RESEARCH: Start class off today by researching the following items. In your journal, write down your answers. You should be able to relate the research to Fences.
Please research and find information about:
In 1918 when Troy Maxson is your age (about 14), he leaves the South for Pittsburgh. His father was a sharecropper. What is a sharecropper? What was life like for a sharecropper in the South? How did the system of sharecropping entrap people? How could a person escape that life? Read about sharecropping here.
Troy was also involved with the Negro League when he was younger. What is that? Look at the links below to find out! Then also, find out who Jackie Robinson and Satchel Paige were. Why might they be important role models for us today?
Images of the civil rights movement
Images of “the children’s crusade" of the civil rights movement
Timeline of the civil rights movement
After about 30 minutes of research online and taking notes in your journal, please join up with two other partners and compare notes. Add details or notes that you missed in your journal.
THEN: After discussing what you found with your group, join 1 OTHER group of 3. This means you will be working with a group of 6. There should be 3 groups in total if everyone is here.
In your group of 6, please begin reading Act 1, Scene 1 today in class. When you have completed this scene together in your reading groups, please stop and do the following activities:
A. Before you sketch, discuss with your group what you learned about the SETTING of this play (the research you did today), and some of the important events that might shape the characters in this play. Which characters seem most affected? How is setting revealed through dialogue and costumes or action? You should be able to make some connections between your research and your reading of Act 1.
HOMEWORK: If your group did not finish reading Act 1 in class, please complete this act by next class. You will be asked to analyze Act 1 next class, so please make sure you complete your reading!
Please research and find information about:
In 1918 when Troy Maxson is your age (about 14), he leaves the South for Pittsburgh. His father was a sharecropper. What is a sharecropper? What was life like for a sharecropper in the South? How did the system of sharecropping entrap people? How could a person escape that life? Read about sharecropping here.
Troy was also involved with the Negro League when he was younger. What is that? Look at the links below to find out! Then also, find out who Jackie Robinson and Satchel Paige were. Why might they be important role models for us today?
The setting of this play is 1957. Please research and find some information about this time period. Some questions to help guide your research are:
- What were the social, economic, political and educational expectations and opportunities for African Americans at this time?
- What advances had been made in civil rights?
- What significant changes will occur in America during the years between 1957 and 1965?
Some links to help you answer this question are posted here:
Images of the civil rights movement
Images of “the children’s crusade" of the civil rights movement
Timeline of the civil rights movement
After about 30 minutes of research online and taking notes in your journal, please join up with two other partners and compare notes. Add details or notes that you missed in your journal.
THEN: After discussing what you found with your group, join 1 OTHER group of 3. This means you will be working with a group of 6. There should be 3 groups in total if everyone is here.
In your group of 6, please begin reading Act 1, Scene 1 today in class. When you have completed this scene together in your reading groups, please stop and do the following activities:
A. Before you sketch, discuss with your group what you learned about the SETTING of this play (the research you did today), and some of the important events that might shape the characters in this play. Which characters seem most affected? How is setting revealed through dialogue and costumes or action? You should be able to make some connections between your research and your reading of Act 1.
HOMEWORK: If your group did not finish reading Act 1 in class, please complete this act by next class. You will be asked to analyze Act 1 next class, so please make sure you complete your reading!
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