To Kill a Mockingbird, Lecture Slides + Quickwrite to Launch Harper Lee’s Novel

Grab every eye in the room with this 30-slide lecture that provides all of the background information your class will need as you launch your study of Harper Lee’s classic American novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. Downloads in Prezi, PDF, and Google Slides versions.

The presentation includes a quickwrite topic that will help make To Kill a Mockingbird’s characters and themes relevant to your students (15 minutes for writing and discussion). Then, launch into the 30-minute lecture which covers Harper Lee’s background, the time period and setting, profiles of eight important characters, conflicts/themes, social hierarchy graphic, and historical information to briefly cover The Great Depression and Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s recovery policies.

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