Meet the author – Harper Lee
Watch the video about Harper Lee below.
1. Type one thing that you learnt about her in the comment section.
Historical Background of the Novel
Important points to note:
– The Great Depression
– Segregation
– Jim Crow Laws
2. Observe the following pictures of The Great Depression. Choose one and explain the impact it has on you.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
3. Explain ‘segregation’ in your own words.
4. What were the Jim Crow laws and what do you understand about them?
Some useful resources:
Information about Jim Crow Laws
https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/jim-crow-laws
To Kill a Mockingbird – Audiobook
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk8_gvaS_tI
“Scottsboro Boys” Falsely accused of rape
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_q4GG3iHGY
Welcome Back to Miss Atherly's English Class 
1. Harper Lee started her literature career in New York with her inspiration for the characters coming from family and friends in her famous novel To Kill a Mockingbird.
2. The second picture from The Great Depression impacted me in a negative way, because it’s heartbreaking to see children at a young age having to take on their parents battle, due to a situation that left millions without a job.
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Interesting perspective. Indeed it is difficult to watch children suffer. Thanks for your contribution!
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3. Segregation is the division of races /ethnic people in an effort to better control and manipulate them, for example have an all white and an all black school.
4. White’s are superior to blacks in all ways.
White’s and blacks breding would produce a mongrel race.
A black male couldn’t shake hands with a white male.
The Jim Crow laws was a way of limiting blacks and minority races from freedom, equal opportunities and from giving birth to mixed race people,due to their superiority mindset.
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1. What I learnt about Harpee Lee is she was an author who wrote the novel To Kill A Mocking Bird. Also she was the youngest amongst four kids. She was born on April 28th 1926.
2. In the second picture it impacted me in a depressing way to see how the life style of these young children and parents was. The parents didn’t have a job and their children were suffering as well because being unemployed means you don’t know when you’re going to eat and how are you going to leave .
3. To me segregation means seperating the white people from black people like there would be schools for black people and schools for white people which in my perspective is unfair.
4. Jim Crow laws was a law that seperated white and colored people. For example drinking fountains would be separated one side for white people and one side for colored people.
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What I learned about Harper Lee is that she was a young novelist who used her memory of The Great Depression to write To Kill A Mockingbird ,and that she was born in April on the 28th,1926 in Monroeville,Alabama
The impact the picture has on me is a bad one because I see three children who look sad and are dirty. It makes me feel sad knowing that the didnt have food or a way to get cleaned up …and as children its very heartbreaking that they had to experience something like that.
Segregation is the division of the different racial groups in a country
Jim Crows Laws were a collection of state and local statutes that legalized racial segregation ,which was named after a black minstrel show character.
I understand that the Jim Crow Laws were put in place so that the African American individuals could not vote,hold jobs,get an education or any other opportunities,and those who defied the Jim Crow Laws were faced with a jail sentence ,their death or more
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1 I learnt that Harper Lee was born on April 28, 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama, she was the youngest of 4 kids and she was a professed tomboy.
2 In the 3rd picture it impacted me in a heartbreaking way to see that 16 million Americans were unemployed by 1933 which
means they had no food to feed their
children nor for them to eat, what about if they were paying rent? It was a very terrible thing then what if they may have starved to death?
3 To me segregation means the separation of black people and white people. The schools would have been separated so like the black people had their own school and the white people too. In my perspective that is very unfair what if they had relatives how would they be able to see each other?
4 The Jim Crow Law was a law that seperated black people from white people. If the black people didn’t abide to the rules some of them were arrested many bad things could have happened to them. The black people were not even able to vote back then cause the white people were more superior.
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1.well as a read they was a young girl name Harper Lee she was the youngest of 4 children and she wrote the book to kill a mocking bird ..she was also born on the 28 of April 1926.. 2.it was poorvatiy no food to feed the children ..and their self ..
3 .there was this white man who’s separated white from black people his name was Jim crow law .And if black the black people dont listen to the rules they would be arrested and bad treatment would come they way..And theses black people were not able to vote because white people have more liberty I might say..
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#1 I learnt that Harper Lee was born April 28, 1926, in Monroeville, Alabama. She was the youngest of four kids, a professed tomboy and an author of the book To Kill a Mockingbird.
#2 The first picture of The Great Depression has a sad impact on me just to see how sad and homeless the people look and they have a child.
#3 Segregation in my perspective, is the separation of different races especially the most common one separated: the black and white people.
#4 Jim Crow Laws was a law placed so that the African- American people could not have much freedom.
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1. I’ve learn Nelle Harper lee was born in April 28 1926.She was the youngest and also a tomboy. She was the one who wrote the book to kill a mockingbird she moved to New York CITY Just had a literary Career she died February 19, 2016 at the age of 89.
2. The Fourth Picture shows me that there are kids Suffering in need of food clothing ETC
It makes Me feel unhappy I wish I could help them.
3.Segregation means to me that they are separating white people from black people which is racism .
4. Jim Crow laws Is a place where they are African-Americans people who can’t get they exemption
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1. I I learnt that Harper lee was born april 28 1956 she was the youngest and also a tomboy and author of the story to kill a mocking bird
2.the third picture shows that they are woman with a baby who are very poor and they are very dirty and unclean
3 segregation is that they are separating black people away from white people
4. Jim law is a place where African Americans who are denied and banned
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Type one thing that you learnt about her in the comment section.
She was born on April 28 1926 and she is gay.
2.Observe the following pictures of The Great Depression. Choose one and explain the impact it has on you.
I chose picture (B)
Picture (B) makes me feel unhappy to see children suffer because of their parent/guardian not being employed and can barely take care of them.
3. Explain ‘segregation’ in your own words
In my own words segregation means staying by your self or apart from something or a person.
4. What were the Jim Crow laws and what do you understand about them?
“Whites only”
And
“Colored”
Signs on parks ,schools,hotels,and transportation
I understand that they don’t like black people they are racist.
White people and black people have to segregate from each other .
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