To Kill a Mockingbird

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Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird is a moving portrayal of a Southern town confronting its own prejudices when a black man is unjustly accused of assaulting a young white woman.

To Kill A Mockingbird is a coming-of-age novel, narrated as a memoir from the perspective of a young girl growing up during the Great Depression of the 1930's. The narrator describes small-town life during the era as part of her story. Understanding background information to the Depression can help you understand more about the setting of To Kill A Mockingbird.

First published in 1960, To Kill A Mockingbird won the Pultizer Prize for literature and was made into an Academy Award-winning movie in 1962.

Student Exercises:

Student Activity #1: Answer quiz questions on the novel.

Student Activity #2: Unscramble vocabulary terms.

Student Activity #3: Match characters and their actions.

Student Activity #4: Correctly sequence events in the novels.

Student Activity #5: Test a partner in the Challenge Board.

Student Activity #6: Map the Setting.

Student Activity #7: Explore language and dialect.

Student Activity #8: Create representative timelines.

Student Activity #9: Develop a Photo-Lit collage.

Student Activity #10: Investigate the theme.

Challenge Projects: Select an extension project.

 

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