Calendar Unit Topic: Morality Major Texts: -Literature Circle Texts (TBA) -To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee Materials Needed: -Reading log journal -Jumpstart Writing Journal Overall Goals/Objectives: This unit will help students to understand the complexities behind the human conscience and what drives us to behave the way we do. We will be examining the ideas behind morality‚ including the difference between right and wrong in a variety of contexts. Discussion about how we understand our
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it all away. Harper Lee is successful in this‚ by titling the book‚ "To Kill A Mockingbird". The title attracts potential readers‚ as well the symbolism it infers. The children are told that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird by their father‚ and a neighbor‚ Miss Maudie‚ goes more in depth as to why. The legend of the mockingbird which only sings to please others and subsequently‚ a sense of sin is associated in "killing" the mockingbird has been woven into the plot. The mockingbird is used to represent
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The trial of Tom takes up a great deal of space in the novel because it gives Harper Lee a chance to do an in-depth exploration of characters and situations. The people involved in the case are Bob and Mayella Ewell‚ Tom Robinson and Atticus Finch. The alleged rape of Mayella by Tom allows Harper Lee to look in detail at issues of racial and social prejudice in Maycomb. Bob Ewell is the villain of the novel and‚ as a result of the trial‚ he tries to get revenge on Atticus and his family
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of “To Kill a Mockingbird”‚ Harper Lee was influenced by the racism and injustice in Alabama 1933. “To Kill a Mockingbird”‚ Harper Lee sets the book in the town of Maycomb during the great depression this effects many of the choices character’s made. Harper Lee’s story is filled with many families who were driven to poverty‚ many examples of racism in Alabama and their effect on many lives and how the rural isolation in Maycomb tributes to the Maycomb’s society. In “To Kill a Mockingbird” money
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To Kill A Mockingbird‚ written by Nelle Harper Lee‚ was published in 1960 and immediately became successful. However‚ starting in 1977‚ the book was challenged and even banned from many school districts due to the themes presented by the novel. (American Literature Association) The novel is in first person point of view and the speaker is Jean Louise “Scout” Finch. In the first part of the novel‚ Scout simply narrates her everyday life‚ in which she has a brother named Jim‚ a friend who comes to
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The Character of Scout in To Kill A Mockingbird The narrator‚ Scout from the novel To Kill A Mockingbird‚ written by Harper Lee‚ is a grown woman telling the story through her eyes as a young girl. Most of the book’s charm is gathered from the ironicness of her perspective of growing up in the depression era in the South. As the novel progresses Scout becomes more courageous‚ intelligent‚ and mature which helps her develop into a better person. Scout is a very courageous young girl. In chapter two
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Harper Lee and her Works Harper Lee knew first hand about the life in the south in the 1930’s. She was born in Monroeville‚ Alabama in 1926 (Castleman 2). Harper Lee was described by one of her friends as "Queen of the Tomboys" (Castleman 3). Scout Finch‚ the main character of Lee’s Novel‚ To Kill a Mockinbird‚ was also a tomboy. "Many aspects of To Kill a Mockingbird are autobiographical" (Castleman 3). Harper Lee’s parents were Amasa Coleman Lee and Frances Finch Lee. She was the youngest
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others. In Harper Lee’s novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ the topic of racism is emphasized in the small town of Maycomb‚ where African Americans are misjudged. Although‚ this novel was published in the 1960’s when the American civil rights movement was underway‚ it was set during the period of the 1930’s. In the 1930’s in the small county of Maycomb‚ the mentality of most southern people were racist and discriminatory‚ and in this novel‚ these ideas are explored through a young girl‚ Scout. Throughout
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To Kill a Mockingbird Differentiated Unit Essential Questions: How are biases of all kinds harmful? Can prejudice ever NOT exist? Are people entitled to opinions that may harm others? What is courage? What is justice? Learning Goals and Understandings: • Students will consider the questions‚ what is good and right and how do we decide that that? • Students will learn to identify and apply the following literary terms: point of view‚ characterization‚ setting‚ and theme • Students will evaluate how
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To Kill A Mockingbird Essay Throughout To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ there have been hidden meanings and rules of society. What are all the hidden messages throughout the story? What are the rules of society? To Kill A Mockingbird started out about a little girl named Scout with her brother Jem. Atticus is their father who is a lawyer and is very wise. Scout was a complete tomboy and was a very adventurous little girl. With learning “what it means to be a lady”‚ she honestly does see what
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