To Kill A Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird, is set in the Deep South, and is a searing portrayal of race and prejudice told through the eyes of a little girl. Filled with atmospheric evocations of life in the 1930s and a moral and caring sensibility, To Kill a Mockingbird is both a brilliant rendering of a specific time and place as well as a universal tale of how understanding can triumph over old and evil mindsets. - About.com
Students in Grade 10 will learn about plot, characterization, and other aspects of literature. Most years we will be reading Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird.
Background
Jim Crow Laws
Stand at the Schoolhouse Door
16th St Baptist Church
Lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith
Strange Fruit
Change is Going to Come
Mannish Boy
Say it Loud...
Great Migration Video
Foreground
The Help
Selma
Detroit
Black Lives Matter
Thirteenth
To Kill a Mockingbird, is set in the Deep South, and is a searing portrayal of race and prejudice told through the eyes of a little girl. Filled with atmospheric evocations of life in the 1930s and a moral and caring sensibility, To Kill a Mockingbird is both a brilliant rendering of a specific time and place as well as a universal tale of how understanding can triumph over old and evil mindsets. - About.com
Students in Grade 10 will learn about plot, characterization, and other aspects of literature. Most years we will be reading Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird.
Background
Jim Crow Laws
Stand at the Schoolhouse Door
16th St Baptist Church
Lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith
Strange Fruit
Change is Going to Come
Mannish Boy
Say it Loud...
Great Migration Video
Foreground
The Help
Selma
Detroit
Black Lives Matter
Thirteenth