To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee

You do NOT need to start reading To Kill A Mockingbird yet.

B Day due: September 4

A Day due: September 5
Instructions:
1. Watch the videos and answer the questions on a separate piece of paper.
2. Each answer should be one to three sentences long.
3. If the link doesn’t work, copy and paste it into your url or Google PBS and the last
section of the link or the entire link.

If you have any difficulties, email me at ​lisamaldonadomod1@gmail.com

http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/am12.ela.rv.text.south/setting-a-portrait-of-a-souther
n-town-in-the-1930s/

● In the video, what does Harper Lee say in the archival radio interview about 
growing up in the South during the Great Depression? 
● In this video, Wally Lamb reads a passage from ​To Kill a Mockingbird​ that 
describes the fictional town used that makes this town come alive? Cite 
examples from the video (Note: use the transcript for additional help) to support 
your claim. 
● How does the video describe life in the South during the Great Depression? 

http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/am12.ela.rv.text.reaction/to-kill-a-mockingbird-southe
rn-reaction-1960/

● According to the video, why didn’t people in Monroeville, Alabama "pay it any 
mind" when ​To Kill a Mockingbird​ came out? What do you think Jane Clark meant 
by that? 
● Mary Tucker said she didn’t know what the white community’s reaction was to 
the book. Why? What does that tell you about the societal structure of 
Monroeville?  
● Describe the evidence Andrew Young presented to support his statement "it was 
too close to me." 
● In this video, many people comment on the impact and importance of this book. 
What statement do you find most powerful? Why?