DETAILS SPECIFIC TO ROLL OF THUNDER HEAR MY CRY

All of our multimedia study guides to literary texts provide a range of study materials, tests and background information essential for understanding literature. In many places there are additional voiceover comments and explanations. They provide ideal material for lessons and lesson preparation. Here, we outline major elements particular to Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry.

Teaching and Testing sections on the Characters:
Cassie, Stacey, Big Ma, Mr Logan, Mrs Logan, Uncle Hammer, T.J.Avery, Mr Morrison, Harlan Granger, Mr Jamison, The Wallaces and The Simms

Teaching and Testing sections on the Themes:
Growing Up, Land Ownership, The Family, Racism

Teaching and Testing sections on the Story:
Additional to the questions set, there are 16 specially drawn colour illustrations of the main events, each with an on demand voice-over outlining the important aspects of the illustration on screen.

Fun Quizzes:
Who said that? - Useless information - Confrontations - Which day or month? - Relationships - In which chapter did?

Tracker section provides:
Self-test questions on the major events of each chapter.
A detailed and extensive commentary on the text, with a search engine so you may track and research any particular character, theme, event, or any other aspect that interests you.

Background to the age in which the text is set and to the text itself:
Brief overview of the author, Mildred D Taylor
King Cotton – the importance of the cotton industry at the time
Photographs from the period and typical of the life and times in which the story is set
A brief note on other works by the author, and their relevance to Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry
Brief background note on racial inequality
Specially drawn map of the Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry area, with pop-up information notes
Outline of family relationships
‘The Riders’ an outline of their influence and relevance to the Ku Klux Klan
Chronology of events in Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, from 1887 to 1934
A map outlining Cassie’s America, with numerous pop-up notes of background information

N.B. The following sections are common to our guides To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred D Taylor, and Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, and provide a general background to times and events leading up to, during, and after the events depicted in these three novels

Cassie's America – specially drawn map of the USA with relevant pop-up information notes
Events of the Civil War
Slavery – with relevant illustrations
Law and Order – justice in the USA at the time
Presidents and the Constitution of the USA
Civil Rights – a fight for freedom
The Jazz Age – an exploration with sampler music tracks
The Depression – exploring the Crash of 1929 and the ensuing depression