 | On whom was the character of Atticus Finch possibly based? | ||
| Give two other examples of the influence of Lee's life on the book. | ||
| What real-life event probably inspired the trial of Tom Robinson? Search
for information on this incident (who, what, where, when why).
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| Explain how the murder of Emmett Till may have influenced Harper Lee. | ||
| What is lynching? Give some details of its use against African-Americans in the United States. |
Alberta Learning Online Reference Centre
Use Grolier Online, World Book Online, or ELibrary Canada to find basic information about Harper Lee, the Scottsboro case, the Scottsboro boys, Emmett Till, lynching, civil rights issues, and the civil rights movement in the U.S.A.
CPL-One Book, One Chicago Harper Lee Bio http://www.chipublib.org/003cpl/onebook/leebio.html
Harper Lee Biography http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/culture/HarperLee/bio.html
Historical Background http://library.thinkquest.org/12111/SG/SG5.html
To Kill a Mockingbird http://www.mlb.ilstu.edu/crsres/tkam.htm Scroll down to the sections on the Scottsboro trials and Emmett Till.
"Historical Context: To Kill a Mockingbird." EXPLORING Novels. Detroit: Gale, 2003. Discovering Collection. Thomson Gale. ME LAZERTE COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL. 12 Dec. 2006 http://find.galegroup.com/srcx/infomark.do?&contentSet=GSRC&type=retrieve&tabID=T001&prodId=DC&docId=EJ2111500100&source=gale&srcprod=DISC&userGroupName=edmo21275&version=1.0
American Experience - The Murder of Emmett Till http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/till/
The Trials of the Scottsboro Boys http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scottsboro/scottsb.htm
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