Links for To Kill a Mockingbird

Before To Kill a Mockingbird, explore these sites to get a sense of the historical setting and race relations at the time of the novel.

Here are some cool sites to let you explore before we start reading To Kill a Mockingbird

Scottsboro Case Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottsboro_Boys

Trials of the Scottsboro Boys

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/scottsb.htm

PBS: Scottsboro: An American Tragedy

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/scottsboro/

VIDEO PBS (85 minutes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCBV-GhyINY

Extras…

What is a “Hoover Cart”?

http://media.lib.ecu.edu/spclcoll/staffpick.cfm?id=217

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_a_hoover_cart

What is an “entailment”?

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_Scout_mean_by_entailment_in_To_Kill_A_Mockingbird