At the opening of To Kill a Mockingbird, an adult Scout recalls the events in 1933, when she was 6 years old. You and your group will construct a book that will give us background about Scout’s world in the 1930's to help us better understand the events in the book. Use in text citations.

Introducing Jean Louise "Scout" Finch- Each person in the group will write a paragraph about Scout according to the specific directions given by Ms.Litsey. Each person also include an illustration of one quotation from the book.

Her home, neighborhood, and town-Draw an illustrated map of Scout’s home, neighborhood and town based on the descriptions in the book. Use at least 5 quotations and 5 pictures.

Family, friends, and neighbors-Each person in your group will do an "open mind" for any two of the following characters: Calpurnia, Atticus, Jem, Dill, Mrs. DuBois, Miss Maudi, Miss Rachel, Aunt Alexandra, Boo Radley, The Euells, and The Cunninghams.

Entertainment-Based on the story and your research, what kind of entertainment was available to Scout? Include: books, movies, games they played, radio, etc. Use pictures, captions, and quotations.

School-What was school like in Maycomb? Use pictures and quotations from the book.

Scottsboro Trial-Write a newspaper account of the real trial that inspired the book. Include a timeline.

The Scottsboro Boys
http://www.afroam.org/history/scott/scotts.html

The Scottsboro Trial
http://library.thinkquest.org/12111/scottsboro/scottsbo.htm

The Scottsboro Boys Trial
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scottsboro/scottsb.htm
 
 

The Trial of Tom Robinson-Write an account of the fictional trial in the book. Include a courtroom transcript, a newspaper account, and an obituary for Tom Robinson.

U. S. News-The Depression, important people, New Deal, Dust Bowl. What is happening in Scout’s world in the United States?

WPA-Works Progress Administration
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/wpa.html

The New Deal Network
http://newdeal.feri.org/classrm/links.htm

Hoover Dam
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA98/haven/hoover/front2.html

Father Charles Coughlin-The Radio Priest
http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/hist409/coughlin/coughlin.html
Father Charles Coughlin was a popular radio personality who encouraged racism and bigotry.

The WPA-Oral Histories
http://rs6.loc.gov/wpaintro/wpahome.html

The Dust Bowl
http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/hist409/dust/dust.html

Huey Long
http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/hist409/long/long.html

Growing Up Black in the 1930s
http://library.thinkquest.org/12111/mculley.html

Jim Crow America
http://www.ushmm.org/olympics/zcc036a.htm

African American Mosaic
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html

Growing Up White in the South
http://library.thinkquest.org/12111/girl.html

Surviving the Dust Bowl
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dustbowl/

The Day of the Black Blizzard
http://www.discovery.com/area/history/dustbowl/dustbowl1.1.html

Voices From the Dust Bowl
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/afctshtml/tshome.html

History of the Dust Bowl
http://www.ultranet.com/~gregjonz/dust/dustbowl.html

FDR’s New Deal
http://www.ultranet.com/~gregjonz/dust/dustbowl.html

New Deal
http://www.geocities.com:80/Athens/Forum/9061/USA/twenty/fdr.html

FDR Cartoon Archive
http://www.nisk.k12.ny.us/fdr/

Franklin Delano Roosevelt
http://www.nscds.pvt.k12.il.us/nscds/us/apushist/roosevelt/

Roosevelt Library and Museum
http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/

We Make Do
http://www.mcsc.k12.in.us/mhs/social/madedo/

The Main Causes of the Great Depression
http://www.escape.com/~paulg53/politics/great_depression.shtml

Women in the 1930s
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/oralhist/womenset.html

Verda E. Galbreath Carter Diary
http://carterdiary.freeservers.com/

Riding the Rails
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/rails/index.html

The World News-What is happening in other parts of the world: China, Germany, Spain, Great Britain

Spanish Civil War
Abraham Lincoln Brigade
http://www.alba-valb.org/

The Spanish Revolution and Civil War
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/9820/

They Still Draw Pictures
http://orpheus-1.ucsd.edu/speccoll/tsdp/index.html

Essays on the Spanish Civil War
http://www.weisbord.org/Spain.htm

Jews in Europe and the Rise of the Nazis
America and the Holocaust
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/holocaust/

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
http://www.ushmm.org/

Hitler Youth
http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/hitleryouth/index.html

Holocaust Timeline 1933-1945
http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/holocaust/timeline.html#top

The Rise of Adolf Hitler
http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/riseofhitler/new.htm

More Resources
General 1930s History

1920s, 1930s, 1940s Links
http://home.earthlink.net/~margiekate/1930-40.html

1930s Front Page
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/front.html

20^th Century by Decades-1930s
http://dewey.chs.chico.k12.ca.us/decs3.html

Michigan Historical Museum-The Depression
http://www.sos.state.mi.us/history/museum/explore/museums/hismus/1900-75/depressn/labnews2.html

To Kill a Mockingbird Information
To Kill a Mockingbird Then and Now
http://library.thinkquest.org/12111/
This is a wonderful project with quicktime video from the movie and film footage of the Civil Right movement.

To Kill a Mockingbird
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Culture/HarperLee/

To Kill a Mockingbird
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/english/English104W-15/tokillamockingbird[index].htm

SCORE-To Kill a Mockingbird Teacher's Guide
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/tokil/mocktg.htm