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Real World Connections 2
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What does theme 3 mean to you? "Taking a stand means fighting even though you will lose."
Answers will vary -Even though you may lose you still try your best
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What does " Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird" mean?
Answers will vary - Mockingbirds are birds that sing for people so they can enjoy. They don't have harm on people.
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Who was Jem and Scouts Aunt?
Aunt Alexandria
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What is a real world example for this theme? "Bigotry exists outside of racism/ Diversity takes many forms."
There are many problems other than racism by skin color. There is by religion, age, culture, gender, language that is happening in this world these days.
100
Is there anything that happens in "To Kill a Mockingbird" that happens in real life?
Answers may vary -Bigotry -Racism
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Give a real world example of theme 2 "Society does not always ensure just treatment."
Answers will vary -Colored people in the past and now did not ensure just treatment
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How did Scout use this quote throughout the book? “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”
Scout uses this quote to know Miss. Caroline, Boo Radley, and Jem.
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Who was Calpurnia enemy?
Luna
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What is a real world example that talks about racism in Maycomb and the United States?
Martin Luther King jr. told a speech about racism and how it ended it and ALL men should be equal and African American should have freedom.
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What is an example of theme 6 that applies to our world today? "Individuals judge without knowing/Things aren’t always what they seem."
Answers may vary -Judging on personality based on looks
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Give three examples of this quote "Bigotry exists outside of racism/Diversity takes many forms."
Answers may vary -Religion -Education level -Gender
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Who said this quote? “Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whiskey bottle in the hand of (another)... There are just some kind of men who - who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.”
Miss. Maudie
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What was Uncle Jacks relation with the Finches?
Brothers with Atticus
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What is one life lesson Atticus wanted us to learn from TMK?
On of the primary lessons, Atticus wants his children, and particularly Scout, to learn is that everyone has a story. He says, "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view- until you climb into his skin and walk around in it." He hopes Scout will learn not to be so critical and condemning of others, especially those who are different from her. This is a life lesson which stands the test of time and is something all of us would do well to remember.
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Who was Atticus Finch based off of in real life?
Harper Lee's father
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How is theme 1 related to "To Kill a Mockingbird"? "How the community shapes the culture and how the culture shapes the individual."
Answers will vary -In "To Kill a Mocking Bird" people of Maycomb are known as being racist
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Why does Boo Radley want to stay inside? "If there's just one kind of folks, why can't they get along with each other? If they're all alike, why do they go out of their way to despise each other? Scout, I think I'm beginning to understand something. I think I'm beginning to understand why Boo Radley's stayed shut up in the house all this time. It's because he wants to stay inside."
Answers may vary -Boo is very shy and feels safer inside away from people
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What kind of character is Scout? Why?
Protagonist, the central point of veiwWhat kind of character is Scout? Why?
400
What does this book teach us about?
This book teaches many valuable lessons about family, friendship, forgiveness, standing up for what is right- even if the system is against you, and about the history of the American South, including issues with the Jim Crow laws and race relations/segregation.
400
What character from "To Kill a Mockingbird" is represented in the real world today?
Answers may vary -Scout reflects Harper Lee
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What does theme 4 mean? "Society does not function without justice."
Answers may vary -Without justice, society would not be fair in daily lives
500
What part of the book was this said, and about who? “With him, life was routine; without him, life was unbearable.”
Scout about Jem, chapter 12
500
What is the boy's name who was thought to be following Scout and Jem after the Halloween party?
Cecil Jacobs
500
Who is a mockingbird in today's world?
Answers may vary - Police officers - Firefighters - the general people who help the public
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What kind of real world connection applies to your life today from "To Kill a Mockingbird"?
Answers vary