You've been researching specific people and events in the 1930's this week to give you background information on the time period of To Kill a Mockingbird. Based on your research, what do you think it would be like to grow up in this decade? What are some interesting things that you learned that give you insight into what people were like in the 1930's? To Kill a Mockingbird is a coming of age novel from the perspective of a young girl: how do you think the time period the novel is set in will effect the characters?
Address the questions above in two full, well-developed paragraphs.
Your first paragraph should primarily concern interesting things you discovered about the time period and the insight those things give you into people's lives during the 1930's.
The second paragraph should make predictions, based on your research, about how the time setting for the novel will effect the characters, considering that the narrator is a child and that the novel has both children and adult characters. If you've already read the novel you can discuss what you know about the setting and characters through the lens of your increased knowledge of the time period.
Due Friday, October 21. Remember - we don't have school on Friday!
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