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This WebQuest has students research various dictators (moving from most well-known to dictators in modern history and Latin America), Trujillo's rise to power, and the impact of the Mirabal sisters as we read In the Time of the Butterflies.

One of the best pieces to supplement reading In the Time of the Butterflies is Julia Alvaraz's essay called Chasing Butterflies which explains her passion for the Mirabal sister's story. Here is a background on Alvaraz, the entirety of Chasing Butterflies, and links to the original Time Magazine article she references in the essay. Excellent primary sources to support student understanding.

This amazing TED Talk follows the same themes as To Kill a Mockingbird.

This chart assists students with planning and preparation for their high school careers to help students gather information about careers, cost, and goal setting.

These documents link historical events to To Kill a Mockingbird.

This supplemental material will educate students on the Scottsboro case and how it inspired Lee to write To Kill a Mockingbird.

While reading To Kill a Mockingbird, this WebQuest will assist students in understanding the case of Emmett Till as well as why this is an important memory to Harper Lee and inspired her writing of the novel. Students will be seeing the graphic images that were shown during the time.

While reading To Kill a Mockingbird, this anthem is a supplemental piece.

These resources are a great addition while reading The Great Gatsby.

Varied resources including poetry, research and WebQuests, and current inequalities.

This 2 part activity analyzes Mob Mentality within To Kill a Mockingbird as well as various other settings.

After the mob scene, students will be analyzing the effects of mob mentality in various situations with application to other events, situations, and the Broadway play.

These two assignments have students evaluate mental illness in the 1930s as well as assume the role of psychologists to diagnose Boo Radley based on his behaviors in the novel.

This quick webquest helps students understand the history of mental illness and how it was treated in the 1930s, assisting with their understanding of Boo Radley.

This activity challenges students to act as a psychologist, assessing Boo Radley, and to come to a final diagnosis based on material from the book, as well as predicted behaviors.

A great selection of projects to culminate the end of the novel.

After reading about Tom Robinson's case, students complete a research paper analyzing the injustices in the current justice system.

After reading To Kill a Mockingbird, students will complete a newspaper to cover the events of the novel. It's a great way to review that is unique and applies various layout and design practice.

After the mob scene, students will be analyzing the effects of mob mentality in various situations.

While reading To Kill a Mockingbird, look at Langston Hughes' Scottsboro Limited poem to compare historical events to the novel.