To Kill a Mockingbird Pre-Reading Project (100 points)

All of your work will go on ONE Padlet that your group will work on together. Your group Padlet will be posted on each of your
sites under the Assignments tab.
In your Groups (Below):
1. Head over to YouTube and watch a video on one of the following people.
Jessie Daniel Ames

Marcus Garvey

Booker T. Washington

Sidney Bechet

Charles Hamilton Houston

Madam C.J. Walker

Mary McLeod Bethune

Barbara Johns

Charlotte Hawkins Brown

Lucy Craft Laney

Ida B. Wells video icon photo

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Ned Cobb.

Isaiah T. Montgomery

W.E.B. Du Bois

Philip Randolph

Charles Evers

Benjamin "Pap" Singleton

Walter White
Hosea Williams
Richard Wright

1. What did he/she do? Construct a summary (150 words)

a. Why is this significant?
2. Go to this website and select a different person to read about. Create a Padlet that highlights
the important details of their life.
a. Three pictures (including one of them) that relate to their success
b. Three boxes highlighting details (100 words each)
3. Google The Great Depression and find 5-6 photos that you feel best represent the time period
and what society was going through
4. Find a movie that takes place during The Great Depression and attach a YouTube clip to your
Padlet
a. Summarize why you chose this video and how it relates to our novel To Kill a
Mockingbird
5. Lastly, each of you should annotate the three articles that can be found on the Resources page.
You may print them out and annotate them or use the link through Google Docs.
Group 1

Joshua

Serenity

Eden

Karissa

Justyn

Laycee

Daisean

Group 8

Ethan

Group 5

Luis

Group 2

Troy

Joshua

Salysse

Isaac

Nathan

Joseph

Keanna

Group 9

Nathan

Group 6

James

Group 3

Jenny

Leslie

Luke

Jacob

Kira

Madison

Shelby

Bethany

Group 7

Group 4

Patricia