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__To Kill a Mockingbird__ Novel Introduction Project Group and topic assignments are listed below. You must sit and work with your group in your designated role each day in order to receive the community grade.
 * Groups/Assignments:**


 * __Group One__**__—The Life & Times of Harper Lee__

You should include information such as… 1. Birth date, place, and death, if applicable 2. Parents & Family 3. Education 4. Marriage/Children 5. Autobiographical elements of __To Kill a Mockingbird__


 * __Group Two__**__—Southern Gothic Literature__

You should answer the following questions… 1. What is a gothic novel? 2. What is a regional novel? 3. What defines the Southern Gothic genre? 4. What makes __To Kill a Mockingbird__ a part of this genre? 5. What other works/authors are included in this genre?


 * __Group Three__**__—The Great Depression__

You should answer the following questions… 1. What was it? 2. When did it occur? 3. What were the causes? 4. What were the effects? 5. How did it end?
 * __Group Four__**__—Racial Prejudice in the 1930’s__

You should include information about… 1. Groups against which people were prejudiced 2. How these groups were treated 3. The Scottsboro Trials, and how they influenced __To Kill a Mockingbird__ 4. Jim Crow laws 5. If any steps were taken to combat prejudiced attitudes, and if so, what those steps were

**__Group Five__**__—Literary Terms Important to the Novel__

You should include information and examples of the following terms... 1. allusion 2. archetype 3. augury 4. Bildungsroman 5. dramatic, situational, and verbal irony 6. foil 7. motif v. theme

__**Group Six**__ __—Women in the 1930s__

You should include information that considers... 1. The role of women's suffrage (1920s) 2. Women in the workforce 3. Eleanor Roosevelt's role in the advancement of women 4. The role of the upcoming war (WWII--1940s) 5. Prominent women of the time period