To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 1960
MEET HARPER LEE
An American Classic
THE NOVEL’S SETTING KEY FACTS: Alabama Monroeville (Maycomb) Early 1930’s The Depression Jim Crow Laws KKK
Family Trees The Finches: The Ewells: The Radleys: Bob Ewell Mayella Ewell 7 other Ewell children The Radleys: Arthur, Sr. Nathan Arthur, Jr. (Boo) Mrs. Radley Atticus Finch Jem Finch Scout Finch Aunt Alexandra Uncle Jack Finch Cousin Francis
WHO AM I?
TROUBLED TIMES
TROUBLED TIMES
Ku Klux Klan
Civil Rights Movement
“It’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” (Atticus says to Jem) A mockingbird is an innocent who suffers unjustly. Examples: Tom Robinson, Boo Radley, Dill, Mayella, Jem, Scout. . . . Can you defend each one as a “mockingbird?” Can you identify any other “mockingbirds” in the book?
“They’ve done it before and they did it tonight and they’ll do it again and when they do — it seems that only children weep.” Chapter 22, To Kill a Mockingbird