To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Biography and Background to the Novel
A TEACHER'S GUIDE TO - HarperCollins Publishers
The questions and activities in this teaching guide were written to support standards-based instruction. Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird meets the standard for Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity for middle and high school grades.
The 1930s
A collection of 108 photos, some of them historical and quite a few works of art depicting the times. A great resource for helping students visualize the times.
To Kill a Mockingbird: a Historical Perspective
Using online primary sources, students study the experience of African-Americans in the South during the Depression. This lesson uses materials from the American Memory collection of the Library of Congress and is designed for grades 6-12.
The Courthouse Ring: Atticus Finch and the limits of Southern liberalism
Critical commentary.
To Kill A Mockingbird and the Scottsboro Boys Trial: Profiles in Courage Lesson One asks students to read To Kill A Mockingbird carefully with an eye for all instances and manifestations of courage, but particularly those of moral courage. Lesson Two also requires students to study select court transcripts and other primary source material from the second Scottsboro Boys Trial of 1933, a continuation of the first trial in which two young white women wrongfully accused nine African-American youths of rape.
How a Southerner Licked Intolerance
In this first-person (nonfiction) article from Coronet magazine, 1948, a man explains the forces that caused him to modify his racist views. Adobe Reader required for access.
Scottsboro: An American Tragedy
The lesson plans accompanying this PBS special emphasize reading and writing skills.
Biography and Background to the Novel
A TEACHER'S GUIDE TO - HarperCollins Publishers
The questions and activities in this teaching guide were written to support standards-based instruction. Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird meets the standard for Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity for middle and high school grades.
The 1930s
A collection of 108 photos, some of them historical and quite a few works of art depicting the times. A great resource for helping students visualize the times.
To Kill a Mockingbird: a Historical Perspective
Using online primary sources, students study the experience of African-Americans in the South during the Depression. This lesson uses materials from the American Memory collection of the Library of Congress and is designed for grades 6-12.
The Courthouse Ring: Atticus Finch and the limits of Southern liberalism
Critical commentary.
To Kill A Mockingbird and the Scottsboro Boys Trial: Profiles in Courage Lesson One asks students to read To Kill A Mockingbird carefully with an eye for all instances and manifestations of courage, but particularly those of moral courage. Lesson Two also requires students to study select court transcripts and other primary source material from the second Scottsboro Boys Trial of 1933, a continuation of the first trial in which two young white women wrongfully accused nine African-American youths of rape.
How a Southerner Licked Intolerance
In this first-person (nonfiction) article from Coronet magazine, 1948, a man explains the forces that caused him to modify his racist views. Adobe Reader required for access.
Scottsboro: An American Tragedy
The lesson plans accompanying this PBS special emphasize reading and writing skills.
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