1. January 11th, 2016 AC Language Arts
Brown

2. Focus Standard
ELAGSE8W7: Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration.

3. Opening- Main Idea Pre-Assessment
Half Sheet of Paper.
Name, Date, Period, and Title
Read and answer questions
Turn-in when you are done with the assignment.
Read silently until everyone is done.

4. Historical Setting of To Kill a Mockingbird
Setting: Maycomb, Alabama Early 1930’s
Focus on the following elements:
Economy
Education
Politics
Entertainment
Women’s Role
African Americans
Etcetera
You should have important, specific information for your topics.

5. Presenting Information- Rough Draft
Present your findings in one of the following ways:
A visual timeline with text
A report explaining the information
An entry added to a blog
A newspaper article
A chapter to a history
A glossary of terms that are important

6. Closing
Share some of the information you gathered when conducting your mini-research assignment.