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Six-year-old Scout is forced to face a new frightening side of her rural southern town when her attorney father defends a black man accused of raping a white woman. Activity Add to Collection Making.

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There were no sit-in strikes during the depression years when Jean Louise alias Scout Finch and her brother Jem began to observe the human landscape of Maycomb County Ala.

. This interactive self-guided course will support you in teaching your Canadian history course with a. Enrich your teaching of To Kill a Mockingbird with this set of videos photographs and readings that will help students contextualize the novel. Lesson The World the War Made Students.

Learn how to incorporate civic education ethical reflection and historical context into a literary exploration of Harper Lees novel To Kill A Mockingbird. The guide will help you address these threads in your classroom by integrating historical context documents and sources that reflect the African American voices absent from Mockingbirds. Yet the novels limited perspective on race.

Learn how to incorporate civic education ethical reflection and historical context into a literary exploration of Harper Lees novel To Kill A Mockingbird. SparkNotes an online study site explains The title of To Kill a Mockingbird has very little literal connection to the plot but it carries a great deal of symbolic weight in the book. These materials were selected to help readers contextualize the setting and understand the characters in To Kill a MockingbirdThere are videos on themes ranging from.

This guide includes student handouts close reading exercises and connection questions that will push students to build a complex understanding of the historical realities. Beloved by many readers and educators as a story of moral courage it. Facing History and Ourselves is designed for educators who want to help students explore identity think critically grow emotionally act ethically and participate in civic life.

SparkNotes an online study site explains The title of To Kill a Mockingbird has very little literal connection to the plot but it carries a great deal of symbolic weight in the book. Becoming Ourselves Students read a personal narrative and reflect on the relationship between storytelling and identity development. Use this resource to transform how you teach Harper Lees novel by integrating historical context documents and sources that reflect the African American voices absent from Mockingbirds.

To Kill a Mockingbird is a complex text that demands careful teachingSome read the novel as a compelling portrait of moral courage. History Racism To Kill a Mockingbird is one of the most commonly taught books in American schools. This is where Canadian Facing History and Ourselves teachers and community members meet to share reflections scholarship and teaching practices that will inspire challenge and improve.

Students connect the moral development of To Kill a Mockingbirds central characters to the moments in their lives that have shaped their sense of right and wrong. Through a video-based activity students examine Americas struggle for a stronger democracy during Reconstruction and today.

Memphis Reads Archive August 2015