Resources
from the AT Library Media Center:
Fic Lee (3 copies) - Check in
the Fiction Rm.
Two copies or the book on CD.
It is unabridged, so
you can hear every word.
*Knowledge
Notes |
Nell Harper
Lee Harper Lee is one of the world's most famous
authors, and she only wrote one novel. "To Kill A Mockingbird"
is both a riveting story and a commentary on race relations in
the South in the mid-20th century. Read this web site and learn
about Harper Lee's life, and what became of her after she wrote
this award-winning novel.
Scout Quiz - Once you read "To Kill a Mockingbird" and
discovered Harper Lee, this quiz is a good way to remember the
story. The quiz consists of "twenty-five questions about the
thoughts, actions, sayings and character of Scout in Harper
Lee's famous novel." Upon completing all twenty-five questions,
the reader can submit the answers to learn which answers were
correct. Incorrect answers are corrected along with an
explanation for the correction. The average score of all readers
is fourteen correct answers out of the twenty-five!
A Classic Note about Harper Lee - Harper Lee has written
only a few essays in the 1960's since having written To Kill a
Mockingbird. Her biography, provided here, indicates she lives a
relatively private existence. This site offers a wealth of
information in links to a short summary of To Kill a
Mockingbird, a character list of To Kill a Mockingbird, quotes
with analysis, summary and analysis by chapter, links to other
To Kill a Mockingbird sites, essays on To Kill a Mockingbird,
and others.
Harper Lee the Writer -
Teenreads.com offers this
brief biography of Harper Lee. The author has successfully made
the material interesting and easy to read. Did you know that
when Harper Lee first submitted her novel to a publisher, it was
rejected? She spent two years rewriting it to produce the
finished To Kill a Mockingbird. The author of this page tells of
Lee's life since having written the novel, and the awards she
has won. The author notes that "Mockingbird" has never been out
of print since it was first published in 1960. This is an
extremely rare occurrence! Great site for young readers!
Jim Crow
The History
of Jim Crow
-The material includes essays, personal narratives, lesson
plans, photographs and historical images, and maps and
geographical perspectives on segregation in the United States
from the 1870s through the 1950s. "Content was generated by a
national collaboration of classroom teachers, working with
professional historians."
The Murder of
Emmett Till - Click on Segregation.
Companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) American
Experience program about the 1955 murder of a northern black
teenager after he whistled at a white woman in Mississippi. The
site features a timeline, information about people and events
(such as lynching in the United States), and related material.
Remembering Jim Crow - Scroll down for excerpts from
interviews, sample Jim Crow laws, a bibliography, and links to
related sites. This site is the companion to an American
RadioWorks documentary about Jim Crow segregation in which "for
much of the 20th Century, African Americans in the South were
barred from the voting booth, sent to the back of the bus, and
walled off from many of the rights they deserved as American
citizens."
The Rise and Fall of
Jim Crow - Click a Century of Segregation
for an interactive timeline. Click Jim Crow Stories
to see, hear and read video, images and primary documents. Also
includes interactive maps.
Scottsboro Boys
Trials
Scottsboro:
An American Tragedy - "Online companion to the acclaimed PBS
documentary (of the same title) about the controversial 1931
Scottsboro, Alabama, court trial of nine young black men.
Features a timeline of the event and subsequent
trials (including Supreme Court decisions), a map,
information on related people and
events, documents and
reactions taken from the time of the incident, a
bibliography, links, and a teacher's guide. Also contains a
transcript of the film and an interview with the film's
cinematographer."
Scottsboro Boys - Click on Trials, Players, and Interviews
for information, primary sources, maps, and images. A
documentary from CourtTV.
The Scottsboro Boys Trials - Extensive information, primary
documents, and images surrounding the famous trials. Douglas O.
Linder, University of Missouri, Kansas City School of Law.
Setting the Historical Context - The Scottsboro Trials and
the Civil Rights Era information is presented by the Chicago
Public Library when To Kill a Mockingbird was the One
Book One Chicago reading selection of 2001.
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