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Chapters 1-3 Activity 1 1). Time - era – 1930's - season (beginning of book) - Summer - age/period of life for Scout, Jem, Atticus: Scout: 6, Jem: 10 Atticus: Unknown 30's-40's approx.

2). Geography - area of world: United States: Alabama - climate - Mild, not to warm, a little rainy. - landscape/buildings: A few necessary buildings i.e. school, grocery store, some neighbor hoods.

3). Environment - occupations - Teachers, Doctors, a Lawyer, - lifestyle - You start school when you are - morals/religion - - customs - - family life - - education -Education goes on through high school. Scout and Jem are very literate.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Chapters 4-6 Activity 2- Journal

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. 1). <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Mocking a Difference 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. The reason people usually treat others that are different, is because they are already used to a set way of life. When somebody or people act different, then people are unerved and try to put an end to it. The way people choose to get rid of it is to ridicule that behavior. The tendency is definately stronger in children. Since most of the time adults are more mature than children, they dont treat each other in a terrible way. They may gossip about their behavior, but they wont come out with it. Remember to treat people the way you want to be treated. If you do this all the time, you will have less chances to treat people the wrong way.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Chapters 7-9 Activity 3- Journal

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; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">1). You Take that Back!

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

Explain your reasons and suggest ways to deal with insults. <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">What type of insult would most provoke you? <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">An insult about a friend or family member. If someone talked about me I would move on. I know who I am and it doesn't matter what other people think. If someone insulted my family/ friends, that is another matter. First off, they are not there to defend themselves so someone has to defend them, second my family/friends mean alot to me. If they are insulted naturally I would defend them.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Chapters 10-12 Activity 4- Linking Experiences

There are many structural and thematic links between Chapters 11-12. The children, in many ways, begin to enter the adult world.

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. Themes <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">b. She stayed obedient in Calpurnia's church just like she said she would.
 * 1) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Courage:
 * 2) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">a. Jem and Scout started playing on the northern side of Maycomb, even though they hated Mrs. Dubose.
 * 3) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">b. Jem obeyed Atticus and went to Mrs. Dubose house to read to her even though he was creeped out by her house.
 * 4) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Jem’s Maturation:
 * 5) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">a. His appetite skyrocketed.
 * 6) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">b.He became difficult to live with, inconsistent, and moody.
 * 7) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Hidden Identities Discovered:
 * 8) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">a. It turns out that even though Mrs. Dubose was very bitter on the outside, she was really a very strong old woman.
 * 9) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">b. Chap. 12 shows that Calpurnia acts differently at her church from how she acts at "home".
 * 10) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Concern for Others:
 * 11) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">a. Calpurnia shows concerne in a very quiet way by giving Jem a biscut after he had his fit at Mrs. Dubose's house.
 * 12) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">b. Atticus shows concern fof his son when he begins to curse about Mrs. Dubose, and he takes Jem in his arms to comfort him.
 * 13) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Prejudice:
 * 14) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">a. ms. Lula was prejudice against Jem and Scout.
 * 15) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">b. The people of the town were prejudice against Tom Robison which inturn, made them prejudice against Atticus for defending him.
 * 16) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Illusions give way to Reality:
 * 17) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">a. Mrs. Dubose is just a really sick old lady.
 * 18) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">b. Calpurnia is multi-personalitied.
 * 19) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Scout’s Maturation:
 * 20) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">a. Instead of yelling at Mrs. Dubose after she makes a rude comment she either stays quiet or says somthing sensible, not harsh or rude in any way.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Chapters 13-15 Activity 5- Journal

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.

