Mary+C

Activity 1 1). Time  - era – The time setting for this book is the twentieth century during the Great Depression.  season (beginning of book) - It is summer of 1933.  - age/period of life for Scout, Jem, Atticus. Scout is six and is starting first grade. Her brother Jem is 10 and is going into fifth grade. Atticus, their father, he is middle age and he is a lawyer.

 2). Geography  - area of world The book is set in the United States in the imaginary county of Maycomb in Alabama  - climate - warm summers and cold winters  - landscape/buildings- old, worn down the town is better than the houses. The country folk live in dirty conditions.

 3). Environment  - occupations - <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;"> There are doctors, farmers, and many colored field men. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;"> - lifestyle - Since it is the Great depression they do not live a comfortable lifestyle but they live better than the farmer/country children who were hit hard by the depression. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;"> - morals/religion - <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;"> They were Christian <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;"> - customs - <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">Atticus reads to Scout though Miss Caroline is not supposed to know. They eat meals together. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;"> - family life - <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">Miss Caroline is Scout's teacher. Atticus is a lawyer. Jem and Scout are students. Calpurnia is the cook she raises the children. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;"> - education - <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">Scout and Jem go to elementary school. Scout is in 1st grade and Jem is in 5th.

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">Task: Choose one of the following questions to respond to in a journal form. This is informal writing, and your response should be 6-8 sentences. Please type the question you are responding to above your response.

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> 1). <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;"> Mocking a Difference <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;"> Why do people tend to make fun of those who are in some way different? Do you believe the tendency is stronger in children or adults? Suggest ways to combat this tendency. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">I believe people make fun of others who are different because they think how they act is how others should act too. People think that their way of life is perfect and that others should live by their standards. Children are more likely to do it than adults but children are also more accepting. Children see differences in people and they will make fun of that person, but when they get to meet the person they will instantly accept them. Little children honestly don't care about about a persons looks are attitude they just want friends. I should know because I was like that when I was little. Adults have gone through more so they understand why people are different and they understand they will have to accept that.

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">Task: Respond to the following question in a journal form. This is informal writing, and your response should be 6-8 sentences. Please type the question above your response.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;"> 1). You Take that Back!

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;"> What type of insult would most provoke you? <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">– <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">An insult about your dress or appearance <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">– <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">An insult about your character or action <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">– <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">An insult about a friend or family member

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;"> Explain your reasons and suggest ways to deal with insults. An insult that would most likely provoke me the most is something about my character or actions. It would probably bother me because I cannot change who I am or how I do things. Some people just don't understand that some people do things differently from the way they are used to so they are not comfortable with it. When people become uncomfortable they say harsh things to others just to hide their true feelings or to try to make themselves feel better and in control. I guess I would try to let it go if that happened to me, but if it really got to me I would most likely go vent to a friend or just tell people to avoid me that day because I would not want to take my anger out on them. Honestly though, these types of things shouldn't get to people because it doesn't matter what others think it matters what you think of yourself.

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">There are many structural and thematic links between Chapters 11-12. The children, in many ways, begin to enter the adult world.

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;"> Task: Seven themes are listed below. For each theme find 1-2 examples of this theme in Chapter 11 and 1-2 examples in Chapter 12. You may organize your findings in any way you would like—such as a chart, outline, etc. Full sentences and direct quotations are not necessary—you may put the examples in your own words. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;"> Themes -Jem and Scout facing their fears of Mrs. Dubose by going to read to her everyday -Calpurnia sticking up for herself and the children by telling off Lula 2.<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">Jem’s Maturation -Jem telling Scout what to do -He's willing to donate the extra ten cents -He takes the blame for his actions 3.<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">Hidden Identities Discovered <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">-Mrs. Dubose being a morphine addict <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">- Calpurnia's way of life in her home and then the way she acted around Scout and Jem -Atticus's concerns for Mrs. Duboses well being -Calpurnia's church for the wife of Tom Robinson - Mrs. Dubose against Atticus for being a "nigger lover" - Lula against white children (Jem and Scout) -Mrs. Dubose mean behavior was because she was a morphine addict - Scout thought the church was advancing on them because they didn't want them their when in truth they were glad to have Jem and Scout
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Courage
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Concern for Others
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 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Illusions give way to Reality
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Scout’s Maturation

- She's learning to control her emotions and not to fight. -She's learning the reality of the world.

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">Task: Respond to the following questions in a journal form. This is informal writing, and your response should be 6-8 sentences. Please type the questions above your response.

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;"> 1). Mob Rule

o <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">How would you define a mob?

o <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">How does mob behavior differ from individual behavior?

o <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">How would you handle an angry mob as opposed to an angry individual?

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">A mob to me is a a gang or a group of people who gang up on people or just do generally bad things to make themselves feel more powerful. They want to hurt others because they do not feel powerful or they are just insecure and they wont admit it. They just need a way to get their insecurities out. A mobs behavior is in a group and they do everything in a large group or small group not by themselves. They also hurt people, steal, or vandalize for their own enjoyment. I guess i would handle a mob by either running or if they really angered me i would stand up and try to talk to them or fight knowing I would lose. An angry individual on the other hand I would wait for them to calm down or force them to stop and think for two seconds. In conclusion an angry individual is very different from a mob.

