Raisin+in+the+Sun+Project

**__ Raisin in the Sun Project __** To gain a better understanding of the historical context surrounding the novel, // Raisin in the Sun, // you will be researching the era in which it takes place and creating a ComicLife poster. You will be focusing your research on the following areas:


 * Housing segregation/Racial attitudes in the 1950s in Chicago
 * Jim Crow laws
 * Brown vs. Board of Education
 * 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott
 * Integrating Central High School

For each of the above topics, you will need an image representing it and a written component describing it. The written component must include the following information. : Describe housing for black people in Chicago during the 1950s. Discuss racial attitudes towards African Americans during this time period. What were the Jim Crow laws? Give two examples of them. In what years were they enforced? What was this case in your own words? Where and when did it take place? Who was Linda Brown? Where did it take place? What happened? Who was Rosa Parks? What happened? Who was involved? When did it take place?
 * **Housing segregation/Racial attitudes in the 1950s in Chicago**
 * **Jim Crow laws**
 * **Brown vs. Board of Education**
 * **1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott**
 * **Integrating Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas**

You may work with a partner or alone. Please refer the rubric as you are working to ensure you earn all possible points. Some research will have to take place outside of class.

The following websites will be helpful to you, but //you are not limited to these//.

Brown vs. Board __[]__

Integrating Central High: __[]__

Jim Crow __[]__

Montgomery bus boycott __[]__

Civil rights era, lots of info. : __[]__

Integrating Little Rock Central High School []

Housing segration.racism in Chicago []

Housing segregation: [|http://greatchicagostories.com/neighborhood/story.phphttp://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart9.html#0903] and []

Racism in Chicago [] and []