Studying To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird cyberguide

To Kill a Mockingbird vocabulary

To Kill a Mockingbird student survival guide

To Kill a Mockingbird: Then and Now

Project: "Scenes from Maycomb"
Using the link below, search for photos that could have represented life in Maycomb, Alabama, the fictional town in "To Kill a Mockingbird"

America from the Great Depression to World War II:
Photographs from the FSA-OWI, 1935-1945

• Click on the black & white photos link.
• Click on Search keywords for black and white photos.
• Type "Alabama" in the search box and click search.
• Click the "Gallery View" button.
• Look through the 100 photos and find at least 10 that could represent the town and the people of Maycomb AND find photos that could represent the following characters:
      Atticus
      Scout
      Jem
      Dill
      Tom Robinson
      Bob Ewell
      Mayella Ewell
      Boo Radley
• For each photo, check the bibliographic information and make sure the photo was taken in the 1930's.
• Save each photo and it's bibliographic information for use in a Powerpoint presentation you will be making.

 Photographs of Signs Enforcing Racial Discrimination

Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia

http://www.u.arizona.edu/~swhite/english_300_fall_2004/NightPhotos.htm

http://americanhistory.si.edu/brown/history/1-segregated/segregated-america.html

Scavenger Hunt
How to Access the Library of Congress website and America's Library

The LOC website has posted over 7.5 million historical records on their various websites for public use.

1. Go to http://www.loc.gov/families/

2. Click on America's Library

3. In the scavenger hunt, you will be accessing the LOC website to answer questions.

4. Click on Meet Amazing Americans to begin the scavenger hunt.

5. Follow the instructions and answer the questions on the scavenger hunt worksheet. At times you will be directed to click on different links within the America's library page.