Chapters 5 and 6

Chapters 5 and 6 must be completed...on your own....we will go over them when we return from break! Enjoy your time off.
If you did not turn in your journal before the break it will be accepted on Jan 4th ONLY ...for partial credit!

Chapter 4
1. What does Scout think of current fashions in education?
Scout is very bored in school. She wants to read and her teacher won’t let her. She can already hand write and her teacher wants her to wait until third grade to do that. Scout feels school is a waste of time.
2. What superstitions do the children have in connection with the Radley house?
The nuts that fall off the tree into the school yard are poison. Boo comes out and haunts the town at night. They run past the house whenever they pass it alone.
3. Why do the children make Boo's story into a game?
They are bored with all their other “plays.” Boo is a mystery to them and they want to imagine what his life must have been like. They know they are doing something wrong and that might add an element of excitement as well.
4. What do they do in this game? Do you think the game is an accurate version of what happens in the Radleys' home?
In the game they act out everything they have ever heard about Boo’s life plus they make up dialogue that they think might have happened. Scout plays Boo’s mother, Dill plays the father, Jem plays Boo. For all the other roles, they double up parts as needed. The big scene is where Boo attacks his father with a pair of scissors which they sneak out of Calpurnia’s sewing basket.
5. What might be the cause of the laughter from inside the house?
Maybe Boo watches the children and he thinks it looks funny to see a little girl rolling in a tire then crashing into his gate.

Chapter 3
9. Who is Calpurnia? What is her place in the Finch household?
Calpurnia is the Finch’s black housekeeper and nanny who has been with them since Jem was born. She cooks, cleans, sews, irons and does all the other household chores, but she also disciplines the children. Atticus holds her in very high esteem and insists that the children respect her completely. Scout argues with Cal a lot, but never gets her way. Although Cal seems stern, she clearly cares about the family and takes good care of them.
10. What is Walter Cunningham like? What does his behavior during lunch suggest about his home life?
Walter is from a poor farming family. He is polite and shy and very proud—he will take no charity from anyone. When he eats with the Finches it is clear from his conversation with Atticus that he takes on adult responsibilities at home and understands about farming. He does not have very sophisticated manners, a fact he shows by pouring molasses all over his food.
11. What do you think of the way Atticus treats Walter?
Atticus shows respect for Walter, as he does for everyone. He may want to be an example to his kids of how important it is to interact respectfully with everyone, regardless of social standing. Atticus talks to Walter like he is an adult, talking to him about crops and his family’s farm.
12. Does Scout learn anything from Walter's visit? What do you think this is?
Scout learns that judging other people just shows your own lack of class. Calpurnia sees to it that Scout learns this lesson. When Scout criticizes Walter for pouring syrup all over his food, Cal calls her out to the kitchen and gives her a verbal lashing. Scout is humiliated and eats the rest of her meal in the kitchen.
13. Atticus says that you never really understand a person “until you climb into his skin and walk around in it”. What does this mean?
Everyone has his own perspective and experience that form the decisions he makes and the actions he takes. Until you understand these things about a person, you should not judge him. So you have to try to imagine another person’s life and try to understand why she is the way she is instead of judging.

Chapter 2....... Miss Caroline Fisher

Chapter 2
• Why is Scout so looking forward to starting school?
Scout loves learning and wants to show off her skills and learn more
• Why does Jem not want anything to do with Scout at school? Is his behavior typical a big brother?
Jem doesn’t want her to embarrass him, this is typical of an older brother
• What do you think of Miss Caroline Fisher as a teacher? Can you find qualities that would make her good or not so good at her job?
She is a very poor teacher because although Scout is advanced she sees that as a problem, she doesn’t understand her students. She belittles children. She thinks she knows better than others and is mean

Chapter one questions!!!!!

Chapter 1
• What do you learn in this chapter about Maycomb, Atticus Finch and his family?
Maycomb is 20 miles east of Finch’s Landing, it is a tired, old town hot, people move slowly, boring town
Family: Atticus is a lawyer, studied law in Montgomery, his kids Jem and Scout liked him, he played, read and treated them with courteous detachment. Their mother died when Scout was 2 sudden heart attck, 15 years younger than Atticus. Calpurnia live with the family since Jem was born.
Atticus, from the family of Simon Finch, He has a (younger) brother(John Hale Finch) who studied medicine in Boston and a sister Alexandra married and stayed in Finch’s Landing.
• What do you learn about Dill's character?
Dill came for the summer, to stay next door with Miss Rachel Haverford. His name is Charles Baker Harris he is going on 7 , he is from Meridian Miss. His mom was originally from Maycomb.
Blue lined shorts buttoned to his shirt, snow white hair, short, blue eyes, cowlick in the middle of his forehead. No dad, not dead
• What, briefly, has happened to Arthur “Boo” Radley.
When he was young he would hang with the wrong crowd, the Cunninghams, they stole a car, resisted arrest, locked a cop in an outhouse. They were sent to industrial school but Mr Radley took his son home (his word was his bond) Arthur was not seen for 15 years
Rumor has it that Boo once stabbed his father in the leg with scissors at 33 years old, (he wasn’t crazy) he was locked in the courthouse basement, he was eventually sent home to the Radley place

