To Kill a Mockingbird

 

Social Studies Connection

 

Atticus Finch is a fictional character. He is idealistic and fights for social justice. Using the Google Search Engine type: America’s Library. This website will take you to Meet Amazing Americans and then to Activists and Reformers. Choose three of the Activists and Reformers and do a brief summary of their lives. Do not copy the website information word for word.

 

Atticus versus Society

 

Please respond to each question with a 5 sentence paragraph:

 

1.      What issues and causes are important to Atticus Finch? What does he think of the law?

2.      What values and lessons does Atticus teach his children? What does Scout think of her father?

3.      Why is Atticus’s view of race relations in contrast to the way his community thinks?

 

Character Chart

 

Make a chart or a story map for Scout, Jem, Atticus, Mayella, Tom Robinson, and Boo Radley. Determine each character’s role in the story by listing physical and emotional characteristics.

 

One Page Analysis

 

Choose Jem, Atticus, Mayella, or Tom Robinson from your Character Chart and write a one-page essay that explains how the character impacts Scout. Give at least three details, showing what Scout lerans from the character of your choice. This may be typed, double-spaced, or neatly hand-written.

 

This summer project is due on the first day of school.

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