Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
by Mildred Taylor
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Colored School outside
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Colored School - inside
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White School - outside
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White School - inside
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Dust Bowl
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Foreclosure Sale
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Run on Bank Bank Closed
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Roll of thunder hear my cry Over the water bye
and bye Ole man comin down the line Whip in hand
to beat me down But I ain't gonna let him Turn me
'round
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Setting The time and place a story occurs

• From your observation of the pictures, in what
  time period does this story take place?
• From your observation of the pictures, in what
  geographical region of the United States does
  this story take place?

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Setting

• Time 1933-1934
• Great Depression
• Weak economy
• Widespread unemployment
• Pre-civil rights movement

• Place Mississippi (Southern United States)
• Discrimination against African-Americans
• Racial segregation
• separate but equal schools
• Jim Crow laws