Objectives:
DPI Standard Course of Study http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/curriculum/
Technology Competency Goals 2 and 3
English Competency Goals 1, 2, 5, and 6
Social Studies Competency Goal 8

Focus and Review:
Students will review what they have learned about the Depression through reading Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, and through other sources such as the Library of Congress.

Teacher Input:
Students will be required to set up a Power Point presentation which includes the following components:

• A title slide w/a digital image from the Library of Congress or another electronic source which illustrates the effect(s) of the Depression either nationally or locally.
• An index slide (what will your presentation include?)
• 3-5 slides that focus on the effects of the Depression on the nation
• 1-3 slides that focus on the effects of the Depression on Clay County, NC, Western North Carolina, and North Carolina as a whole.
• 1-3 slides that detail the effects of the Depression on the alabama setting of To Kill a Mockingbird.  You must give quotations and p.# to support your conclusions.  You may choose to give details of the setting that provide information that lead you to inferences about the effects of the Depression.
• 1-3 slides that address the following questions:  How have things changed?  How has the nation changed?  Clay County?  Western North Carolina?  North Carolina?
• Hint:  Be sure to think about how the impression affected commerce, education, the landscape, the arts, family life, etc.
• For detailed Power Point instructions see lesson 3.

Guided Practice:
Students will go to the media center computer lab, and will be guided through the process of creating their presentations.

Independent Practice:
Students will be required to analyze the text of To Kill a Mockingbird to find details relevant to their project.  Students will be responsible for notes on the effects of the Depression both regionally and nationally.  They will be expected to be able to navigate relevant web sites with effectiveness and ease at this point to find their information.  Students will present their presentations in the lecture hall on the available large screen.

Closure:
Students will come to a better understanding of the effects of the Depression on our region and the nation, and will learn to analyze a fictional work of literature for historical elements.

Web sites for you and your students to reference:

http://tlc.ai.org/depressi.htm
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/98/mock/into.html
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/culture/HarperLee/