1. CP ENGLISH 10 We will finish speeches today. 
1st – Jessie, Cameron, Tyler?, Nate
2nd – Allie, Louden, Nate, Bennett
8th – Tyler
Following speeches, we will begin taking guided notes over the time period, major prejudices, and themes/characters of To Kill a Mockingbird.
Tomorrow, I plan to distribute novels and reading guides along with vocabulary for Part One.

2. CP ENGLISH 10
Please pick up a guided notes worksheet from the desk under the flag. 
Today our goals are:
To learn the background information of TKAM
Distribute Novels
Assign Themes (study guides)
Begin Reading Ch 1 in class.

3. To Kill A Mockingbird
By Harper Lee

4. INTRODUCTION TO THE NOVEL
Background Information
Even those with jobs were affected because nothing was being produced
Average family income dropped to 50% by 1935
25% of population had no job
GREAT
DEPRESSION
Stock Market Crash caused people to lose billions. Entire banks were wiped out and by 1933 over 60% of population was considered poor
Hundreds of thousands lost homes, farms and possessions
A period of extreme drought, poverty and hardships during the 1930s.
The novel takes place during the mid-1930s at a time when the government was attempting to stop the Great Depression. The President at the time, Franklin Roosevelt, famously said, “the only thing to fear is fear itself” as his government created programs to create jobs, house the homeless and feed the starving.

5. Racial prejudice was alive & well. Although slavery had ended in 1864, old ideas were slow to change.

6. Jim Crow Laws
After the American Civil War most states in the South passed anti-African American legislation. These became known as Jim Crow laws.
These laws included segregation in…
Schools -- Hospitals
Theaters -- Water fountains
Restaurants
Hotels
Public transportation
Some states forbid inter-racial marriages

7. These laws were instituted in 1896 and were not abolished till the late 1950’s (even then still not completely).

8. Racism Racism and Social Classes Jim Crow Laws (1890s – 1960s)
Background Information
Racism and Social Classes
Although slavery was abolished in the 1890s racism and discrimination were alive and well during the time of the novel.
The novel is based on many historical facts that help to drive the story, (and allow the readers to explore a sad time in American history) including:
Jim Crow Laws (1890s – 1960s)
Scottsboro Trials (1931)
Social Inequality (Forever) 8

9. Immediately sentenced to death
Scottsboro Boys Trial
9 young African-American men (13-20) accused of raping 2 white girls in 1931
Immediately sentenced to death
Trials went on for nearly 15 years before all the men were dismissed

10. Started on a train bound for Memphis
Several white men boarded and picked a fight with the black men
Whites were forced off train by the 12 black men. The white men reported the the black men had raped two white girls on the train to authorities
They were immediately arrested and tried in front of an all-white jury.

11. The trials caused a huge uproar amongst the black community.

12. Racial separation (segregation)

13. Gender Bias (Prejudice)
Women were considered “weak”
Women were generally not educated for occupations outside the home
In wealthy families, women were expected to oversee the servants and entertain guests
Men not considered capable of nurturing children

14. Legal Issues of the 1930’s which impact the story
Women given the right to vote in 1920
Juries were MALE and WHITE
“Fair trial” did not include acceptance of a black man’s word against a white man’s

15. Background Information
Social Inequality
Background Information
Social Inequality
The Finches
White folks of Maycomb &
Maycomb County
The Ewell Family
Tom Robinson
Even the law was one-sided: Juries were always all-white and all-male. The word of a black man meant nothing against the word of a white man.

16. Race Gender Handicaps Rich/Poor Age Religion
Prejudice in the Novel
Race
Gender
Handicaps
Rich/Poor
Age
Religion

17. HARPER LEE
To Kill A Mockingbird is semi-autobiographical for a number of reasons:
Lee grew up in Alabama
Father was prominent lawyer
Experienced Great Depression, Scottsboro Trials
“Scout” based on her life; “Dill” based on life of childhood friend Truman Capote

18. Wrote To Kill a Mockingbird in 1960
Based the story on her life growing up in Monroeville, Alabama
TKAM was the only novel she ever wrote- until her new novel was discovered two years ago

19. The character of “Dill,” Scout and Jem’s playmate in the novel was based upon Lee’s actual neighbor, Truman Capote
Capote is famous for amongst other things, In Cold Blood and Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
It has been said that he gave Lee Mockingbird as a gift.

20. Characters
Atticus Finch - an attorney whose wife has died, leaving him to raise their two children:
-Jem – 10-year-old boy
-Scout – (Jean Louise), 6-year-old girl
Tom Robinson – a black man accused of raping white girl; he is defended at trial by Atticus

21. Point of View First person Story is told by Scout, a 6-year-old girl
Information is controlled by Scout and her perspective of what is happening. Sometimes not all the facts are presented because we see the story through her eyes.

22. In 1962 the novel was turned into a film starring Gregory Peck.
It received a humanitarian award and several Academy Award nominations

23. Reading the Novel Setting is all important –be aware of the
“where” and “when” as you begin
Point of View – the novel is shaped by the voice of a young girl who sees the story from a position of naïve acceptance
“Goodness vs. Ignorance (Evil)” is an important theme
**Language Note**

24. Creative Writing – First Five 1/28/16
WINDOW: What is outside your bedroom window? Be detailed. Go. Five minutes.

25. Creative Writing
Please have out your brainstorming sheets which you began in class yesterday. (If you would like for me to check your today for the 5 pts, just let me know)
Today you have the option of either:
Continue work with brainstorming OR
Beginning your first written draft.
Please write this neatly and double space between lines.
I AM HERE TO HELP! 

26. English 10 – Check your Vocabulary Part II for accuracy.
Entrusted - given over to another for care or protection
Adjacent - next to
Perplexity - the condition of being puzzled
Ingenuous - without sophistication; artless; innocent
Fanatical - possessed or driven by excessive zeal
Isolate - to separate from the group; set apart
Debating - deliberating; considering
Acquainted - made familiar with
Today we will aim to finish Ch. 11 (Part I)