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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee WHRHS English 9

How many of you had heard of To Kill A Mockingbird Before this class?

How about Atticus Finch?

How about Scout?

What is the basic storyline? Do you know?

TKM is a story that is based on the childhood of the author, Nelle Harper Lee

There is a backstory to this Novel…

Before this class, Had you ever heard of the Scottsboro Trials?

The Scottsboro Trials took place in Scottsboro, Alabama

Where does TKM take Place? Maycomb County, Alabama.

Book Vs. Real Life Maycomb County, Alabama Monroeville, Alabama

Book Vs. Real Life SCOTTSBORO MONROEVILLE IS HERE ->

The Scottsboro Trials began on March 25, 1931 The Book is set during the same time, during the Great Depression

Nine Black Teenage boys were riding the rails They got into a fight with a group of white boys.

The black boys throw the white boys off the train. News gets back to town about the fight

At the next stop – Scottsboro – a posse forms waiting for the train. As they remove the boys – who are all in different cars – they come across two girls.

The girls, presumably to avoid charges of Vagrancy (homelessness), accuse the black boys of rape.

These are the scottsboro Boys The Oldest is 19 The Youngest is 13

By April 9, 1931 – Less than a month later – eight of the boys were tried, convicted and sentenced to death. The ninth, 13-Year-Old Roy Wright, ends in a hung Jury when 11 vote for death and 1 vote for life imprisonment

Clarence Norris Charlie Weems Haywood Patterson Olen Montgomery Ozie Powell Willie Roberson Eugene Williams Andy Wright Roy Wright

Real Life vs. Book Harper Lee was six years old during the Scottsboro Trials. Scout is six years old during Tom Robinson’s Trial.