1). Mob Rule

oHow would you define a mob? <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">There are many different definitions of a mob, it could be a noun, adjective, or verb. One definition could be this: a mob is a group of angry people all together with one purpose in mind. This is the example of the word "mob" used on To Kill a Mockingbird. Mobs usually use violence as a resource of action, this is what seperates them from other groups of people who are gathered together for somthing they believe in. If a person is attacked by a mob, then the outcome would not be good. They could be injured or killed.

oHow does mob behavior differ from individual behavior? In a paper on this website: [], it is stated that the limbic system in the brain, which is involved with emotional activity, dominates the person's actions and thinking, and therefore suppresses the neo-cortex, or the logical thinking part of the brain when a person joins a crowd. Therefore, the person acts irrationally because he or she is under "emotional pressure". What this means is that when people are alone there reasoning is better, but if they are with other people they tend to follow along with what others are doing, whether it is good or not. This is why many teens do things such as drinking or "smoking" when they are at different places. Peer pressure causes you to think differently. In To Kill a Mockingbird, the Ewells gather around Atticus and almost hurt him. In the context clues it implies that they had been drinking which only worsened their reasoning. A﻿s a group they decided to hurt him. If Scout hadn't brought them to their senses, they might have.

oHow would you handle an angry mob as opposed to an angry individual? When faced against an angry individual, i would be prepared to walk away. If a person was going on about somthing unimportant I would just ingnore them and walk away. If a person tried to do somthing physical to me I would definatley defend myself. I wouldn't try to do anything harmful to them, I would just try to get them off of me. If a mob trapped me i would try to work my way out of getting beat up. If there was still a chance to get away, I would definately run or try to get away. Logic telling you that you are outnumbered should be reason enough to run away. You don't always have to be brave.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Chapters 16-18 Activity 6- Journal

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.

1). Protecting the Innocent

What is your view about shielding children from unpleasant truths? <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">It really depends on how old the child is, and what their level of maturiy is. It also depends on what that truth may be. For example, if the child is around six years old and their grandparents have just died, you should let them know what has happened. Even thugh you may think it will hurt hem they do have a right to know. If the the same type of situation accured but a family mamber was murdered, the child should know they are dead but not the actual nature of what happened until they are older. Once they are older and are more capable of understanding the situation, it would be best for you to tell them. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">NO, keeping secrets from your child could lead to massive relationship problems. If they find out about it and are angered by this it could affect your relationship for a long time or forever depending on how deep or urgent the secret was. In the book Tangerine by Edward Bloor the main character Paul finds out a secret that his parents had been keeping a secret for most of his life. Through a series of events he finds out that his brother sprayed his eyes with white spray paint at a very young age. His parents never told him because apparently they didnt him to blame his brother for making him "blind". When he finds out, he is furious. Even though they move on, Paul never fully gets over this relevation. These types of things do happen and it's because parents are trying to protect their children. In their children's eyes it is not protection, it is deception.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Is it important for a child to know the truth or to keep a child in the dark?
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Is it right for a parent to lie to a child to shield him or her?

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Chapters 19-22 Activity 7- Building a Case

Good arguments follow certain rules. Three which are important in the court room are brevity, clarity, and thoroughness.

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

Tom's left arm has been permnantly paralyzed because of his accident at the mill. Mayella's right side of her face is said to have been mangled by Tom, but the natural way to harm someone would be to do it with the limbs on the opposite side of the of places you would try to hurt. Since Tom's arm is useless, there isn't any way for him to naturally inpact any damage on Mayella's body. Heck Tate and Bob Ewell both said that there wasn't a need to call a doctor because even though she was allegedly "raped", she did not need to see a doctor for help. Since they never contacted a doctor, there is not any medical evidence to prove that Mayella was raped.
 * 1) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Mayella Ewell was probably injured by a left-handed man; therefore, Tom was not involved.
 * 2) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Mayella was supposedly beaten around the face on the right side. You would hit the right side of anyobodys body with you left.
 * 3) Mayella was supposedly groped around the neck, but it takes a full grown man to get both around an average persons neck.
 * 4) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Tom's left arm is permanantly disabled because he got his arm stuck in a cotton gin destroying the muscle.
 * 1) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">No medical evidence exists to prove a rape occurred.
 * 2) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Heck Tate said that she was beaten up but she didn't need a doctor.
 * 3) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Bob Ewell said that he had seen what had happened but that he had not taken her to a doctor when he was running around to and fro.
 * 1) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">The Ewells are not credible witnesses.
 * 2) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Bob Ewell
 * 3) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Bob Ewell
 * 4) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Mayella
 * 5) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Mayella

Tom was just trying to defend himself because someone was trying to cut him. Considering the fact that he couldn't pay the fine, he had to do public service in order to get it off of his record. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';"> Gilmer’s Argument
 * 1) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Tom Robinson’s previous arrest was unimportant.
 * 2) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Tom
 * 3) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Tom
 * 1) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Tom is a gentle, compassionate, hard-working man.
 * 2) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Tom worked at a cotton field and every day he would say hello to Mayella.
 * 3) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Tom would willingly do what Mayella had for him to do without pay.
 * 4) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Tom said that it was very nice of Mayella to save up seven nickles for the children over the course of one year.


