Study Guides and Lesson Plans for
To Kill a Mockingbird
Pulitzer Prize Award Winner
About To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee:
One of the best-loved stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird
has earned many distinctions since its original publication in 1960. It won the Pulitzer
Prize, has been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than thirty million
copies worldwide, and been made into an enormously popular movie. Most recently,
librarians across the country gave the book the highest of honors by voting it the best
novel of the twentieth century.
About the Author: Nelle Harper Lee was born on
April 28, 1926 in Monroeville Alabama. The youngest of four children of Amasa Coleman Lee
and Frances Finch Lee, Harper attended Huntingdon College 1944-45, studied law at
University of Alabama 1945-49, and spent a year at Oxford University. In the 1950s she
moved to New York City where, after working briefly as an airline reservation clerk, she
decided to focus exclusively on her writing. She moved into a cold-water flat and began
writing To Kill a Mockingbird. In 1957 she submitted the manuscript to the J. B.
Lippincott Company and was told that her novel read too much like a series of loosely
connected short stories. She spent the next two and a half years revising the book and in
1960 it was published to widespread acclaim, winning the Pulitzer Prize and thousands of
devoted readers.
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To Kill a Mockingbird LitPlan Teacher Pack
Complete lesson plans for teaching To Kill a Mockingbird. Includes
introduction to the unit, unit objectives, reading assignments, unit outline, study
questions (short answer), study/quiz questions (multiple choice), vocabulary worksheets,
daily lessons planned, related nonfiction reading assignment, oral reading evaluation,
biographical info about the author, three detailed writing assignments (inform, persuade,
personal opinion), vocabulary review games & activities, unit review games &
activities, at least one group activity assignment, discussion questions on all levels
(factual, critical, interpretive, personal response), 2 short answer unit tests, 2
multiple choice unit tests, 1 advanced short answer unit test, unit and vocabulary
crossword puzzles, unit and vocabulary extra worksheets & games, bulletin board ideas,
ready-to-copy student materials, answer keys, and more!
CD-ROM: 127 pages
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A Guide to Using To Kill a Mockingbird in the Classroom...
This resource is directly related to To Kill a Mockingbird
and filled with a variety of cross-curricular lessons to do before, during, and after
reading the book. This reproducible book presents an exciting approach to teaching
well-known literature! It includes sample plans, author information, vocabulary building
ideas, cross-curriculum activities, sectional activities and quizzes, unit tests, and many
ideas for culminating and extending the novel. 48 pages.
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TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Study Guide by Andrew Clausen...
Easy-to-use, reproducible lessons on literary terms, comprehension and analysis,
critical thinking, related scriptural principles, vocabulary,
activities, plus a complete answer key. Ring-bound, 56 pages.
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Max Notes : To Kill a Mockingbird
Written by literary experts who currently teach the subject, MAXnotes enhance
understanding and enjoyment of the work. Uncludes an overall summary, character lists, an
explanation and discussion of the plot, the work's historical context, illustrations to
convey the mood of the work, and a biography of the author. Each chapter is individually
summarized and analyzed, and has study questions and answers.
128 pages.
Cliff Notes :
To Kill a Mockingbird
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Understanding "To Kill a Mockingbird"
This rich collection of historical documents, collateral readings, and commentary
captures the essence of the impact of To Kill a Mockingbird, making it an ideal
resource for students, teachers, and library media specialists. Drawing on
multi-disciplinary sources, the casebook places the issues of race, censorship,
stereotyping, and heroism into sharp perspective. Among the documents which speak most
eloquently are testimony from the Scottsboro Case of the 1930s, memoirs and interviews
with African Americans and whites who grew up in Alabama in the 1930s, and news stories on
civil rights activities in Alabama in the 1950s. More recent articles include a debate
between lawyers over whether Atticus Finch was a hero, and discussions of attempts to
censor the novel. Most of the documents presented are available in no other print form.
Study questions, project ideas, and bibliographies are also included for ease of use in
further examination of the issues raised by the novel. Thirteen historical photos
complement the text. The author is Professor of English at the University of
Alabama, where she chaired the English Department for 12 years.
Hardcover, 248 pages.
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Gregory Peck starred as Atticus Finch in the 1962 film
adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird. Photographed left with co-stars Mary Badham
("scout") and Phillip Alford ("Jem")
Photo available at AllPosters.com