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__To Kill a Mockingbird__ is the story of a girl’s coming of age in the 1930s in rural Alabama during the Depression. It is a story of maturation and of overcoming and confronting prejudice as the main character, Scout Finch's father, Atticus, decides to take on a case involving a black man named Tom Robinson who has been accused of raping a very poor white girl.


 * CHART OF CHAPTERS BY DUE DATES for 2012:**


 * PRESENT-A-CHAPTER PROJECT:** //(Assignment, Rubric, Chapter Lesson Plan)//


 * CHAPTER LESSON PLAN OUTLINE:**
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VOCABULARY
TKAM Vocab List #1

TKAM Vocab List #2

STUDY GUIDES FOR CHAPTERS
Ch 1- 3 Questions:

Ch 4-8 Questions: Ch 10-17 Questions: Ch 19-22 Questions:

TEXT TO WORLD CONNECTIONS
On Racism: media type="custom" key="13951160"

"A Class Divided" - School teacher Jane Elliot gives a lesson that her 3rd grade students will never forget. [|Watch the full episode]

**HATE CRIMES ASSIGNMENT & REFLECTION**
Instructions: Please read / view the following websites
 * 1) Post answers to the Discussion Questions listed below on the Discussion page (NOT on THIS page PLEASE!)
 * 2) Type the number of the question before you give your answer
 * 3) Put your first name, last initial ONLY, and your class period.

Resources:

Hate Crimes: Rise in Hate Crimes - Facing History and Ourselves: http://www.facinghistory.org/ Rise in Hate Crimes - Southern Poverty Learning Center: http://www.splcenter.org/index.jsp http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2011/spring/the-year-in-hate-extremism-2010 Rise in Hate Crimes - 2009 CNN Report: http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/26/hate.groups.report/ NYTimes on Hate Crimes: http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/h/hate_crimes/index.html Current Day Scottsboro Trial connections Resources: Race Relations - Innocent African-American Man kept in Prison for 26 years: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/06/60minutes/main3914719.shtml

Comment on Forgiveness: Finding Freedom in Forgiveness - Story of a woman who was raped and the man who was falsely accused of the crime: [|http://www.npr.org/templates/ story/story.php?storyId= 101469307]

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
 * 1) What is a hate crime? What distinguishes a hate crime from other criminal acts?
 * 2) Why do you think that hate crimes and other acts of prejudice typically rise during an economic downturn?
 * 3) Knowing that hate crimes and intolerance often increases during eras of economic insecurity, what can be done during an economic downturn to prevent hate crimes and to reduce prejudice?
 * 4) What can be done to prevent individuals from hating people who are different than they are? To what extent do you think that schools can play an effective role in this effort? What is the responsibility of schools to educate students about tolerance and respectful civic behavior? Who else should be responsible for helping young people learn how to treat all members of society with respect?
 * 5) How do we identify injustices of the past?
 * 6) Is there a role for forgiveness for previous injustices? Explain.

TIMED WRITING
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Additional Resources on Reform Movements: [|The Age of Reform reading]

Timed Writing from Previous Years