Prejudice in To Kill a Mockingbird
Learning Objective
I can analyze how prejudice and injustice are portrayed in To Kill a Mockingbird.
Lesson Flow
Watch Video
Guided Notes
Key concepts students will learn:
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According to the video, one of the great pleasures of reading is that we get to escape our narrow lives and imagine the world from other people’s perspectives.
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In To Kill a Mockingbird, class is deeply entrenched in Maycomb, and it is by not honoring the class structure that Scout is able to achieve a small measure of justice.
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Calpurnia’s “double life” is a textbook example of what W.E.B. Du Bois called a double-consciousness, where one is always looking at one’s self through the eyes of others.
Practice
12 questions • Multiple choice & Short answer
Exit Ticket
“Explain how the character of Calpurnia demonstrates the concept of "double-consciousness" as discussed in the video.”
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