Click on the following link to read an interview about what it was like to grow up black in the 1930's.
Thinking Questions:
1. What does Mrs. Barge know about her ancestry? How does she talk about her family?
2. What were her and her family's living conditions like?
3. When was the first time she noticed a difference between the lives of black people and the lives of white people? From Mrs. Barge's account, what do you think is the most astounding difference?
4. What was school like for Mrs. Barge?
5. What kind of jobs were available to black people in the South?
6. Were black people allowed to vote, based on the constitution? Was it common practice? Why do you think this?
7. Mrs. Barge clearly has a different opinion of white people than her father does. What does she say that proves this? How does her perception of white people differ from her father's? Why do you think that is?
Click on the following link to read an interview about what it was like to grow up white in the 1930's.
Thinking Questions:
1. What do these three ladies have in common about their ancestry? How do they talk about their families?
2. What were the three ladies living conditions like?
3. What were these ladies' first experiences with black people?
4. Did these white ladies ever play with their black peers?
5. Mrs. Barge ends her interview on a positive note by saying "you shouldn't put people into categories." One of the characters in To Kill a Mockingbird, Calpurnia is a black woman employed by the Finch family. As you read the book, think about these interviews, and what she may have thought about the Finch Family and white people in general.
Thinking Questions:
1. What does Mrs. Barge know about her ancestry? How does she talk about her family?
2. What were her and her family's living conditions like?
3. When was the first time she noticed a difference between the lives of black people and the lives of white people? From Mrs. Barge's account, what do you think is the most astounding difference?
4. What was school like for Mrs. Barge?
5. What kind of jobs were available to black people in the South?
6. Were black people allowed to vote, based on the constitution? Was it common practice? Why do you think this?
7. Mrs. Barge clearly has a different opinion of white people than her father does. What does she say that proves this? How does her perception of white people differ from her father's? Why do you think that is?
Click on the following link to read an interview about what it was like to grow up white in the 1930's.
Thinking Questions:
1. What do these three ladies have in common about their ancestry? How do they talk about their families?
2. What were the three ladies living conditions like?
3. What were these ladies' first experiences with black people?
4. Did these white ladies ever play with their black peers?
5. Mrs. Barge ends her interview on a positive note by saying "you shouldn't put people into categories." One of the characters in To Kill a Mockingbird, Calpurnia is a black woman employed by the Finch family. As you read the book, think about these interviews, and what she may have thought about the Finch Family and white people in general.
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