To Kill a Mockingbird: Context

To Kill a Mockingbird: Context

Goal: To gain a deeper understanding of the book by learning more about the topics covered in the book, the authorand the time periodsshe lived in. To demonstrate efficient use of previously introduced relevant sources.

Groups of three students will have a topic.

1)Find a passage in the book that shows a good example of your topic and pull quotes from that passage. Some topics may have only one or two good passages. Read your own passage and then share with group.Make note of relevant words and phrases.Write ½ page minimum on how topic is treated in the text using evidence from the text, including quotes. This will be a part of your presentation poster.

2)Research your topic in relation to Harper Lee and/or the time periods she lived in. Where you look will depend on the topic. Biographies of Harper Lee, online or in print, can be used. Newspaper, reference and magazine databases can be used.You must use reliable print or online sources. Each group member will choose a time period: 1930s, 1960s, today (a few topics will only have a current time period; in this case everyone will find a different current source on the topic)

1. Find 2-3 reliable sources for your time period.
2. Print out or copy relevant pages of your sources (Wikipedia or other similar unauthored webpages will not count).
3. Each student will need to write a summary of what they found about their topic from their sources. Quotes can be included. This information will be included in the poster.
4. A biography created in Noodlebib must be included.
5. Each student will also write about how this information relates to Harper Lee and to To Kill a Mockingbird.

3)Presentyour findings on a poster to the class: what you found in the text, what you found in the sources on that topic in the 1930s and what you found in the sources on that topic in the early 1960s and today. You must indicate how this information relates to the author and the book.