- 1. Starter- Listen to the lyrics carefully. What do these tell
us about life for black people in 1930s America? Southern trees
bear strange fruit, Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze, Strange fruit hanging
from the poplar trees.
2. Section Four: L.O:To show an understanding of racial
prejudice. To relate this to the characters in the novella. OF MICE
AND MEN 3. What is prejudice? 4. Life for African-Americans in the
1930s Slavery was practiced in the Deep South of America until the
end of the American Civil War in 1865. The Yankee North beat the
Confederate South; they destroyed the southern economy and forced
them to free the slaves. This did not mean an improvement for black
people living in this area. Although they were free, the Black
Community were not allowed to live in the same areas, attend the
same schools, eat in the same restaurants or travel on the same
trains or buses as white people. Black and white people were
segregated or separated. Black people, of course, had a lower
quality of resources, education, etc. Local laws made sure they
remained second-class citizens. Many black people were forced to
take poorly paid jobs which left them as badly off as when they
were slaves. The police ignored the majority of crimes against
black people, whilst it only took an accusation of a crime for a
black person to be presumed guilty. Therefore, it was a white
womans or mans word over a back mans; the white person was always
believed and the black person suffered tremendously. 5. Crooks
expresses his feelings about racism and loneliness on several
occasions. In some ways, he provides insight to the reality of the
American Dream and the loneliness of the ranchers Find as many
quotations as you can to illustrate this Analyse what his words say
about his feelings towards his status in society: 6. Objective to
be able to use a range of language features to write a diary entry
Imagine that you are Crooks - write a diary entry about how he
feels being on the ranch. Remember the objective use adjectives,
similes (I am as lonely as), rhetorical questions (How would you
like to be treated like this?) How is he treated by other people?
How does he feel about Lennie? How does he feel about Curleys wife
and the men in charge? Lennie has a dream to own animals what is
Crooks dream? What does he do day to day? Is he happy with his
life? Homework For Wednesday 11th June