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">). Protecting the Innocent

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;"> What is your view about shielding children from unpleasant truths?

> For me I wouldn't want to keep my child in total darkness but I don't want them to know the whole truth. I wouldn't tell them the whole truth because I want to protect them; They need to mature at their own pace not be rushed into adulthood. I would tell them the some of the truth though because I trust them and I don't want them to be suspicious of my attitude or actions. In some situation I can see where it is alright for a parent to lie to their child. They are only trying to protect them, to not corrupt them with information. In other situations it is not alright because the parent knows the child can handle the information but they just don't want to tell them. This will probably cause the child to be angry at the parent, so there is no right or wrong answer or good side or bad side to telling children about unpleasant truths.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Is it important for a child to know the truth or to keep a child in the dark?
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">Is it right for a parent to lie to a child to shield him or her?

Activity 7 is below. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">Chapters 23-26 <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;"> Activity 8- Journal

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;"> Task: Respond to the following questions in a journal form. This is informal writing, and your response should be 6-8 sentences. Please type the questions above your response.

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;"> 1). Closing the Gaps

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;"> Why do people feel prejudice against whole groups of people? n <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">insecurity? n <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">result of bad experiences? n <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">automatic acceptance of old attitudes? <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;"> How can we overcome prejudice?

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">Our history shows that people have been very prejudice over the years. People were probably prejudice because they were insecure because they wanted to be the best. If someone can do one thing better than everybody who can't do it will shun them. Some people have just had bad experiences. If one person did something to someone at a young age to another that could change their whole perspective on the group or people. Family relations also has to do with prejudice. Children follow their parents so they will pick up on their beliefs and customs and learn to believe them. It will take a very long time, but people can overcome prejudice by opening up their eyes and seeing that people are the same just maybe different skin tone or beliefs. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">

Activity 7 is below. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">Task: Respond to the following questions regarding the conclusion of the novel. This is informal writing, and your response should be 6-8 sentences. Please type the questions above your response.

1). Atticus says that he sometimes feels he has been a total failure as a parent. Drawing examples from the novel, contradict or support his remark. I support Atticus's remark because he was not a total failure but he was not the best parent. He was never around playing with his children. He was always at work. When the children got in the middle of the mob he didn't give much effort to send the children him. He wanted his children to call him Atticus and not dad or daddy. So in truth he wasn't a horrible father just not the best. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;"> 2). Scout is finally able to meet Boo Radley, walk him home, and “stand in his shoes.” How does the actual meeting differ from her expectations? What does she learn from the experience? <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">Scout expects some tall scary man who stabs people with things. In truth she met a very tall man who was shy just like a child. Boo is polite and quiet. She learns that Boo was probably only looking out for the children and he thought of them as his own. Thats why she heard the laughing. It was just Boo finding their games funny. Scout learns that even though people are different, that doesn't make them deficient.



Activity 7- Building a Case
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 13px; height: 600px; line-height: 1.5; min-height: 600px; overflow-x: auto; overflow-y: visible; padding-bottom: 2em; width: 854px;">Chapters 19-22
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Good arguments follow certain rules. Three which are important in the court room are brevity, clarity, and thoroughness.

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;"> Task: Review the way that Atticus and Gilmer handle Tom’s case. You goal is to provide evidence from the trial to support each statement. Hints have been given throughout to help you.

Atticus’ Argument


 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">Mayella Ewell was probably injured by a left-handed man; therefore, Tom was not involved.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Mayella's right eye was black
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Mayella stuttered when she said her father never beat her.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Tom got his hand caught in a cotton gin when he was twelve and cannot use his left arm at all.


 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">No medical evidence exists to prove a rape occurred.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Heck Tate said she was mighty beat up but getting a doctor was unnecessary
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Bob Ewell agreed with what Heck said and he said he ran everywhere except to get a doctor.


 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">The Ewells are not credible witnesses.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Bob Ewell agreed with everything Heck said
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Bob Ewell never gave a direct answer for any question.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Mayella changed her answers so they would agree with her father's.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Mayella said she was screaming the entire time but her father only heard her from when he got their.


 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">Tom Robinson’s previous arrest was unimportant.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Tom was arrested for being in a fight because the other guy tried to cut him.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Tom was in jail for 30 days.


 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">Tom is a gentle, compassionate, hard-working man
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Tom works in the fields everyday.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Tom tips his hat to Mayella when he passes her house on the way to and from the fields
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Tom only wanted to help Mayella because he felt bad that she was so lonely and had no one to help her.

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;"> Gilmer’s Argument


 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">Mayella looked as though she was physically abused.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Mayella's right eye was black.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Mayella said that Tom beat her up and so did Tate and Mr. Ewell.


 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">Mayella was raped by Tom.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Tom is very strong for a man with the use of only one hand.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Mayella and Bob Ewell say that Tom attacked Mayella after she asked him to do something for her. Mayella was crying and she is white and back then white people were supposedly better than black.


 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">Tom acts in a shifty, dangerous, and criminal way.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Tom had been arrested before
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Tom was very quiet during the trial and did all the work without pay.


 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">Tom is insolent and doesn’t know his place.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Tom wants to help Mayella and doesn't ask for pay in return.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Tom says he feels sorry for Mayella.

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