 * 1) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Mayella looked as though she was physically abused.
 * 2) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Mayella was suppposedly beaten severly around the face.
 * 3) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Mayella had finger marks on her face.


 * 1) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Mayella was raped by Tom.
 * 2) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Tom was constantly around the Ewell place doing things out of "the goodness of his heart"
 * 3) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Mayella and Bob Ewell


 * 1) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Tom acts in a shifty, dangerous, and criminal way.
 * 2) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Tom ran away from the scene of the crime
 * 3) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Tom

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Tom
 * 1) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Tom is insolent and doesn’t know his place.
 * 2) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Tom said that he felt sorry for a white women i.e. Mayella

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Chapters 23-26 Activity 8- Journal

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.

1). Closing the Gaps

Why do people feel prejudice against whole groups of people? n <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">insecurity? <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">People are naturally repelant of different things. This is why change is so hard for people. When people see something that is relevantly different from them they feel insecure about it. For example, when someone is bigger than someone else, they might automatically feel like thay would be mean and tough. If they got to know them then it might change their opnions. At the beginning though they would have jumped to conclusions because thay were unsetteled by his looks. Thus changing their entire perspective, sadly in To Kill A Mockingbird, this option was taken into mind. n <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">result of bad experiences? <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Past expierences leave permanent marks on people whether they believe it or not. If something embarrasing or hurtful happened it will stay with you forever. This bad experience will affect thier judgement. If someone had a bad past experience with they will naturally be prejuduce against that person and anyone asociated with that person. Not all bad experiences come from the past though, some come from the present. The view of black people as unequals to whites was a bad experience to both races. In To Kill A Mockingbird Atticus was prejudiced against because he was supporting Tom Robinson. While supporting him he "showed" Bob Ewell up which only raised his prejudice against him because his pride had been hurt. This bad experience led to the near death of Jem and Scout, Atticus' children. n <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">automatic acceptance of old attitudes? <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">During this time period, people used "black" people as slaves. Treating them like they were inferior was a major prejudice. "White" people treated like this for many years. Every time a child was born they were raised to think of them as unequals. The attitudes of their ancestors was automatically accepted without any moral thought. This prejudice was a major component in Tom Robinson's case. A black man's word against to white peoples was bound to make him lose at that certain court house. Even with the evidence in line, the people still went by their prejudice "moralls". How can we overcome prejudice? <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">If we learn to not judge people by the outside but instead on the inside, we will be able to stop prejudice. Throught time, we have stopped the prejudice between Black and White people. There is still much work to be done, that has been unsaid. People are prejudice against others who are blind, deaf, dumb (as in they can't speak), and the mentally challenged. Going back to the fact that people naturally shun things that are different this will continue to be a struggle for equality. If we continue to strive to understand people like this, we will beable to overcome prejudice.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Chapters 27-31 Activity 9- Discussion Questions

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. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">I truly believe that Atticus has been a great parent. Atticus doesn't hide anything from his children. For example when Scout asked what rape was, he responded calmly and told her. Instead of trying to work his way around it, he told the truth. Jem and Scout have an ample amout of freedom. Atticus doesn't hound them in any way. When Jem or Scout want to go out they just tell Atticus and he lets them go. Atticus is very morall in his ways and his children know that if he tells them to do something he has a justified reason for it.

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? Instead of Scout meeting him on his porch, she met him after he saved Jem. Scout was not very surprised that it was Boo Radley. As soon as she saw him she new it was him. Even though it was not up to her "expectations", she was very happy to meet him. Scout begins to realize that Boo has been watching Jem, Dill, and her for a very long time. She sees how Boo's opinion is, and officially knows how to stand in someone elses shoes.