women's Rights Timeline
Women's Suffrage
Women's Suffrage
Women's Suffrage Documents
Education/Literacy
Public Schools in the Great Depression
Going to School
Segregated Schools
ABHM - The Education of Black Children in the Jim Crow south
Smithsonian National Museum of American History
"Separate But Equal" - University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School
Inventions and Technology
1930s Timeline
Timeline of Inventions
The People History – questionable reliability; use only to gather new search terms
Inventions Timeline – questionable reliability; use only to gather new search terms
Inventions Timeline – questionable reliability; use only to gather new search terms
Medical Issues and Treatment
About Lice - Yikes!
Treatments for Mental Health
List of medical advancements
Health in America 1930s
http://cuny.edu/site/cc/health-in-america/1900s.html
Racist Organizations
KKK on PBS
KKK on PBS
Hate Groups in the US
KKK on History
History of KKK on PBS
Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia
Issue of Race in the 1930s
AMERICA OF THE 1930s – General
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The People History http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1930s.html
US History
o 1929-1933 http://www.ushistory.org/us/48b.asp
o Social and Cultural Effects of the Depression http://www.ushistory.org/us/48e.asp
America in the 1930s, photos and information http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/snprelief.htm
1930s Timeline http://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1930.html
1930s Timeline PBS http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/timeline/worlds/
America in the 1930s
 Timeline
 Books, comics, magazines, advertising, news, sports
 Film—what movies were like
 Radio—what was on the radio: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/RADIO/radiofr.html
Popular Culture https://www.britannica.com/event/Great-Depression/Popular-culture
Popular Culture http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=2&psid=3452
The United States in the 20s and 30s
Awesome 7 min video about growing up in the South
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US Census Bureau Fast Facts
https://www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/fast_facts/1930_fast_facts.html
History channel http://www.history.com/topics/1930s
Culture in the 1930s https://www.boundless.com/u-s-history/textbooks/boundless-u-s-historytextbook/the-new-deal-1933-1940-25/culture-in-the-thirties-197/culture-in-the-thirties-1088-2001/
IMAGES of the 1930s (labelled for reuse)
https://www.google.com/search?q=1930s+culture&safe=strict&sa=X&espv=2&biw=1166&bih=868&tb
m=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ved=0ahUKEwjm_7mg0LrRAhUQ6GMKHc6mA44QsAQIbg#q=1930s
+culture&safe=strict&tbm=isch&tbs=sur:fc
Photos of “national news” in 1930-1939 http://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?q=19301940%20national%20news
Medicine and Health
o Discovering US History
http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/suic/ReferenceDetailsPage/DocumentToolsPortletWindow?displayGr
oupName=Reference&action=2&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CEJ2104240125&source=Boo
kmark&u=clea26856&jsid=03daf8c763e8a9c67c8e7d3a4a970777
o Encyclopedia.com http://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences/culture-magazines/1930smedicine-and-health-overview
o PBS https://www.pbs.org/healthcarecrisis/history.htm
o CUNY https://cuny.edu/site/cc/health-in-america/1900s.html#1930
Education
o http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/life_21.html
Fashion
o Images (labelled for reuse)
https://www.google.com/search?q=1930s+fashion&safe=strict&espv=2&biw=1166&bih=868&t
bm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiV56204LrRAhUG6IMKHWgvCXIQsA
QIGQ#q=1930s+fashion&safe=strict&tbm=isch&tbs=sur:fc
o Vintage Dancer http://vintagedancer.com/1930s/women-1930s-fashion/
o The People History http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/30sclothes.html
o Fashion-Era http://www.fashion-era.com/1930s/index.htm
o RISD http://tirocchi.stg.brown.edu/514/story/fashion_thirties.html
LIFE DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION
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Alabama History Timeline (1901-1950): http://www.archives.state.al.us/timeline/al1901.html
Farming in the 1930s: ‘Hard Times’ ‘The Dirty 30s’ “The Great Depression’
http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/farminginthe1930s.html
Timeline of The Great Depression
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/timeline/rails-timeline/
