To Kill a Mockingbird Setting: A Portrait of a Southern Town in the 1930s

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Keywords
VITAL New York am12 American Masters To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee: Hey Boo Hey Boo Harper Lee The South American Literature justice prejudice 1960s racism intolerance Civil Rights Movement Alabama the Great Depression Depression Ku Klux Klan KKK literature United States history women 1930's
Subjects
English-Language Arts History-Social Science History
Grade Levels
Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
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To Kill a Mockingbird Setting: A Portrait of a Southern Town in the 1930s

In this video from American Masters: Harper Lee: Hey, Boo, learn about the small town of Monroeville, Alabama, Harper Lee’s hometown and the inspiration for the fictional town of Maycomb, the setting for To Kill a Mockingbird. Through archival interviews, photographs, and present-day commentary (including an excerpt from an interview with Harper Lee), students will learn what life was like for people living in the South during the Great Depression.
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PBS Learning Media

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