Hoo-Doo/Voodoo
In the short story “Black Death” by Zora Neale Hurston, the magic powers of hoo-doo (or voodoo) are employed. But what is it? Where did it come from?

ACTIVITY

1. What are the origins of voodoo?


2. What are some of its beliefs?


3. What kind of ceremonies does it have?


4. Is it still active today?

WEB RESOURCES

Black Magic; New Orleans Style
http://www.loyno.edu/history/journal/1984-5/brouillette
.htm

History of Voodoo in New Orleans
http://studentweb.tulane.edu/~ltubbs/nohistory.html

The Origins of Voodoo in New Orleans
http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/8917/voodoo.html

Voodooism in Haiti by Cheri Krause
http://www.goshen.edu/bio/Biol410/Biol410SrSemPapers/KR
AUSECheri.html

Santeria, a Caribbean religion related to voodooism
http://www.religioustolerance.org/santeri.htm

Activities

Multiple choice:
From War to War
Web task:
Finding out (p. 236)
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The Great War
Web task:
The League of Nations
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The General Strike of 1926
Web task:
Hoo-Doo/Voodoo
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Unemployment in the 1930s
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Ernest Hemingway
Text task:
W. H. Auden
Text task:
Does It Matter?
Text task:
The Second Coming
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Word Grid: Modernism