Life During the Great Depression https://www.boundless.com/u-s-history/textbooks/boundless-u-shistory-textbook/the-roaring-twenties-1920-1929-24/the-great-depression-190/the-human-toll-10512507/
The Great Depression http://www.ushistory.org/us/48.asp
o The Stock Market Crash http://www.ushistory.org/us/48a.asp
o Sinking Deeper into the Depression http://www.ushistory.org/us/48b.asp
o Social and Cultural Effects http://www.ushistory.org/us/48e.asp
America’s Story from American Library http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/wwii/jb_wwii_subj.html
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Great Depression and WWII
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/depw
wii/
The Great Depression https://www.treasurydirect.gov/kids/history/history_wwi.htm and the New Deal
https://www.treasurydirect.gov/kids/history/history_ww2.htm
The Great Depression https://www.boundless.com/u-s-history/textbooks/boundless-u-s-historytextbook/the-roaring-twenties-1920-1929-24/the-great-depression-190/the-great-depression-1050-9735/
“Escaping the Great Depression” http://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-and-educationmagazines/escapism-and-leisure-time-1929-1941
Office of the Historian - The Great Depression
America's Story - Great Depression and WWII
Great Depression and WWII
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library - the Great Depression
National Archives - The Great Depression
Race Relations in the 1930s and 1940s
SMALL TOWN RURAL LIFE OF THE PERIOD
 Photos of Alabama in 1930-1939 http://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?q=19301940+alabama&sp=1&sg=true
 Photos of “small town” life in 1930-1939 http://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?q=19301940%20small%20town
 Photos of “rural America” in 1930-1939 http://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?q=19301940%20rural%20america
 Having Fun http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/life_14.html
o Radio http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/life_15.html
o Movies http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/life_16.html
o Jazz http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/life_17.html
o Dancing http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/life_18.html
o Dating http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/life_19.html
o Family Time http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/life_20.html
SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT OF THE PERIOD
 Entertainment
o IMAGES of 1930’s Entertainment (labelled for reuse)
https://www.google.com/search?q=1930s+entertainment&safe=strict&sa=X&espv=2&biw=116
6&bih=868&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ved=0ahUKEwjL4Lf27rRAhVC4GMKHbMIAFQQsAQISQ#q=1930s+entertainment&safe=strict&tbm=isch&tbs=s
ur:fc
o Entertainment in the Great Depression
http://www.ducksters.com/history/us_1900s/entertainment_during_the_great_depression.php
o Escaping Hard Times https://www.boundless.com/u-s-history/textbooks/boundless-u-s-historytextbook/the-roaring-twenties-1920-1929-24/the-great-depression-190/escaping-hard-times1055-8197/
o Photos of “entertainment” in 1930-1939 http://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?q=19301940%20entertainment
o America in the 1930s http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/front.html
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o Art and Entertainment of the 1930-40s
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timelin
e/depwwii/art/
o Arts and Entertainment Overview
http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/uhic/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?displayGroupN
ame=Reference&zid=&zid=8ee760a744cac47c46f30aad091d8bae&action=2&catId=&document
Id=GALE%7CCX3436900179&userGroupName=mlin_c_montytech&jsid=e7eb2d9df4396786c
d7fab992918e4cb
Movies
o Great films of the 1930s http://www.filmsite.org/1930.html
o 1930s film history http://www.filmsite.org/30sintro.html
o Great film milestones & turning points in film history http://www.filmsite.org/30sintro.html
o Crime and gangster films http://www.filmsite.org/crimefilms.html
o America in the 1930s http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/front.html
Radio
o Radio in the 1930s – PBS http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/feature/radio-in-the-1930s/
o American Radio Works http://www.americanradioworks.org/segments/radio-the-internet-of-the1930s/
o Golden Age of Radio http://www.cybercollege.com/frtv/frtv018.htm
Sports
o Retrowaste http://www.retrowaste.com/1930s/sports-in-the-1930s/
o Photos of “sports” in 1930-1939 http://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?q=1930-1940%20sports
Toys http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/30stoys.html
