Questions about race and justice are the themes of this unit. We'll read Countee Cullen's poem "The Incident," perhaps watch the movie A Time to Kill (based on John Grisham's novel) and read the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. We'll also take a look at current racial issues that face Americans today.
Journal topics
Is it ever right to take the law into your own hands? If so, when and why? If not, why should we follow the laws of the land?
"The Incident"
Use this link to read the poem. Then go to this page and do the assignment.
Scrapbooking project
Vocabulary lists
Study Guide sheets
Click on the study guide and when it opens, go to "File" and then "Save as" and save it to your own space on the server. Answer the questions, then print out your sheet and turn it in. Alternately, email it to me as an attachment so no paper is needed at all.
TKAM chapters 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25.doc
TKAM chapters 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31.doc