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ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY FINAL PROJECT ACTIVITIES: Below is a list of activities to choose from. Each activity is assigned a certain point value. You need to choose and complete the activities that will give you a total possible score of 100 points. The points you receive out of 100 will be multiplied by two making the final project worth a total of 200 points. All projects will be briefly explained and presented to the class. All assignments requiring research must include a bibliography (noted below with a “B”) as well as in-text citations on all reports (noted below with an “I”). All work must be written in your own words. If you are quoting directly from the book, it must be in quotations and cited. If you are summing up information from any source, you must cite it. Plagiarism will not be tolerated in any way. The length of each written assignment must be long enough to cover the subject INDEPTH and reflect the point value assigned. You may complete other activities if you would like to receive more than the 100 percent possible. However, you may enrich your score no more than 30 points. ____ Write a blues song that you think might appeal to people being oppressed due to race. Your song should have at least five verses and one chorus that repeats two times. Your song also needs to contain facts from the slavery movement or famous speakers opposed to segregation. (10 points) ____ Cassie often struggles with the oppression of segregation. Imagine that you have been asked to explain the negative effects of segregation and hate to a group of first-graders. Write a brief story that presents this idea in the format of a children’s book. If you wish, you may personify the objects, animals, or forces of nature involved in what you are explaining—that is, you can give them human qualities. (50 points) ____ Cassie often finds it unfair that their school is undersupplied and ignored. Write a letter to the chairman of the school board suggesting how he can change Cassie’s school system and why it should be changed. Use facts and existing laws from this time period to support your case. Suggestions on how some of these ideas can be paid for must also be included. Be sure to use the proper form for a business letter. The letter must be a minimum of 4 paragraphs. (40 points) ____ In your local library or on the internet, do some research to find letters, diary accounts, and photographs from the segregation or slavery era. Try to find materials that help you better understand what these experience were like for those involved. Then, use your materials to create an “up close and personal” view of one of these topics by creating a collage with these materials. (10 points) ____ Write a letter to T.J. in jail. Tell him honestly what might happen to him. In order to do this, you much research the existing laws for this era in time. Inform T.J. about the mistakes he made, how he could have prevented what happened, and how you will help him. The letter must be a minimum of three paragraphs. B (30 points) ____ The Civil War is what allowed the abolution of slavery. Research the war and write the script for an in-depth news report on this event. You may include accounts provided by eyewitnesses to these events, but these accounts must be historically accurate. Present your news report to the class, or videotape it and play the tape for your classmates. B (40 points) ____ Draw a character sketch of Cassie. Then, in some clear manner whether charting or describing, show how Cassie changes from the beginning of the novel to its end, emphasizing the episodes that contribute most to Cassie’s growth. (20 points) ____ Several people in Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry make decisions that violate the law. Imagine you are one of these characters’ defending attorney and write your closing argument for the jury. Be sure to include the charge or charges, facts about the case, and why the character is innocent. The closing argument must be a minimum of 4 paragraphs in length. B (40 points) ____ Examine how the conceptions of growing up differ from culture to culture and from one generation to another. Some cultures require a rights of passage while others believe it happens at a certain age or accomplishment. Describe and discuss several of these concepts and the importance of having them in an essay. The essay must be a minimum of 5 paragraphs in length. B & I (100 points) ____ Create a timeline of the struggle for freedom. Briefly describe each event and include pictures. B (20 points) ____ Pretend that you are Cassie or Big Ma and write a diary entry for the first night the nightmen appeared. Include feelings, details, and insights into the nightmen. The entry must be a minimum of 4 paragraphs in length. (30 points) ____ Choose an important person from the Civil War or civil rights movement (the president, a general, an abolitionist, etc.) and write an autobiography about that person. Remember, autobiography means that the person writes the story about themselves, so you must pretend to be that person and write it from their point of view. Include actual events and facts. The “autobiography” must be a minimum of 6 paragraphs in length. B (100 points) ____ Reread the description of the school. Make a model of this room and use miniatures to decorate it correctly (10 points) ____ Make a word search using the names of famous people and incidents during the civil rights movement. (10 points) ____ Write an essay on the theme of Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry using quotes to support your ideas. The essay must be a minimum of 5 paragraphs in length. I (100 points) ____ List and explain the usual daily tasks of each of the Logan family members. Compare and contrast these tasks to that of a modern day or your own personal family. (30 points) ____ Cooking meals for the family during Cassie’s era was much more difficult than it is today. Most everything was made from scratch including the butter, bread, deserts, and so on. Research recipes and how food was cooked from this era then cook a typical Logan meal and bring it in for the class to sample. Write a minimum of three paragraphs that discuss your findings and compare them to how we cook today. B & I (30 points) ____ Prices and wages have drastically changed over the centuries. Research then chart or graph the average prices of items needed to survive and wages from Cassie’s time as compared to today. B (40 points) ____ Write an alternate ending for the novel. The ending must be equivalent to a minimum of 4 paragraphs. (30 points) ____ Write a research paper on the Great Depression. Be sure to discuss causes, effects, and sharecropping. The essay must be a minimum of 5 paragraphs in length. B & I (100 points) ____ List five conflicts from the book. Describe the conflicts, what created them, and what the effects were. Provide a solution for each problem. (40 points) ____ The christmas scene in the Logan’s house is very visual because Mildred Taylor uses all of the five senses to provide vivid sensory details. Reread the scene and draw a picture of Cassie’s house that night. Some of the sensory details must be evident in the picture. (10 points) |