Please begin class by… Putting your WPB essay on your desk for a homework check Putting your WPB...

Please begin class by…Please begin class by…

Putting your WPB essay on your desk for Putting your WPB essay on your desk for a homework checka homework check

Immediately discussing with your group Immediately discussing with your group what you wrote about; you may be as what you wrote about; you may be as specific or general in your discussion.specific or general in your discussion.

TKAM Historical ContextTKAM Historical Context

Josefino Rivera, Jr. and Terry PanJosefino Rivera, Jr. and Terry Pan

SurveySurvey

March 30, 2009March 30, 2009

Making InferencesMaking Inferences

Inference – a logical conclusion you make Inference – a logical conclusion you make based on the context clues you are givenbased on the context clues you are given

Given the images and music you are Given the images and music you are about to encounter, what inferences can about to encounter, what inferences can you make about the setting or time period you make about the setting or time period in which in which To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird is writtenis written??

WPB:WPB:classwork and homeworkclasswork and homework

Document these inferences in your WPB.Document these inferences in your WPB. Label your WPB with the date and title it “TKAM Label your WPB with the date and title it “TKAM

Historical Context”Historical Context” For homework, you will synthesize these For homework, you will synthesize these

inferences in a short descriptive essay that inferences in a short descriptive essay that responds to the prompt: What was life in the responds to the prompt: What was life in the 1930s like?1930s like?

Be sure to explain how you know using the Be sure to explain how you know using the information presented today or from prior information presented today or from prior knowledge (e.g. World Studies, the History knowledge (e.g. World Studies, the History Channel, other books you’ve read)Channel, other books you’ve read)

SettingSetting

1930s 1930s The SouthThe South

Maycomb, AlabamaMaycomb, Alabama

BreadlineBreadline

106.5 million people in the US106.5 million people in the US 2.1 million people unemployed (5.2%)2.1 million people unemployed (5.2%)

Illiteracy rate reached a new low: 6%Illiteracy rate reached a new low: 6% It took 13 days to travel from New York to It took 13 days to travel from New York to

California on the road.California on the road. Life expectancyLife expectancy

Male = 53.6 yearsMale = 53.6 years Female = 54.6 yearsFemale = 54.6 years

Some Statistics of the 1930sSome Statistics of the 1930s