Ned Cobb Lesson Activity Suggestions
- Read the poem "In Egypt Land" by John Beecher and outline the struggles faced by Ned Cobb in a response essay. For the poem, go to http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/a_f/beecher/adams.htm and scroll down the page until you see it.
- Ned Cobb was known to have joined a sharecroppers union. Did the sharecropper's union prove to be effective? Did it help or hinder the sharecropper's fight against poverty? Research the topic, and organize your response in a short essay. Go to http://csf.colorado.edu/pen-l/2001II/msg04173.html for background information on sharecropping.
- Do you think it was ethical for bankers and merchants to keep tenant farmers in the cycle of poverty caused by growing cash crops? Explore both sides of the issue and outline your position in an essay. Start your investigation on Web sites such as the following: http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/a_f/brown/sharecropping.htm
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