| Pathfinder
Summary: |
Students
are researching several topics relevant to the novel To Kill a
Mockingbird. This pathfinder is aimed to help those students
researching discrimination, prejudice, hate groups/crimes, mob
justice, and lynching.
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Name:
Shari L. Phillips
School: Canal Winchester High
School
Workshop Location: ORCLISH, Columbus, OH
Grade
Level: 9-10
Subject Area: CP English 9
Specific Topic:
To Kill a Mockingbird Project
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| EBSCOhost
Articles: |
| Please
read each of these articles before beginning further research
for an overview of the novel and author: |
| Harper
Lee still prizes privacy over publicity. By: Montgomery,
Leigh. Christian Science Monitor, 9/11/97, Vol. 89 Issue 201,
p18, 1c; Reading Level (Lexile): 1120; (AN
9709140752) |
| Understanding
To Kill a Mockingbird (Book). By: Bender, Pat; Jones, Trevelyn
E.; Toth, Luann; Charnizon, Marlene; Grabarek, Daryl; Larkins,
Jeanne. School Library Journal, Mar2004, Vol. 50 Issue 3,
p226, 1/8p; Reading Level (Lexile): 880; (AN
12497496) |
| Please
read each of these articles for a better understanding of hate
groups and racial prejudice: |
| SEVEN
DAYS OF HATRED. By: Ripley, Amanda; Crumley, Bruce; Gibson,
Helen; Israely, Jeff; Labropoulou, Elinda; Plon, Ulla;
Stojaspal, Jan; Wallace, Charles P.. Time Canada, 12/8/2003,
Vol. 162 Issue 23, p26, 4p, 7c; Reading Level (Lexile): 1100;
(AN 11770553) |
| THE
NEW ANTI-SEMITISM. By: Kinsella, Warren. Maclean's, 1/20/2003,
Vol. 116 Issue 3, p52, 1p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1010; (AN
8896139) |
| Hate
Springs Eternal. Harper's Magazine, Mar2000, Vol. 300 Issue
1798, p96, 1p, 1 map; Reading Level (Lexile): 1760; (AN
2838545) |
| Inside
Organized Racism (Book). By: Beaber, Patricia A.. Library
Journal, 1/1/2002, Vol. 127 Issue 1, p132, 1/5p; Reading Level
(Lexile): 1120; (AN 5878605) |
| Web
Sites: |
| To
Kill a Mockingbird:An Historical Persepective |
| The
Scottsboro Boys Trial |
| Incidents
of a Slave Girl |
| Try
It! |
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|
Suggested
search terms:
*lynching
*mob justice
*prejudice +
1930's
*ku klux klan |
| Books: |
Use
the OPAC in your school library to find these specific
titles:
Anti-Semitism
Hate Groups: Opposing
Viewpoints
Racial Prejudice
Spreading Poison: A Book
About Racism and Prejudice
You should also look for
books similar to these using the OPAC; these are just
suggestions to get you started.
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| INFOHIO
RESOURCES: |
Annals
of American History:
Use this INFOHIO resource to study the
year relevant to the setting of the novel. Or, use the topics
in American History (Discrimination and Diversity would be a
good choice) to gather more relevant information. |
Oxford
Reference Online:
Use this INFOHIO resource to learn more
about the author of To Kill a Mockingbird. |
NewsBank:
Use
this INFOHIO resource to search newspapers close to your home.
Find at least three articles relevant to the topic of
prejudice and hate crimes, which you are reasearching for To
Kill a
Mockingbird. |