Introduction to

To Kill a Mockingbird

Learning Stations

Station #1: Making Predictions

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Click on the link to view a series of artistic representations of To Kill a Mockingbird and then respond.

Questions/ Responses

1. What images/ideas are recurring throughout the slides? Make a list
2. Based upon the images, make a prediction. What do you think To Kill a Mockingbird will be about?

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Station #2: Setting -

Race Relations in the South

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Our story takes place in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama in the 1930s. But it was modeled after the author’s childhood hometown of Montgomery, Alabama.

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Racism and segregation was prevalent during the 1930s in the South.

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Click on the quizizz link below to review what you might already know about this time period in American history.

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Quizizz Review: Civil Rights and the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Questions/ Responses

• Knowing that the story’s setting is modeled after Montgomery, Alabama, how do you think the setting will impact the story?
• How have race relations changed today? In what ways is our society different? The same?

Click on the link to open the document.

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Read the passages about Scout, Jem, and Dill and then make predictions about each character.

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Station #3: Character Study

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Questions/ Responses

• What can you infer about our main character Scout? What are adjectives to describe her? Use text evidence in your response.
• What can you infer about Jem? What are adjectives to describe him?
• What can you infer about Dill? What are adjectives to describe him?

Want to see the characters in action? Watch the 1962 movie trailer here

Station #4: The Great Depression

The Great Depression occurred from 1929-1939. The characters within our text are living through these difficult times. Read this short piece about The Great Depression on commonlit.org

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As you read, you’ll answer the guided reading questions and assessment as a group. There is no written work for this station.

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An Overview of The Great Depression

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