Honors 10 (2013-2014): To Kill A Mockingbird Resources

2013-2014 School year Honors 10 Summer Homework Resources: 

Use the items below to help gain contextual understanding of the novel, and/or to aid your reading of the book for a deeper understanding.

Historical Context & Background Information on To Kill A Mockingbird:

• Historical Background of To Kill A Mockingbird
• Historical Context of To Kill A Mockingbird- The Big Read
• Understanding To Kill A Mockingbird: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historic Documents
• To Kill A Mockingbird & Harper Lee
• A Map of Alabama

The Scottsboro Trials

• Famous American Trials “The Scottsboro Boys” Trials 1931 – 1937
• The First Scottsboro Trials, & A History of the case 
• The Scottsboro Trials- Historical Context
• The 6th Amendment
• Right to Counsel
• Right to A Jury Trial
• Legal Dictionary- The 6th Amendment
• Juries in the 1930s

The Great Depression

• The Great Depression- PBS Article
• The Great Depression – PBS Timeline
• The Great Depression- The History Channel
• The Great Depression

Civil Rights History

• The Missouri Compromise– Library of Congress
• The Missouri Compromise- PBS
• The Dred Scott Decision (Dred Scott v. Sandford)- PBS
• The Dred Scott Decision (Dred Scott v. Sandford)
• John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry- PBS
• John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry- The Library of Virginia
• John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry- The History Chanel
• The American Civil War- The History Chanel
• The American Civil War- U.S. Dept of the Interior
• The Reconstruction Period – the History Chanel
• The Reconstruction Period- Sparksnotes
• The Emancipation Proclamation- PBS
• The Emancipation Proclamation- National Archives and Records Administration
• The Plessy v. Ferguson decision- PBS
• The Plessy v. Ferguson decision
• The Plessy v. Ferguson decision- enotes
• The Jim Crow Laws- PBS
• The Jim Crow Laws- U.S. Dept of the Interior
• The Jim Crow Laws- Ferris University
• The Brown v. the Board of Education decision- The U.S. dept of the Interior
• The Brown v. the Board of Education decision
• The Brown v. the Board of Education decision- PBS
• The Little Rock Nine
• The Little Rock Nine
• Emmett Till- PBS
• Emmett Till- Biography.com
• Rosa Parks
• Rosa Parks: Scholastic 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
• the Montgomery Bus Boycott
• the Montgomery Bus Boycott- History Chanel
• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
• the March on Washington
• The March on Washington
• The March on Washington
• Behind The March on Washington
• The March on Washington- Life Magazine
• The Civil Rights Act of 1964
• The Civil Rights Act of 1964
• The Voting Rights Act of 1965
• The Voting Rights Act of 1965
• The Voting Rights Act of 1965
• Civil Rights Movement
• The Civil Rights Era- Sparksnotes
• Additional Resources

The South in the 1930s (the novel is set in the 1930s)

• Growing up White in the South in the 1930s
• Growing up Black in the South in the 1930s
• Race Relations in the South in the 1930s
• American Cultural History
• Encyclopedia of Alabama- Poverty
• Alabama History Timeline
• Southern Culture
• Southern Culture PPT or PDF version
• Alabama in the 1930s
• Roles of Southern Women
• Southern Women Trailblazers (hover over the story tab at the top right for drop-down options: Suffrage, Education, Workforce, Civil Rights Movement)
• Narratives from people who lived in the south
• Multiple resources with information on the 1930s
• Farming in The 1930s
• America in The 1930s
• Documenting the American South
• Religion and the US South

The 1950s (when the novel was written)

• American Culture of the 1950s
• American History: Life in the 1950s– Voice of America
• 1950s- The History Chanel

Harper Lee

• Harper Lee
• Harper Lee’s Novel Achievement- The Smithsonian
• Harper Lee (About)- The Big Read
• Harper Lee- Biography.com
• To Kill A  Mockingbird Publishing History
• Harper Lee Interview #1
• Harper Lee Interview #2
• Monroe, Alabama
• Truman Capote & Harper Lee

To Kill A Mockingbird Vocabulary & Language

• To Kill A Mockingbird Vocabulary database
• What is an Idiom
• Idioms in To Kill A Mockingbird
• Alternate Idiom website for To Kill A Mockingbird
• To Kill A Mockingbird Student Survival Guide
  

• Allusions made in To Kill A Mockingbird
• To Kill A Mockingbird vocabulary
  • Chapters 1-10
  • Chapters 11-20
  • Chapters 21-30

 

• Audio Links:
  • Ch 1-3
  • Ch 4-7
  • Ch 8-9
  • Ch 10-11
  • Ch 12-14
  • Ch 15-16
  • Ch 17-18
  • Ch 19-22
  • Ch 23-24
  • Ch 25-27
  • Ch 28-31

• Summary / Chapter guides (if you’re struggling with what you read, you can check out these resources which offer chapter summaries and explanation.)
• • TKAM on Shmoop
  • TKAM on SparkNotes
  • TKAM on Cliff’sNotes
  • TKAM LitChart
  • TKAM Chapter Summaries & Analysis (PDF Download) or weblink for Cliff’s Notes

• Additional Resources:
• • TKAM Historical Context
  • Harper Lee Biography

Hamlet Final Project- Spotify Directions

Hello!

If you chose option 1 for your Hamlet final project, the soundtrack, and you don’t have the ability to burn a cd, you can totally make a FREE playlist of your soundtrack over at Spotify.com! YAY technology!

Here are the steps to follow + if you’re struggling, you can come in for help, or google a youtube video for additional instructions. If you’re familiar with itunes, Spotify functions very similarly.

 

STEP ONE:

Sign up for an account: https://www.spotify.com/us/

There are two options: sign up with Facebook or an email address

 

Step Two:

Create a playlist

On the left bar select the “New Playlist” button, give it a title.

 <– look “New Playlist”

Step THREE:

Search for music you want to add to your playlist. When you find a song you like, click on it so it’s highlight, click & hold down while you drag it to and drop it on top of your playlist name. Your song is now in the playlist.

 

STEP FOUR:

Click your playlist name to go to your playlist. Order your songs how you like them.

 

STEP FIVE:

This will sound counter-intuitive. Instead of clicking on the pretty “share button” while you’re on your selected playlist, to share your playlist, you actually want to right click (control-click if you’re on a Mac) the playlist name in the left column & select “copy HTTP” when it appears in the menu. Paste this link into an email to MS. Wright or MS. Camero, email it before class starts on 05/20, and you’re all set.

 

OPTION 1 DIRECTIONS:

Option 1: Create a CD of songs that could be played from the start of the play to the end and reflect Hamlet’s feelings, tone, mood, struggles, successes, as the story evolves. The songs should tell the story.  You need to include at least 8 songs, and are to create a CD case/jacket that indicates which songs are on the CD.  It should have a title as well as attractive and relevant artwork.  You must write a 1-2 page reflection, in this you should have a minimum of 1 paragraph for each song on your playlist explaining the song choices and what they each represent. (Consider song lyrics/tone/mood and how and why each song relates to Hamlet.)