1. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD By
Harper Lee

2. Rabindranath Tagor (Nobel Prize Winner)
JOURNAL 11/29
“Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.”
Rabindranath Tagor (Nobel Prize Winner)
- Respond to this quote in your journal. What do you think it means? How do you think it relates to the story we are about to read?

3. CONFLICTS
Recall the types of conflict we discussed during the short story unit.
How might these relate to the conflicts Americans faced during the Great Depression?

4. PERSON V. PERSON
Crime
Violence
Unemployment

5. PERSON V. SELF
Depression
Self-worth
hopelessness

6. PERSON V. NATURE
Drought
Dust storms
Cold
Heat
Survival

7. PERSON V. SOCIETY
American Government
American Economy
Racism

8. Think about how these apply to the Scottsboro Trials

9. LYNCHING
An act of vigilante justice in which the accused – usually African American – is put to death, often by hanging, without legal sanction

10. LEGAL LYNCHING
Can be considered convicting the accused during a legal proceeding, but with bias or prejudice.

11. CONNECTING SCOTTSBORO TO MOCKINGBIRD
Many of the people involved in Scottsboro can be linked to characters in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird
As we read the story, be sure to fill in the chart with the corresponding characters from the novel.

12. HAYWOOD PATTERSON African-American male 18 years old Southerner Single
Poor
Died in prison
Defendant
Accused of rape
Confused
Violent
Not well liked

13. VICTORIA AND RUBY White females 17 and 21 Worked in cotton mill Poor
Plaintiffs
Testifies they were raped by “Scottsboro Boys”
Easily manipulated
Liars
Promiscuous

14. JUDGE HORTON White male 57 Son of a slave owner Circuit Court Judge
Named judge for second trial of “Scottsboro Boys”
Overturned jury’s guilty ruling and called for retrial
Not re-elected
Fair
Tolerant
Truth-seeker
Friendly
Courageous
Loved and hated