Historical and Culture Significance

What historical event is important to understand before reading To Kill a Mockingbird?

• The Nuremberg Trials

• The Civil Rights Movement

• The Space Race

• World War 2

The generally accepted importance or value of a work to represent human experience regardless of culture or time period.

• Universal Character

• Non-Fiction

• Culture

• Universal Significance

The time, place, or physical place in which a story takes place.

• Atmosphere
• Connotation
• Theme
• Setting

A reference to a person, place or event of historical, cultural or literary significance

• Allusion
• Illusion
• Alliteration
• Story

Type or category to which a literary work belongs
Ex. Fiction/Non-fiction lDrama, Poetry, Novel, Short Story, Biography, Essay, etc.

• Title
• Genre
• Summary
• Library

Author’s message in his/her literary work (What is the author trying to tell you?); the main idea of a literary work; lesson that applies to life.

• Conflict
• Theme
• Irony
• Exposition

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The story took place during the...

• 1920s

• 1930s

• 1940s

• 1950s

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Atticus accepted Tom Robinson's case because

• He felt morally obliged to
• He knew he would win
• The people of Maycomb wanted him to
• He needed the money

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Where did this story take place?

• Maycomb, Alabama
• Tallahassee, Florida 
• Round Rock, Texas
• Montgomery, Alabama 

Which of these themes DO NOT correlate with the novel?

• Coexistence of good and evil
• Importance of moral education
• Existence of social inequity
• The idea of tolerance within a community

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2