scottsboro


 * The Scottsboro Trials WebQuest **


 * __ Objective __**

Imagine you are a well-respected investigative journalist. You have just been hired by a newspaper called //Trial Tribune// to research one of the most famous court cases of all time -- the Scottsboro case. You tell your editor that you are currently reading //To Kill a Mockingbird//, and she is excited! To prepare you for upcoming events in the novel, she assigns you this story.


 * __ Task __**

Search the following websites and collect the following information:


 * 1) List the dates of all of the trials.
 * 2) Explain the outcome of each trial.
 * 3) How many years passed between the initial trials and the end of them?
 * 4) Why would these people be traveling by train?
 * 5) What is hoboing?
 * 6) Why was Virginia Price so eager to charge the black men with rape?
 * 7) The "Scottsboro boys" were defended by many. Which foreign countries protested their sentences? Why?
 * 8) What was legally unusual about the youngest defendant's case?
 * 9) How is Judge Horton different than the previous judges?
 * 10) What were the "Scottsboro Boys" really guilty of?

Your task is to answer these questions to find out more about the Scottsboro Trials. You will keep track of the answers that you find on a research log and then synthesize this information into a newspaper article.


 * __ Instructions for Research Log __**

Your research log will begin once you enter a web site. Make sure you keep a detailed log; otherwise your mission will not be complete.

1. Write in the post title of each site you visit. 2. Take note of any significant facts you find at each site. 3. Make sure all 10 questions are answered thoroughly.



__**Resources**__

[|Jim Crow History]

[|The Trials]

[|Reports on the Scottsboro Trials]

[|PBS Timeline]

[|Trial and Background Information]

You are free to use a search engine to find information as well.

__**Product**__

Your final product should be a one-page article written for the newspaper. Be sure to include all of the information you found. Remember, you need to be informative and creative. Make your readers want to read your article.