ADVERTISEMENTS
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Photos of advertisements in 1930-1939 http://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?q=19301940%20advertisements
LISTEN to old time radio commercials http://www.oldtimeradiofans.com/old_radio_commercials/
America in the 1930s: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/PRINT/printfr.html
IMAGES of 1930s advertisements (labelled for reuse)
https://www.google.com/search?q=advertisements+1930s+%2B.gov&safe=strict&espv=2&biw=1166&
bih=868&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjK6dL127rRAhWm3YMKHfz6AWk
QsAQIRA&dpr=1#q=advertisements+1930s&safe=strict&tbm=isch&tbs=sur:fc
IMAGES of Great Depression ads (labelled for reuse)
https://www.google.com/search?q=great+depression+advertisements&safe=strict&sa=X&espv=2&biw=
1166&bih=868&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ved=0ahUKEwjqgPWH3LrRAhUn94MKHfwzBk0Q
sAQIKQ#q=great+depression+advertisements&safe=strict&tbm=isch&tbs=sur:fc
1930s Advertisements http://www.vintageadbrowser.com/
o General
http://www.advertisingarchives.co.uk/?service=category&action=show_content_page&language
=en&category=6
o Books, magazine, newspaper ads http://www.vintageadbrowser.com/books-and-magazines-ads1930s
o Car ads http://www.vintageadbrowser.com/cars-ads-1930s
o Beauty and Hygiene ads http://www.vintageadbrowser.com/beauty-and-hygiene-ads-1930s
o Food http://www.vintageadbrowser.com/food-ads-1930s/32
http://www.vintageadbrowser.com/food-ads-1930s
o Cigarette ads http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/fit-to-print/2014/09/25/more-early-1930scigarette-advertising-action-vitality/
HISTORICAL SOURCES FOR THE BOOK
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In Context: To Kill a Mockingbird movie clips http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/332425/To-KillA-Mockingbird-Movie-Clip-A-Maniac-Lives-There.html
Historical context http://neabigread.org/books/mockingbird/readers-guide/historical-context/
Basic historical context http://resources.mhs.vic.edu.au/mockingbird/historical.htm
Maycomb’s Ways--audio and video https://www.facinghistory.org/mockingbird/videos-and-activitiesclassroom/jim-crow-south-setting-maycomb
Historical content videos
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=to+kill+a+mockingbird%2C+historical+context
What is Jim Crow? http://www.ferris.edu/news/jimcrow/what.htm
Tom Robinson’s trial vs. the Scottsboro Trial http://www.chipublib.org/scottsboro-trials/
Civil Rights Era Chronology http://www.chipublib.org/civil-rights-era-chronology/
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The Jim Crow Laws
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What Was Jim Crow?
http://www.ferris.edu/news/jimcrow/what.htm
Jim Crow Laws - informational video
Jim Crow Laws on PBS
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow
HARPER LEE, HER HOMETOWN, and HER BOOK
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About Harper Lee http://neabigread.org/books/mockingbird/readers-guide/about-the-author/
Comparison of Harper Lee’s childhood to Scout’s childhood http://www.chipublib.org/harper-leebiography/
Courthouse in Monroeville, Alabama that was the setting for the book’s court scene
http://www.monroecountymuseum.org/old-courthouse-museum
Scenes of the courthouse and courtroom in Monroeville, Alabama
http://www.ruralswalabama.org/attraction/the-old-monroe-county-courthouse-at-monroeville-al-homeof-the-monroe-county-heritage-museums/
Information about the first edition of the book http://www.pprize.com/BookDetail.php?bk=43
Follow proper Works Cited format for documentation
NEW MLA 8 GUIDELINES – All sources are now handled within this universal template:
Source itself
Author.
Title of source.
Container 1
Title of container where it previously appeared,
Other contributors,
Version,
Volume, Number,
Publisher,
Publication Date,
Location (of source in container).
Container 2
Title of container where you found it,
Other contributors,
Version,
Volume, Number,
Publisher,
Publication Date,
Location (of where you found container).
MAJOR CHANGES in MLA 8
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Concept of the container
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No medium (Print, Web, etc.)
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Addition of URLs for web sources (no http; no hyperlink)
o No more access date for web sources
Examples
Book:
Schmo, Joe. Works Cited Perfection. Penguin Putnam, 2013.
Website:
School Rules
The Purdue OWL Family of Sites
Modern Language Association of America
Article in database:
Mother Jones
U.S. History in Context
Historical Journal
ProQuest,
Image from AP Images Database
Associated Press
AP Images,