To Kill a Mockingbird Scavenger Hunt

Author’s life and background, book’s publication, movie, awards

Who is the author of To Kill a Mockingbird?
Where was the author born? When?
When was the novel first published? What award did it win?
Where does the novel take place?
Name 3 similarities between the author and the main female character.
When was the movie made? What Oscar awards did it win?

Author’s Biography

Comparison chart between author’s life and Scout Finch’s life

Publishing History

Monroe County Museum – Courthouse is model for film

Scottsboro Boys’ Trials: book based on these trials

Why was there a Scottsboro trial? Who accused whom? When did the Scottsboro trial occur?
How many were convicted in the Scottsboro trial? How old were the boys convicted?
Where did the incident for the trial take place?
How was the Scottsboro Boys’ trial similar to the trial of Tom Robinson in TKAM?

The Scottsboro Boys’ Trial

The Case of the Scottsboro Boys

Comparison of Tom Robinson’s trial (TKAM) and Scottsboro Boys’ Trial

Comparison chart between two trials

Daily life in the 1930s

Give your impressions about life.

Growing up Black in Alabama

Growing up White in the South in the 1930s

Photos: cotton pickers

migrant workers

Great Depression and New Deal

What is the WPA? How did it work?
When did we have the Great Depression?
What did it cost to buy a sweater during the Great Depression?
Who proposed the New Deal?
What is the New Deal?
Who was President of the United States during The Great Depression?

The Main Causes of the Great Depression

Prices during the Great Depression

Great Depression and the New Deal

Successes and Failures of New Deal Programs

WPA explanation

Jim Crow Laws

Who is Ruby Bridges and what did she do?
What are the Jim Crow laws? Give 5 examples.
When were the Jim Crow laws practiced?
What exactly happened to cause the bus boycott in 1955?
What Supreme Court ruling made racial segregation in public schools illegal?

A Class of One: Conversation with Ruby Bridges

Rosa Parks: The Woman who Changed a Nation

Chronology of Civil Rights Movement and TKAM