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To Kill A Mockingbird

A picture of a typicalSouthern mockingbird“Mockingbirds are the song champions of the bird world. Their happy singing can lift your spirits, or sometimes drive you crazy after you have had enough. If you hear a bird singing at night, it is most likely a mockingbird. Mockingbirds normally will not visit your feeders. They will stay in proximity to humans, building their nest in low trees or shrubs. Unlike most other bird species, the male and female mockingbird are difficult to tell apart.”

-excerpt taken from www.birdgoods.com

Depression Era Town

Alabama town and townsfolk

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Movie theater in town

A shanty house



Shanty house - similar to home described in novel



Workers with WPA building roads



Family during the Depression



Laborer and young black woman





A shanty town near Birmingham

Post office and train station





An Alabama Schoolhouse



Sunday on the porch



A sharecropper’s family and a sharecropper in the fields

Tenant farmer’s home

A WPA worker

A family’s living quarters



Children of the Depression





Family during a meal



Farmer during Depression



An African-American’s home

Row-houses

An African-American church and a segregation sign



A Depression-era courtroom

Jury’s area - note the positioning

Judge in the 1930’s

Monroeville, Alabama Courthouse



Journal Entry Based on these pictures of the Depression era in

Alabama, answer the following in your journal: What was life like in the depression? How do you think life was different for town dwellers

and country dwellers? Explain the disadvantages and advantages of the

Depression. What picture was the most memorable? Describe it and

tell why.

Harper Lee: The woman behind the story

Born in 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama Father was an attorney Mother’s maiden name was Finch Was the youngest of four children Won the Pulitzer Prize for the novel Only wrote THIS novel

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Works Cited All photos courtesy of: http://history1900s.about.com/library/photos/blyindexdepression.htm

-Depression photoshttp://www.birdgoods.com/birdinfo/mockingbirds.htm

-Mockingbird photos/informationhttp://www.chebucto.ns.ca/culture/

HarperLee/bio.html -Harper Lee photo/biographical information

http://history1900s.about.com/library/photos/blyindexdepression.htm

http://history1900s.about.com/library/photos/blyindexdepression.htm

http://www.birdgoods.com/birdinfo/mockingbirds.htm

http://www.birdgoods.com/birdinfo/mockingbirds.htm

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What city is the setting of To Kill a Mockingbird?

A. Mobile, AL

B. Maycomb, AL

C. Birmingham, AL

D. Odessa, TX

32

TKM was written by:

A. Emily Dickinson

B. J.K. Rowling

C. Harper Lee

D. John Grisham

33

Harper Lee’s father was a/an

A. doctor

B. Businessman

C. Teacher

D. Attorney

34

Harper Lee wrote many books.A. True

B. False

35

Finch was...

A. her mother’s maiden name.

B. her middle name

C. her sister’s first name

D. her favorite bird to look at.

36

EVERYONE was poor during the Great Depression.A. True

B. False

37

What year was Harper Lee born?A. 1948

B. 1926

C. 1889

D. 1957