Lesson 1 4/5/22 Year 9/10
Quite reading of the novel 10 minutes.
Cultural Context of the Novel and the Writer -Harper Lee ( 1926 – 2017)
Small Groups research the following areas (15/20 minutes) :
1. Great Depression + Roosevelt
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/rise-to-world-power/greatdepression/a/franklin-delano-roosevelt-as-president
https://www.britannica.com/story/causes-of-the-great-depression
2. Scottboro Case
https://www.britannica.com/event/Scottsboro-case
https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/scottsboro-boys
3. Jim Crow laws
https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/jim-crow-segregation/
https://teachinghistory.org/history-content/beyond-the-textbook/24693
4. Klu Kux Klan
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/article/ku-klux-klan/
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ku-Klux-Klan
5. Civil Rights Movement
https://www.britannica.com/event/American-civil-rights-movement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URxwe6LPvkM
Then each group puts notes on the board and makes a short summary of their topic.
Copy a map of the Maycomb in your book.