Caroline+B

Chapters 1-3, Activity 1 1). Time - era – 1930's Depression Era - season (beginning of book) - summer of 1933 - age/period of life for Scout, Jem, Atticus- Scout is 6, Jem is 10, and Atticus is 30-40.

2). Geography - area of world- Maycomb, Alabama - climate - hot - landscape/buildings- houses, farms, and schoolhouses

3). Environment - occupations - farmers, law, medicine, teachers, maids, cotton buying, doctors - lifestyle -poor, basic, simple - morals/religion - Methodist - customs - follow the laws, strict - family life -proper children, close family, maid lives with them and acts as mother - education - grades 1-6, Dewey Decimal System 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).  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.

I think people tend to make fun of those who are in some way different because they do not know any better. They assume that they are weird or that they are crazy when really they could come from a troubled background or have a mental issue that they will live with forever. I think that kids are more likely to make fun of people because they are younger and less experienced with handling these kind of situations. Adults on the other hand know that the people are different and know that they cannot help it. I think this could be prevented if we informed kids about the kid who has a little bit more trouble in math class or scold children when they try to perform these acts. Chapters7-9 Activity 3 1). You Take that Back!

What type of insult would most provoke you? An insult about your dress or appearance An insult about your character or action An insult about a friend or family member

Explain your reasons and suggest ways to deal with insults.

I think I would be very provoked if someone insulted one of my friends or a family member. If I was to hear or if I ever do hear something bad about my friends or family, I will stick up for them no matter what. I would not want someone to judge my family or friends because if they do not know them or understand them, you should not talk about them behind their backs. I am a caring person and my friends and family know that, and they understand that I will always stick up for them. I think that a great way to deal with insults like these is to defend the person who the insult is about. I would also ignore it because I know that my friends and family should not be insulted. In conclusion, I will always stick up for the ones I care about and love.

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 Courage Chapter 11: Jem showed courage when he took Scout's baton and cut off the tops of Mrs. Dubose's camellias. Chapter 12: Calpurnia showed courage when standing up to Lula about bringing the children to the church. Jem’s Maturation <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Chapter 11: Jem started to mature when he started reading to Mrs. Dubose. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Chapter 12: Jem gained more wisdom when he turned 12. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">He did not want to play with Scout much anymore. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Hidden Identities Discovered <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Chapter 11: Many people did not know that Mrs. Dubose was a morphine addict. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Chapter 12: Scout and Jem did not know the way that Calpurnia talked at church. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Concern for Others <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Chapter 11: When Atticus was concerned for Mrs. Dubose. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Chapter 12: Calpurnia showed concern for the children at church. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Prejudice <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Chapter 11: People saying that Mrs. Dubose had a CSA pistol under all of her wraps and shawls. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Chapter 12: Lula being mean to Calpurnia for bringing white children to church. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">People not hiring Helen Robinson to work because of what her husband was accused of. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Illusions give way to Reality <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Chapter 11: Mrs. Dubose has a morphine addiction. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Chapter 12: Tom Robinson being accused of raping a girl. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Scout’s Maturation <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Chapter 11: Scout holds her head up high when Mrs. Dubose starts saying hurtful things about Atticus. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Chapter 12: When Scout starts to grow fond of Calpurnia. <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

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

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

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

I would define a mob as a large group of people who have gathered together because of a cause that they are angry or concerned about. Mob behavior differs from indiviual behavior because when there is one person that person can't really change something. They could try, but a mob is more effective to get a certain point across. When there is one person they just seem to have an opinion, but in a mob people seem to act more angry and united because they believe in the same causes. To handle an angry mob you would need police and many more people to stop a mob than to stop one person. To calm down a mob compared to a person who you could just stop or hold back, it takes mch more force and effort. I think if I had to stop a mob I wouldn't succeed, but I do believe I could stop an individual.

<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';">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';">I think that shielding children from unpleasant truths is a good idea. Whn I look at kids today, some of them already know too much. It is a bad thing for a child to be exposed to things like drugs and death at a young age because it could affect their life when they grow older. I think children should not know the truth until they are older. When I was little someone told me that Santa,the Easter Bunny, and the toothfairy did not exist. This crushed me, but I figured that the person just did not believe. Now when I look back on those holidays and remember how much fun I had, I would hate for my cousins who are three and two to never get to have that excitement that I had. Plus I feel children today know so much more than I did when I was seven and that scares me because that is what our generation has become. I think a parent shoud keep some things away from their children like death and drugs. I lost a cousin when I was little, and I would have hated to know he was gone. I think parents should keep Santa and such characters alive because children deserve to have fun as a kid and not be burdened with the truths that we know today. We should shield our youth today and explain all that they will need to know in the future.

<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


 * 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- right eye was bruised
 * 3) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Mayella -bruises on throat
 * 4) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Tom - had crippled left hand


 * 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 he did not call a doctor
 * 3) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Bob Ewell - said a doctor was not important at the time


 * 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 - prejudiced and seemed drunk
 * 3) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Bob Ewell - seemed to be making up a story about what happened
 * 4) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Mayella - prejudiced
 * 5) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Mayella - seemed to be making up a story about what happened


 * 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 - was only 30 days
 * 3) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Tom - got in fight with a man who tried to cut him

<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 is a gentle, compassionate, hard-working man.
 * 2) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Tom - helped Mayella for no pay
 * 3) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Tom - helped her because he felt sorry for her
 * 4) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Tom - Mr. Link Deas never had a problem with Tom


 * 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 - right eye bruised
 * 3) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Mayella - bruised throat


 * 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 there that night
 * 3) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Mayella and Bob Ewell - said they saw him on her


 * 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 - he has been arrested before
 * 3) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Tom - he felt sorry for Mayella


 * 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 - he said he was scared which caused him to run away
 * 3) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Tom - he seemed to be telling a completely different story than Mayella and Bob

<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? n <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">result of bad experiences? n <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">automatic acceptance of old attitudes? How can we overcome prejudice? I think that people feel predjudice against whole groups of people because of automatic acceptance of old attitudes. I feel this because if you have a parent who is very predjudiced about a group of people and then that becomes a part of the child, I think the child would feel the same feelings. If that is all they hear about that group of people as a child and then belive that their whole lives, it will be passed on through generations. If a child only hears the bad and never the godd, never is allowed to play with that family's children, or hear their parents talking about the other family, a kid could pick up what they are saying and tell their children. To stop this kind of predjudice, I think children should be taught about having open minds and respecting everyone. They should not listen to their parents, but also others, and get to know someone before they judge them.

<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.

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="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';"> <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">1) I do not think Atticus is a failure as a parent because he treats his children as equals. An example of this is when he comes up with a comprimise to continue to read with Scout so she will go to school. He let Scout feel like she was also deciding. Also, he encourages his children to keep their heads up and not fight during hard times. An example is when Scout gets into a fight with a boy at school and Atticus tells her to just keep her head up and not fight with anyone. In conclusion, I feel Atticus is a very good parent because he teaches his children good moral values. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';"> <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">2) When Scout walks Boo Radley home it differs from what she is used to because she never believed Boo Radley would ever save her. She has always thought of him as a creepy man who lives in a creepy house. Walking him home though makes her realize he is a good man and that he is a hero. She would have never thought that if the accident had never happpened. She learns that he is a caring person and a good friend. In conclusion, Scout's expectations were wrong about Boo Radley, but she learned who he really was.