• Why does the Radley place fascinate Scout, Jem and Dill?
It is the subject of rumors, Boo hasn’t been seen in years, mystery surrounds it

• What do you notice about the narrative voice and viewpoint in the novel?
Scout tells the story. Voice/ viewpoint is that of a young girl.

Background .... The Great Depression

1. What was the Great Depression?
An economic crisis, worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment

2. When did it occur? How long did it last?
1929 About 10 years

3. What is considered to be the starting point?
Black Thursday, 10-24-29

4. Explain the top five causes of the Great Depression.
• Stock Market Crash
a steep fall in stock prices, due to financial panic.
• Bank Failures (Website?
banks failed because the panic caused people to withdraw their money from banks
• Reduction in Purchasing
people panicked and stopped buying things, this caused unemployment which meant people couldn't buy
• American Economic Policies with Europe
taxes on imports meant that trade with the US slowed.

• Drought Conditions
Drought in the Mississippi Valley in 1930, farmers couldn't pay bills and lost theirs farms etc.
5. Who was the president at the beginning of the Great Depression?
Herbert Hoover

6. What was the Smoot Hawley Tariff Act? Why did it cause more problems?
It put taxes on imports, trade stopped

7. Explain three programs of The New Deal introduced by president Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Agricultural Adjustment Act AAA 1933 Protected farmers from price drops by providing crop subsidies to reduce production, educational programs to teach methods of preventing soil erosion
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Civil Works Administration CWA 1933 Provided public works jobs at $15/week to four million workers in 1934.

Civilian Conservation Corps CCC 1933 Sent 250,000 young men to work camps to perform reforestation and conservation tasks. Removed surplus of workers from cities, provided healthy conditions for boys, provided money for families.

Federal Emergency Relief Act FERA 1933 Distributed millions of dollars of direct aid to unemployed workers.

Glass-Steagall Act FDIC 1933 Created federally insured bank deposits ($2500 per investor at first) to prevent bank failures.

National Industrial Recovery Act NIRA 1933 Created NRA to enforce codes of fair competition, minimum wages, and to permit collective bargaining of workers.

National Youth Administration NYA 1935 Provided part-time employment to more than two million college and high school students.

Public Works Administration PWA 1933 Received $3.3 billion appropriation from Congress for public works projects.

Rural Electrification Administration REA 1935 Encouraged farmers to join cooperatives to bring electricity to farms. Despite its efforts, by 1940 only 40% of American farms were electrified.

Securities and Exchange Commission SEC 1934 Regulated stock market and restricted margin buying.

Social Security Act
1935 Response to critics (Dr. Townsend and Huey Long), it provided pensions, unemployment insurance, and aid to blind, deaf, disabled, and dependent children.

Tennessee Valley Authority TVA 1933 Federal government build series of dams to prevent flooding and sell electricity. First public competition with private power industries

Wagner Act NLRB 1935 Allowed workers to join unions and outlawed union-busting tactics by management.

Works Progress Administration WPA 1935 Employed 8.5 million workers in construction and other jobs, but more importantly provided work in arts, theater, and literary projects.

8. What happened that ended the Great Depression?
World War II

Background To Kill A Mockingbird

1. What is Harper Lee’s full name?
Nelle Harper Lee

2. When and where was she born?
4-28-26 Monroeville Alabama

3. What is her father’s name and occupation?
Amasa Coleman Lee Lawyer, teacher, bookkeeper, teacher

4. What is her brother’s name and who represents him in the novel?
Edwin Lee, Jem

5. Who was Truman Capote and who represents him in the novel?
A childhood friend and famous writer, Dill

6. What colleges did Harper Lee attend?
a.Huntington College

b.University of Alabama

c.Oxford University
7. When was TKAM started and when was it published?

a. Started 1957


b. published 1960

8. What is the time period in which the novel is set?
1930's (The Great Depression)

9. What was the first draft of the novel called?
Atticus

10. What award was given to TKAM?
Pulitzer Prize

11. Describe Harper Lee as a child.
Tomboy, liked to read

12. List 3 other interesting facts you have read or heard about Harper Lee.

a.She never published another book
b.Used crates for furniture in NYC
c.Quit law studies, worked for the airlines