Use this guide to help you create your project...
Map: You may draw or print this. It must include Jackson, Mississippi and the surrounding area.
Historical Statement: 200 word report about what it was like to be an African American who had to be a sharecropper. I have listed many ideas below to help you out. DO NOT JUST ANSWER THE QUESTIONS AND LIST THINGS. THIS MUST BE IN PARAGRAPH FORM!!! : )
Key term: Sharecropping. Find information on sharecropping and summarize it. Things to write about: What crop did sharecroppers mostly grow? What pest (insect) was a problem and why? How did this make the farmers feel? Did effect their Blues Music? Also, use your knowledge from class to tell what their life was like. Were they rich or poor? Were they happy?
Next, tell how this was shown in their music: The Blues. Key terms: Blues Music. Look up blues music. Describe what blues music was about. Explain how the economic conditions of sharecroppers led to creating the Blues Music.
Also, African Americans had to deal with Segregation. Key terms to look up: Jim Crow Laws, Segregation. Tell what segregation and Jim Crow were. Explain a little bit about life for African Americans who lived with segregation and the Jim Crow laws.
Three Visuals: Three pictures, you can print them or draw them. Ideas for pictures: farming, blues musicians, cotton, boll weevil, segregation images.
Lyrics: Print three sets of lyrics and tell how they relate to the life of African Americans during segregation. You can look up new Blues songs or use the ones we discussed in class.
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