Web+Quest

When reading a novel, it is important to consider the time period in which the story is set; as reader, it gives us deeper insight into the characters and their motivations and conflicts. The novel, __The Secret Life of Bees__, is set in South Carolina shortly after the passing of The Civil Rights Act of 1964. This activity is designed to give you backround information about American society leading up to and during the civil rights era. Please take your time and review each web site carefully, for the answers may not be so obvious.

Follow the links below to answer each question.

[|Crow Overview] [|Plessy vs Ferguson] [|Brown vs. Board of Education] [|Try to Vote] [|Martin Luther King Jr. I Have a Dream] [|The Civil Rights Act of 1964] - [|Voting Act of 1965]



