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=You are to conduct a research on any one of the following topics and present it to class as a slide show (with images and captions), or an online poster called edu.glogster.com=

=Sharecropping=

http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/a_f/brown/sharecropping.htm [] http://www.bookrags.com/history/sharecropping-and-tenant-farming-aaw-02/ = The Great Depression = http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/learning_history/children_depression/depression_children_menu.cfm http://www.nps.gov/archive/elro/glossary/great-depression.htm http://www.amatecon.com/gd/gdoverview.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/usa/walldepressionrev1.shtml You may present your findings through Power Point Presentation, Bulletin Board, or Glogster on **[|**http://edu.glogster.com/**]**#. For an example of glogster, please look at ****Students' Cho****ice The Glogster**** or ****Sixth Grade Soaring with Technology**** As part of your presentation, think about the **arguments** and **facts** you would use to explain:
 * Are we going through another depression?** **Compare and contrast our current economic down fall to The Great Depression.**
 * 1) **Why** there was a great depression in America.
 * 2) **Why** the Depression of 1929 was so sudden and so severe.
 * 3) **To what extent** the Wall Street Crash was the main cause of the Depression.
 * 4) **What** the causes and consequences of the Wall Street Crash were.
 * 5) **How far** speculation was responsible for the Wall Street Crash.
 * 6) **What** impact the Crash had on the economy.
 * 7) **What** life was like in the USA during the Great Depression.
 * 8) **What** the effects of the Depression were on the American people.
 * 9) **What** the social consequences of the Crash were.

= Segregation =

http://www.civilwarhome.com/blackcodes.htm http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/brown/brown-segregation.html While creating the poster or the slides, keep the following questions in mind: Do we still see segregation in our society? If yes, in what form? Toward which nation, race or religion? Do you find segregation a form of injustice? Give examples.