To Kill A Mockingbird WebQuest
1. When and where was Harper Lee born? What was her family like? Who was her childhood best friend? What did she study in college? Did she participate in any extra-curricular activities?
She was born in Monroeville, Alabama, on April 28, 1926. Her father was a lawyer and state senator, who was previously a newspaper editor. Capote was her childhood best friend. Harper Lee studied law in college, and works as an airline reservation clerk in the 50s.
2. Why might this be important to consider while reading To Kill A Mockingbird?
It might be important because the story reflects pat of her life. The father is a lawyer, the setting is Alabama, and even the characters are like the friends and relatives of Harper Lee herself. Even the era the book takes place in was the era that Harper grew up in.
3. How did her decision to move to New York make To Kill A Mockingbird a reality? What year was To Kill A Mockingbird published? When was it adapted to screen?
She moves to New York to be a writer, after ending her pursuits to be a lawyer, and studying law. To Kill a Mockingbird was published in July of 1960, and the film came out two years later in 1962.
4. Harper Lee's real life influenced many of the characters and events in To Kill A Mockingbird. Given what have you learned about her life (including personality traits, friends, family, experiences) make a prediction about what kinds of issues might surface in the book. Do you think that your knowledge about Harper Lee will influence your reading of the book? Should it influence your reading of the book? Why or why not?
I am guessing that some of the conflicts in the book could come out of the lawyer background that her father had, and maybe some of the events that came out of her childhood with Capote, and some of the memories they shared. But tucked in could be the fight against prejudice and how Harper as an adult cared to people of the other race, even though it was not culturally accepted. I think that this
She was born in Monroeville, Alabama, on April 28, 1926. Her father was a lawyer and state senator, who was previously a newspaper editor. Capote was her childhood best friend. Harper Lee studied law in college, and works as an airline reservation clerk in the 50s.
2. Why might this be important to consider while reading To Kill A Mockingbird?
It might be important because the story reflects pat of her life. The father is a lawyer, the setting is Alabama, and even the characters are like the friends and relatives of Harper Lee herself. Even the era the book takes place in was the era that Harper grew up in.
3. How did her decision to move to New York make To Kill A Mockingbird a reality? What year was To Kill A Mockingbird published? When was it adapted to screen?
She moves to New York to be a writer, after ending her pursuits to be a lawyer, and studying law. To Kill a Mockingbird was published in July of 1960, and the film came out two years later in 1962.
4. Harper Lee's real life influenced many of the characters and events in To Kill A Mockingbird. Given what have you learned about her life (including personality traits, friends, family, experiences) make a prediction about what kinds of issues might surface in the book. Do you think that your knowledge about Harper Lee will influence your reading of the book? Should it influence your reading of the book? Why or why not?
I am guessing that some of the conflicts in the book could come out of the lawyer background that her father had, and maybe some of the events that came out of her childhood with Capote, and some of the memories they shared. But tucked in could be the fight against prejudice and how Harper as an adult cared to people of the other race, even though it was not culturally accepted. I think that this